Mad at Mgmt

This is a story about my landlord. Well, not my landlord. My client’s. You see, I was appointed to help a company in receivership one autumn. Receivership is a procedure similar to Chapter 11 that makes company assets available to the secured lenders for sale or disposal in order to pay off the debt. Full Story 

No, this is not a travel piece. It’s about Madison, Wis., and the Florida is a person, not a place. He is Richard Florida, economist of sorts (he calls himself “one of the world’s leading public intellectuals on economic competitiveness”). He is famous for his thesis that exciting cities make for prosperous cities precisely because excitement is what people want in their workplace and entrepreneurs want for their start-ups. Full Story 

I used to see Goldman Sachs alumni everywhere. It was weird – as if they were running things. But today I see a different influence. Now New Jersey and its crazy citizens are everywhere. Full Story 

I am getting the feeling that economic conditions are improving. One client is on allocation on manufactured goods – the demand is outstripping supply. Another is about to hire five people, in sales and accounting. Full Story