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Mad @ Mgmt
with Walter Simson
05/06/13No talk, all action: Madison Startup Weekend gives energy to new ideasHave you ever read about start ups in a business magazine – I am thinking of Wired or Red Herring – and wondered where the entrepreneurs got their ideas? Social media, payment systems, and microfinance are all new business types that appeared to me, at least, to lie along an unlikely intersection of technology and specialized knowledge. Where, I wondered, do the experts in bleeding-edge technology marry with the needs of real-world ideas? And how do they come up with solutions that are so audacious? |
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03/18/13In the company of others: Office work still has a valuable roleYou know the scene: the passionate devotees waiting for a sign of white smoke, the speculation over exactly how much reform the sclerotic organization can withstand, the media frenzy giving the telling details of the elected leader’s life, the joy and anticipation for great things to come. Posted at 10:46 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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02/26/13The Soldatos ImperativeThe other day I met my son Will for a burger in Madison. Where to go but the Nitty Gritty, the bar and grill famous for its free birthday drinks (and for its longtime owner and chief greeter, Marsh Shapiro, who died late last year)? I arrived first, ordered a diet drink, and found that Will was still a few minutes away. So I hatched a plan that depended on a quick consultation with a conspirator. |
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01/28/13Children don’t always benefit from disability paymentsAbout a month ago, Nick Kristof of The New York Times created a stir when he called out parents who pull $698 a month for their children’s mental disability. Actually, he called them out for cheating. According to Kristof, the parents are pulling their children out of literacy programs because if the child begins to succeed in school, the Social Security Disability Income check will not be in the mail. The parents are making a choice between literacy and the monthly check, choosing the check. Posted at 11:31 AM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
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12/11/12Simson finds way to eliminate government debt. Is jailed.I bet you have Googled your own name. Perhaps it is to see if your seventh runner-up fourth-grade high-jump performance is memorialized. Maybe you want to see if you have outstanding parking tickets, or maybe a long lost relative is seeking your address so that you can come into your fortune. |
Mad @ Mgmt addresses the concerns of middle market companies, including banking, family & succession issues, turnarounds & performance improvement and economic life in general. Walter Simson is founder and Principal of 
