by Leif Jensen | Aug 17, 2020 | Running a Business |
Over the years I have worked with five published authors. Only one tied to live off their writings, but they were not doing so successfully when I stopped working with them. But they actually did made the bestseller list on the week the books come out, only to drop...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 12, 2020 | Running a Business |
Restaurants have had an extraordinarily difficult time with this pandemic. First having to shut down completely, then being able to have their product delivered or picked up only. Then being allowed to only have outdoor eating, then allowing at most if possible 20% of...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 11, 2020 | Investing |
Johnny Appleseed, there is the myth and legend, but then there is the man. We all know bits and pieces of the legend. Most of us know little about the man, fewer still know the man beyond some sparse general details. I was reading a book that briefly mentioned the...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 10, 2020 | Corporate Entities |
When original owners sell stock in companies, they find ways to get the money, but still control the company. One of the ways to do this is to issue a different share of stock with little or no voting rights, but rights to dividends and growth. One such company is...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 5, 2020 | General |
George Washington may well be the first environmentalist in our country. All planters knew that the tobacco crop depleted the soil. Others just bought more land, George looked into ways to replenish the soil. His research lead him to move away from tobacco as the...