Renee’s Rules™ for the Recession
July 3, 2009
Both national and regional bankers have told me recently that they expect a second wave of troubled companies…..For those companies [...]
Read MoreA blog of interest
June 30, 2009
The internet is a wonderful thing! Sam Thacker, the Finance Expert at AllBusiness.com (He helps companies find financing), someone I [...]
Read MoreRenee’s Rule™: What gets measured matters.
June 28, 2009
Every manager knows the axiom “What gets measured is what gets done,” but too often managers overlook key measurements. An [...]
Read MoreEddie Bauer Bankruptcy
June 18, 2009
Today, I was interviewed by TheDeal.com about prospects for Eddie Bauer after its Chapter 11 filing. Click here to read [...]
Read MoreAn unexpected delight!
June 16, 2009
Some years ago, I recruited a first-rate controller to a client company. To accept the position, she had to sell [...]
Read MoreAre You Guilty of These Bad Business Habits?
June 9, 2009
The “headline” of my post today is the headline of the June 9th post on the VC Task Force Blog. [...]
Read MorePearl Ace Hardware: A beacon of hope in an ocean of dreadful customer service
June 6, 2009
When I’ve abandoned almost all hope of ever finding good customer service anywhere ever again, I stop by Pearl Ace [...]
Read MoreRenee’s Rule™: If you can’t understand what someone is saying, he may not be saying anything.
May 27, 2009
I’ve seen some pretty scary hiring mistakes. Here is an example in which “The Emperor Had No Clothes.” In the [...]
Read MoreAre you smarter than an economist? An update
May 17, 2009
Click here to go to the new contest page we created so we could add an entry form and a [...]
Read MoreRenee’s Rule™: “Bigger” may not be “safer.”
May 17, 2009
When is it “safer” to hire a “big” professional firm rather than a smaller one? This is a topic I’ll [...]
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