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  The Art of Being Cheap in Business

  02.17.13 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Art of Being Cheap in Business

  Recently I had a conversation with an intern we have working with us at Coastside Ventures about a business she is considering. An interesting sub-topic of the conversation revolved around keeping costs low, which is a pretty good business practice all around. However, as we were having the dialogue, it became clear that we were […]

• Business

  The REAL Fiscal Cliff

  01.29.13 | Permalink | Comments Off on The REAL Fiscal Cliff

  While the politicians in Washington were busy playing brinksmanship with the national economy, the “real” world went through the same cycle seen each January. For those lucky enough to make more money than the Social Security threshold (about $110,000 in 2012) started paying into the system again taking their net pay down. In addition this […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Our First Holiday Season as a Retailer

  12.26.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Our First Holiday Season as a Retailer

  This month has made the classic book opening of a Tale of Two Cities ring true “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Since Half Moon Bay is really a Halloween town, we thought that perhaps we’d seen the peak of the season in October, particularly with an overall sluggish […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Not Every Dollar is the Same

  10.21.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Not Every Dollar is the Same

  Having spent the vast majority of my business life creating and selling software; the business model I’m used to consists of relatively large expense dollars in the form of Research & Development (R&D) and Sales, Marketing, and Administration (SMA.) Since it’s software, the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) tends to be noise leading to healthy […]

• Business, Commentary

  You Work for Me Dammit

  10.02.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I’ve frequently railed against large companies abusing their customers in this forum. There are rants on United Airlines, Allianz Travel Insurance, Honeywell, etc. that detail the specific incidents so you can read them as you like. Yesterday, as I was fighting my bank for the 47th time on stupidity they’ve inflicted upon me as their […]

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