by Leif Jensen | Jul 5, 2016 | General |
I recently had a vendor attempt to charge me for their travel time. I was quite surprised because no one has ever tried that with me before. I have had plumbers and electricians state that there would be minimum charges for them showing up. But when I call them I...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 29, 2016 | General |
I was giving a client a difficult time because they had hired an employee for whom they did not do a background check on. The employee did not work out well, and there were some minor issues. When I asked what their hiring policy was, they stated that they did...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 28, 2016 | General |
The SEC has issued its rules for crowdfunding to make it a bit easier to govern how start-up firms can raise money from many small backers and how investors can take part in such ventures. Consistent with the JOBS Act, the proposed rules would among other things...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 27, 2016 | General |
I was reading an Op-ed piece in the WSJ, about “What’s Killing Jobs and Stalling the Economy”. The May jobs report was bad. The Op-ed piece, referred to an aspect of the nation’s history, and introduced me to the process called “creative destruction”. This...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 22, 2016 | General |
There have been protests at the McDonald’s Corporate Headquarters recently. The protestors are demanding a higher minimum wage. The problem is that most McDonald’s are owned by independent owner operators and not by the corporate offices. I found an old...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 21, 2016 | General |
I have random quotes on all of the pages of my website. They are financial in nature and surprising after years of them being there, finally with the new website I am getting comments on them. Apparently they were surprised by the fact that some of them were...
