Some numbers are sacrosanct especially in sports. In baseball, the home plate to first base is always 90 feet. In basketball, the hoop is 10 feet from the floor. And in golf, the golf hole is four and quarter inches in diameter, a measurement officially sanctioned 121 years ago by the Royal and Ancient Golf […]
Netflix has an excellent reputation as a business winner. The company’s first victory was that it beat Blockbuster at its own game. You may recall Blockbuster Video — it rented out DVDs and VCRs at retail stores. Then Netflix made it cheaper and more convenient for consumers to get the movies they wanted with DVD […]
I love March Madness. The games are exciting, upsets happen often in the early rounds and dark horses rise to the top. This year has been no different. Even though my Terps did not even make the big dance again this year, I was enthralled with Mercer coming from nowhere and making a name for […]
Last week, the MBA published its Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report which reflected the results for the Fourth Quarter 2013. The report was a shocker in many ways and should give all managers a lot to think about it. Our present model of pirating sales professionals from each other and giving outrageous guarantees as the […]