by Whitney | Jun 3, 2013 | business, economics, finance
I’m intrigued by marketplaces of all sorts- ranging from Farmer’s Markets, to Malls, to Online Niche markets. Each has a culture associated with it, a sense of rules and norms, often unspoken. Each also has speculators, spectators and active...
by Whitney | Mar 29, 2013 | explanations, finance, Uncategorized
There’s been noise in the news lately about how the State and Federal government is looking towards imposing sales tax on internet or e-commerce businesses for the first time. This will mean a lot of changes in the way business is done online, and it’s...
by Whitney | Feb 7, 2013 | economics, education, explanations, finance
I went to a public meeting of the Finance Committee for our local school district this week. The news, as anyone could have imagined, is not good. Here’s the problem in a nutshell: -Property values have dropped, and as a result, to save money, many homeowners...
by Whitney | Nov 27, 2012 | business, economics, education, explanations, finance
Hanging around with folks in the Marketing world has taught me a lot over the years. One of those things is that you shouldn’t try to screw up a perfectly good story with logic. Over time, I’ve learned about everything from how to use internet tools to...
by Whitney | Nov 5, 2012 | business, economics, finance
I was listening to NPR this morning, and someone from an Ad Agency in Virginia was saying that because of the election, there’s been little opportunity for local businesses to get their own ads for the holidays and more on TV, and the inventory of open time...
by Whitney | Jan 3, 2012 | business, community, economics, finance
I was with my trainer this morning, and we were discussing post-holiday things, as is typical the first week in January. And I was struck by the following thought: We got ourselves out of the Great Depression by an expansion of productivity, consumer spending, and...
