What McDonald’s $4 Meal Teaches Every Business About Pricing
When the world’s biggest burger chain starts advertising a $4 breakfast, it is tempting to read it as a sign of trouble. It is closer to the opposite: a deliberate, well-calculated bet. Here is what is actually going on, and what you can take from it. 2. Price is a messageBy pushing $3 items and […]
The owner’s bottleneck, not implementing delegation: how to actually get things done..
Most Entrepreneurs, Small, and/or Medium sized Businesses don’t have a strategy problem. They have an owner-bottleneck problem.Every decision runs through one person. Growth stalls at exactly the speed that person can think. Three quick and efficient fixes:Write down the 5 decisions you make most oftenHand 3 of them to someone, with clear limitsReview results weekly, […]
Positioning, how to better situate your business and/or dreams
Big consulting firms build 200-slide decks for companies with 10,000 employees.Small and mid-size businesses don’t need a deck. They need a decision and someone to help make it stick. That’s the work I do: fewer slides, faster answers, and a plan your team can run on Monday. If you run a business with up to […]
Israel Election Results: No Clear Winner, Record Turnout
Israelis voted Tuesday in an election that produced no clear winner. Turnout reached 77.7 percent, the highest since 1999, according to the Central Elections Committee. Exit polls show neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, within reach of the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat […]
Spain Train Crash Near Madrid: At Least 68 Killed
Two high-speed trains collided Wednesday morning near Urda, on Spain’s Madrid-Seville line. At least 68 people were killed and about 100 were injured, and officials expect the death toll to rise. A Renfe train struck a stationary Iryo train, sending two coaches off the tracks and down an embankment. Roughly 500 passengers were aboard the […]
What makes a good person a good person?
Here are the three things I say:Mostly three things working together: compassion and caring about others, actually showing that care, and being honest with yourself and others whether it is about shortcomings or victories. A good person wants good for others, whether they are familiar persons or not. How one treats a waiter or a […]
Google, Your Data, and the Fine Print Nobody Reads
In a world where everything runs on data, your phone may have been working harder than you think… even when you weren’t using it. A recent case revealed that Android devices were allegedly sending data in the background—without most users realizing it. The outcome? A roughly $135 million settlement affecting millions. To be clear, Google […]
CDC advisers could reverse newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
A critical decision lies ahead for a group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as they prepare to vote on whether to change the agency’s longstanding recommendation for administering the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns within the first 24 hours of life. The debate has emerged from a complex evaluation […]
💧 Ruidoso Hit Hard by Flash Flooding—Again
On July 8, Ruidoso, New Mexico was hit by yet another natural disaster—this time, a flash flood fueled by intense monsoon rains. With burn scars from last year’s wildfires still raw, the water had nowhere to go, racing down the mountains and turning streets into rivers.The Rio Ruidoso surged past 20 feet, swallowing homes, cars, […]
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