Entrepreneurs are smart people. They create new and exciting business concepts and work tirelessly to bring these concepts to market and reap the rewards. Sometimes, though, entrepreneurs are too smart, so smart that they become foolish. They become foolish when …
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Saturday’s St. Paul Pioneer Press has an outstanding opinion piece which discusses the important role which entrepreneurs play in spurring on an economic recovery. The article, written by Arnold Kling, a member of the Mercatus Center’s Financial Markets Working Group …
This morning was our annual viewing of the classic movie, Holiday Inn. This film is, of course, best known for the debut of Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas”, and was the prequel to the Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye film named after …
This weekend I finally got around to watching the film “Flash of Genius.” The movie tells the story of Dr. Robert Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, and his battle against Ford Motor Co. over Ford’s alleged …
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My collaborative article with my good friend, Rich Muller, is now up on the Mansfield Tanick & Cohen website. Click here to read it.
This week I purchased the new Ace Frehley CD, “Anomaly”. Ace is, of course, the original lead guitarist for rock legends KISS, a longtime favorite of mine. KISS is currently celebrating its 35th anniversary, but only one-half of the original …
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This past week I read Fran Tarkenton’s new book, Every Day is Game Day. I was struck by the fact that Fran started his book by discussing what he called his “worst day ever.” That day for Fran was December …
My favorite NFL player of all-time is former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton. I never saw Fran play live, but as a kid watching video highlights of “old #10” scrambling out of the reach of defenders and making something out …
The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is a great place in which to start a new business. Starting a business can be a daunting task, but there are a number of local organizations and resources which exist for the purpose of …
This past Thursday evening I had the privilege of attending the Twin Cities Business 2009 Minnesota Business Hall of Fame dinner. Five men – Viet Ngo, Dennis Frandsen, Edward Jay Phillips, Michael Fiterman and Carl Platou – were honored for …