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...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 20, 2016 | General |
A friend and client of mine passed away last month. He was important to me as well as this blog as one of the major IT people whose knowledge I respected, I quizzed him with regularity on what was new and exciting to him and what was on the horizon for the rest of...
