Getting Ahead for the Little Guy
Maybe it’s a glass-half-full idea, but I like it:
The Ultimate Truth About Preventing Market Abuse – It Can’t Be Done
Bottom line (according to Dave Forest) – no matter how much regulation and enforcement we try and pile on the markets, people are going to game it. And lie. And cheat.
This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do [...]
My first job was a part-time position at a toy store that paid me little more than minimum wage. Some weeks, I wondered if my schedule resulted in my gas bill taking out half my earnings (after taxes). But I worked hard, got to work with “grown ups,” meet people, get some experience in the [...]
Last week, I was in a meeting with some professional investors and entrepreneurs. I was talking about my recent headaches with bounced paychecks (yes, plural, there were actually two, but both have been taken care of now) with one friend there who has been “out of the rat race” for about four years now. When [...]
An incoming and outgoing CEO for a struggling public company met on the morning of the transition. The old CEO was making sure his personal affects were removed from the office, and he met his successor with a genuinely warm handshake and a smile.
“So do you have any advice for me,” the incoming CEO asked [...]