by Leif Jensen | Jun 3, 2024 | Rant |
My son sent me a story/article the other day which shared the stats from a DOJ case regarding Penguin wanting to buy Simon and Shuster. The deal was killed because of monopoly issues. Penguin has 37% of the market and Shuster has 11%, a merger would dominate the...
by Leif Jensen | May 1, 2024 | Rant |
You own your own business and make a decent living. Could you sell your business if you wanted to? Of do you actually own a job with client(s) who would leave if you thought about selling? I know a number of franchises are really built around owning a job and...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 24, 2024 | Employees, Rant |
Have you ever run into a friend or colleague or employee who was under the belief that they were so integral to the business that no one could ever replace them? I have known many over the years. All of them are wrong. Everyone is replaceable, no one is that...
by Leif Jensen | Mar 27, 2024 | Rant |
The recent changes over the past few years are making it ever more difficult to cheat on your taxes. This in one way is a good thing and in another a bad thing. Yes, everyone should be paying their fair share of taxes. All income is taxable and needs to be reported...
by Leif Jensen | Mar 11, 2024 | Rant |
Des Plaines must have the worst building requirement ever. I don’t see these stupid moves anywhere else. I know of two new constructions that apparently start on the boundary line of the property. There were existing building standing and now these new building have...
by Leif Jensen | Mar 4, 2024 | Rant |
I was meeting a client at their location, and I asked why they were renting instead of owning their own location. Especially with their rent costs. In the past they had owned their own buildings, but now where they were located, single small businesses were no longer...
