by Whitney | Oct 29, 2008 | business, community, new media, social media
“Business Relationships” used to sound like an oxymoron- there was business, and then there were relationships, friendships, you had outside of the business or work world. Companies classically (and probably still do in many places) discourage workplace...
by Whitney | Oct 16, 2008 | books, business, economics, finance, new media, recommendations
I picked up a book the other day that sounded intriguing- The Knack- How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up, by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham. The authors both work for Inc. magazine, and Norm writes their Street Smarts column. Norm also...
by Whitney | Oct 1, 2008 | books, business, parenting, recommendations
I am a big fan of the Business section of the book store. This might seem odd to some of you who will say “This woman does a podcast about parenting and education; She’s a lawyer- so what’s the deal with recommending business books?”...
by Whitney | Sep 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here’s a thought- cheap money is not always a good thing. Today, one of the major financial houses on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Not a good thing. And, it’s a result of the housing crisis as well. Let’s turn the...
by Whitney | Jul 3, 2008 | education, learning, Uncategorized
One of the things I think we do REALLY poorly in this country is teaching our kids how money works. I didn’t get a course in economics until college, but most of the best lessons I learned about money were through various jobs. One was working as a customer...
