January 16, 2014

The Rise and Fall of Desserts by David Glass OR: How NOT to Run Your Small Business

Books

In a thinly veiled ode to food, David Glass tells the story of a small dessert company focused on making only the most exquisite cakes, how this company flirted with disaster from the very beginning, and how its loyal customers have kept it alive in its many reincarnations. Classic business dilemmas, like trading quality for […]

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The Dark Side of the Truffle Trade

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The high-end [truffle] industry has spawned a shadowy underworld, where tax evasion, nighttime heists, counterfeits, and sabotage are not uncommon. The schemes span continents and truffle types, but all of them boil down to scarcity and cash. “You know, it’s a short season. And for some people that make their profit within very tiny windows

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