Author Archives: Jason Blumer
The State of the Economy, According to the Federal Reserve Board’s “Beige Book”
The goal of our Federal Reserve is to “provide the nation with a safe, flexible and stable monetary and financial system.” Basically, it’s a big fat bank providing our private banks with stabilization when needed and overseeing the many actions of our private banks within twelve separate districts in the US.
And you may not know [...]
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Four Ways to Combat Commoditization in Your Industry
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post on Commoditization at my other blog, and it hit a few cords with readers. I explained what I meant if a business was being commoditized. Some readers were a little disturbed to know that they were being commoditized right out of their own market place. Others desperately [...]
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The Real Issues Behind Great Results, Part II
A few weeks ago, I posted the first part of this two part series on understanding the real issues behind great results at your startup. We went into some deep thinking to get there.
In summary, we talked about how getting great results is a deeper process than merely focusing on the results themselves. Behind results lies [...]
The Real Issues Behind Great Results, Part I
The more people I hang with, the more I learn. I just learned some cool things from a consultant that assists business owners with seeing their real problems, and helping them design strategies around eliminating those problems in their business.
His thinking went like this:
Entrepreneurs and business owners want to change RESULTS,
But the problem behind the [...]
Generation X: The Confused Generation