Piggybacking Businesses
I’ve never twittered and never sold or bought on eBay. To me the technology and the hassle of the latter are daunting. I came across a franchise chain, iSold It, which solves the fact that I’m eBay-challenged. Drop off your item at an iSold It store and they handle auctioning it on eBay and sending Read More »
Introducing “New Math”
Not long ago, we linked to a site called New Math, whose proprietor is named Craig Damrauer. We liked Craig’s work so much that we asked if he felt like contributing new pieces to this blog occasionally. We are happy to say that he agreed. Craig is, in his own words, “a writer and artist Read More »
Wall Street's Identity Crisis
Some on Wall Street think of themselves as the fighter jocks of American capitalism. Justin Fox thinks they’re more like bumper car drivers, “spending more time tangling with each other than doing anything useful.” Either way, now that the market has tanked and the public has turned on bankers, many on the Street find themselves Read More »
Do the Serenos Make the Emanuels Look Like Slackers?
The Emanuel Brothers — Rahm, Zeke, and Ari — are famously high achievers, one in politics, one in entertainment, and one in medicine (although the doctor has recently crossed over into politics as well). But there’s another family of high achievers, also from Chicago, that is giving them some competition: the Serenos. Of the six Read More »
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