by Leif Jensen | Sep 21, 2016 | General |
The precariat is a social class formed by people suffering from precarity, which is a condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare. The proletariat, in a capitalist society, whose only possession of significant...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 20, 2016 | General |
Do you think of elections as an investment? Do you think others might? If you don’t you may be a bit naïve. I am called cynical from my family because I believe most people do just about everything they do for their own self-interests, which typically can be...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 19, 2016 | General |
It seems that the amount of data that we are generating and storing is growing at a truly exponential rate. According to a recent article our collected data id doubling every two years. Most believe that it will change our world forever more. Obviously we are...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 14, 2016 | General |
Here are my version of the history of the “Internet Revolution” The Stone Age Industrial revolution Internet created by the military for the military The internet concept release to the masses Originally just limited data available The use for communication, e-mail,...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 13, 2016 | General |
A few years ago I was working with a group of financial advisors and they were subleasing space from another office. This office had an outside tech guy that came in once a month or so. He had them tied in such a way as to make himself indispensable. But even as he...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 12, 2016 | General |
Once I started my business, I made up my mind that business formal was not going to be the expected dress code. having had to wear suits most of my professional life. I wanted to ease the distance between myself and my clients and a suit has the ability to create...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 9, 2016 | General |
Governor Bruce Rauner recently signed into law the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the Act), which will prohibit private sector employers from entering into non-compete agreements with low-wage employees. The Act defines low-wage employees as those who earn the greater...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 8, 2016 | General |
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but I prefer words to video for quick short articles or topics. Granted that seemingly everyone is screaming from their pedestals that all blog posting should be video. That Millennials have the attention span of gnats and...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 7, 2016 | General |
At the Sage Summit a number of the presenter were giving their take on Millennials. Everything from how they think to how they act to what to expect from them. I was listening to one Millennial who claimed to be a specialist on her peer group. She explained that the...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 6, 2016 | General |
Ok, you made the decision to start your business, or the decision was made for you. Either way you have a business. After the initial start-up phase you went into the growth phase of the business. You have acquired those initial clients and grew your business from...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 31, 2016 | General |
I sit and have sat on numerous Boards of Directors (BOD) in my lifetime. I also know a number of people who do or have done the same. An overriding concern of being on a BOD will always be the liability issue. Being on a board does contain legal responsibilities the...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 30, 2016 | General |
I recently went to the Sage Summit. It was suggested to me that heavy usage of the Summit app could garner prizes, fame and fortune. When I went to download the app, it was demanding access to very and all aspects of my phone. Why would an app for a three day event...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 29, 2016 | General |
I don’t believe that the commercial property market has ever recovered from the economic downturn. I base this on a couple of findings. Close to home, my complex has a number of open for sales units. When I moved in all were filled and active. But as time...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 24, 2016 | General |
I was reading a WSJ OpEd piece that hit home for me. Robert Wilmers of M&T Bank had the stats that I suspected but pulled them together. According to the Bureau of Labor Statics, since 2009 the pace of small business start-ups has fallen to the lowest...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 23, 2016 | General |
I have run into a number of situations where an individual should be promoting themselves, yet seem to be promoting the company wrapper they currently have about their shoulders. I know a realtor form a networking group, when I was a member of the group he...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 22, 2016 | General |
A hundred years ago, when I started this business, I met with an entrepreneur who told me in no uncertain terms to lose the Hotmail e-mail address. If I wanted to be treated as a professional I should present myself as a professional. Like I said, it was a hundred...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 17, 2016 | General |
According to Kiplinger the Republicans are starting to position themselves for the “goring of the bulls” tax plan that I was informed would occur for 2017. Kiplinger is attempting to present this as a positive, but if the details that were shared with me...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 16, 2016 | General |
According to Kiplinger the Republicans are starting to position themselves for the “goring of the bulls” tax plan that I was informed would occur for 2017. The plan that Kiplinger lays out would have C-Corporations pay tax at a flat 20% rate, down from the 35%...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 15, 2016 | General |
I was having a chat with a banker who was rolling his eyes when we were talking about some start-ups that were looking for loans and lines of credit. Now he is an aggressive banker who is always looking for new clients and enjoys assisting clients get those loans and...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 10, 2016 | General |
Typically people use a single financial advisor. For most people the use of a financial advisor is recommended, let alone multiple advisors. I also don’t mean a husband and wife team as two advisors. I mean a financial professional from whom some guidance can be...
