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Mandated Investment in Your Most Important Asset?

August 18, 2009 by Zane Safrit with 283 views

When did  our business community reach the point where we need to be told to invest in the assets of our business? When did we need a legal mandate, essentially a parent, to force the good business practice of investing in the upkeep, the enhancements, of a corporate asset? Have  we reached the extreme end of this pendulum... [read more]

#20: Here's a thought...

August 7, 2009 by BrianRoger with 144 views

An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on MyVenturePad reveals the following nuggets:Who would have thought?The other challenge with predicting technology futures is that people change in their expectations of what is helpful or desirable. If we had explained Facebook or Twitter to an ordinary person back 1997 they would... [read more]

Healthcare costs choke small business

June 15, 2009 by Zane Safrit with 120 views

I’m confused. Help me understand. Supporters of our current healthcare system tout its free-market basis. That, they claim, in itself makes our system better than the others. Better means more efficient, more effective. We deliver better care at lower costs. That's what a superior business model accomplishes in a free-market system,... [read more]

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