[Poll] How is the new year/decade looking for you?
I was talking about that surge of optimism that comes from a sense of clean slate-ity at the beginning of a new year in my Policy Matters column this week.
The effect is multiplied at the beginning of a new decade (although, technically, the new decade doesn’t start until next year).
We’re all convinced that greatness [...]
January poll: what tops your to-do list?
Ringing in the New Year on a Thursday is a bit weird because you spend Wednesday night partying until very late, then you have Thursday off to recover, and then it’s Friday and you’re weekend is starting.
Unless, of course, you have the sense to just take a long weekend or a short vacation.
So here we [...]
A few final microbusiness thoughts before year’s end
I don’t do retrospectives and I save my crystal ball gazing for Small Business Trends.
So, what I have to say to you right now is not especially Janus-like, exactly. Right now, I want to tell you some things I’m hoping for into next year.
That’s as distinct from what I actually think is going to happen.
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