Joel Block: Growth Minute
A couple years ago, I leased a new car for my oldest daughter when she turned 16. She drove the car for a couple years, went off to college, and at then we gave the car to my son when he turned 16.
4 days ago
From time to time, I like to deviate from my typical business rants and tackle some technologies and gadgets that I stumble upon which help entrepreneurs to be incredibly more efficient and more productive.
10:44 Oct 22, 2009
There probably isn't any question asked of me more often then if now is a good time to buy real estate. It's my opinion that everyone in the investment community knows that there are more distressed assets for sale now than in recent memory.
10:45 Oct 16, 2009
Being a salesman at heart, I am very sensitive to the words that people say - and the body language that they say it with - so that I can figure out what people really mean.
16:38 Sep 29, 2009
In order to move the money in from the sidelines, you have to show the investors that you have a business plan that's not dependent on market timing - because the smart money knows that no one can predict the bottom of the market.
05:33 Sep 20, 2009
I never liked to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I can tell you with near certainty that everything that the media is telling us is nearly opposite from the truth.
09:19 Sep 12, 2009
Every year about Labor Day weekend, I am reminded how the business world operates a lot like a horse race. If you have ever been to the race track, you'll know that the horses jet out of the gate with incredible speed.
08:49 Sep 8, 2009
The way that our credit scores are actually calculated is 'top secret.' No one seems to know exactly how they are calculated - and that means that no one can actually take decisive action to improve one's score.
11:21 Aug 28, 2009
During the course of a year, I host or moderate more than 50 substantial networking functions. These are highly social but intensely business-oriented functions where millions and millions of dollars worth of business gets done.
09:46 Aug 21, 2009
What a great conference! I feel so proud of the program that we put together and of the audience that we assembled. These were true professionals who were able to take advantage of the material that we presented.
14:49 Jul 31, 2009
The banks got billions of TARP dollars over the past 9 months. And now, the Small Business Administration has announced that TARP dollars will start flowing through to small businesses...
11:59 Jun 24, 2009
We've all gotten used to the logic put out by some of the brilliant marketing people in Corporate America that their companies are too big to fail.
11:16 Jun 22, 2009
I normally don't get terribly philosophical, but today is one of those days that I'm thinking about my life and my business in a new way.
16:47 Jun 5, 2009
It is said that in baseball pitching is 75 to 90 percent of the game. Pitching is defensive, but you cannot win a baseball game with 90 percent excellence in pitching.
09:22 Jun 1, 2009
Sometimes, if my colleagues produce articles that are excellent, I will run those articles inside of my blog or inside of my columns.
11:16 May 29, 2009
Is There a Silver Lining to this Bad Economy? So many people who I know are whining and moaning about the effects of the bad economy on their business.
16:02 May 26, 2009
My theme - especially in these difficult times - is that we have to help each other. That means if you network with other people, now is the time to be looking out for their welfare.
11:42 May 11, 2009
April Showers was shot and cut based on the MPAA's stated standards for a PG-13 rating and does not contain sex, cursing or on-screen graphic violence. The MPAA stated that the film is rated R for 'some disturbing violent content.'
14:20 Apr 8, 2009
Following a recent heated discussion about the economy and our recovery, my friend and colleague Mark Pearl agreed to put his thoughts in writing for my readers to consider.
05:38 Mar 18, 2009
Imagine sitting around a conference table with world class experts in economics, finance, credit, bonds and the markets. That discussion happened last week and it was recapped by my good friend Jeffrey F. Sax.
05:54 Mar 17, 2009
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