Mitch's Blog

“Every region needs its heroes. These folks take role modeling to an extreme; they have names like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Steve Case, Anita Roddick, and Oprah Winfrey. Kids need heroes, in that they can say, ‘When I grow up, I am going to be the next Steve Jobs.” Guy Kawasaki, Reality Check [...]

Recently some Republican politicians have gone back to their respective areas of the country to pitch cost cutting measures that they believe will help the country get back on its financial feet. Unexpectedly, they’ve run into many protests or angry people at those meetings that are expressing their displeasure at the plan. This has sent [...]

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about an issue he’s having where he works. The main issue is that there’s a supervisor that’s basically harassing him and he doesn’t like it. The supervisor isn’t someone he reports to; that’s a major issue. When he reported it to his manager the guy [...]

I have over 800 posts on this blog, and most of the time I write on business topics in areas where I can offer services. I haven’t spent much time talking about myself as it pertains to my business, though. Since I know that the rate of visitors who stop by here to see what [...]

I was having a conversation with one of my local Twitter friends on the subject of groups that specifically exclude others. In this case it’s a local women’s business support group that excludes men for the most part, but will every once in awhile vote to allow one into their ranks. His feeling is that [...]

I’m ready to break out of the winter doldrums. Unfortunately, in central New York, old man winter seems to be pushing around Miss Spring and not really wanting to let go. Even on a day like yesterday, when the temperatures finally broke through for some warmth and sun in the late afternoon, the winds were [...]

Let’s face this reality; the last two years have been tough financially because of the economy. Not just for me, but for many people. Unemployment, which is finally starting to fall (or is it; I’ll leave that alone for now), has been high, and some people have been out of work for more than 2 [...]