Wordsmith +JP Rangaswami has more to share from another page in his book of wisdom – 5 customer rules for doing business in the flesh & online.
Tag: Business
Startup advice for the not-mega-rich folks [Article]
Leo Babauta writes about advising his 13-year old to start her own vegan cupcake business, and how that advice was shaped by his own experience.
Screw the business plan. Planning, like perfection, is useless and stands in your way. Sure, you want to think things through, but planning is based on faulty information (we can’t know the future). Instead, experiment. Get started. Do. Then see what happens, and adjust. Flexibility is much more important than a good plan.
Posner on business ethics [Article]
Posner dissects the concept of free-market self regulation, & business ethics (to me, the term is an oxymoron) – and lays it bare for what it really is
Competition is doubtless essential to the efficient production and distribution of goods and services. But it is not an antidote to unethical practices by producers and distributors.
The question is whether his advocacy for more regulation is actually a solution at all?
Family Business [Essay]
How would you react when your child wants to become a designer? Specifically, a sex-toy designer? A hilarious, thoughtful story on parenting by a proud prude mother.
The luxury repo men [Article]
You’ve heard of the repossession guys coming around to take away the car for not making the loan repayments. What about the rich guys who do the same with their toys? The luxury repo men takes a look.