Archive for July 9th, 2004
David Bayless: “In the not too distant past, having an entrepreneurial, business-oriented mindset wouldn’t get you very far if you didn’t happen to be co-located with the requisite, tangible tools of production. Without the latter, skills couldn’t develop, either. Today, on the other hand, mindset comes to the fore.”
40% of U.S. Entrepeneurs Are Over 50
Anita Campbellwriting on Small Business Trends: Ray Kroc started McDonald’s at age 52 after years as a salesman. Colonel Harland Sanders franchised Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC) at age 65. “You’re never too old” is the message in an Akron Beacon Journal article by business reporter Brian Charlton. The article points out that more and [...]
Explaining Social Security to Kids
Newmark’s Door: “Your tax dollars at work: the government tries to explain Social Security to little kids.” I think we could do better than that — and for free! Here’s my version: Social security is like food that the big scary green monster steals from the young people to give to the old people. The [...]
Yesterday, my hometown newspaper profiled a local accountant who offers accounting courses on the internet. Modesto Bee: John Day of Sonora claims to have just what you need: an online course called Real Life Accounting. It’s designed, he said, for nonaccountants who need to understand the concepts, not necessarily master them. In three years, his [...]
