The killer D is debt. According to a recent USA Today article, 2 years after seeing debt decrease and savings increase, the trend has reversed. In the US, credit card debt is up 368% from 2 years ago. While this may be good for your business in the short-run, it will be bad for you and your […]
Bounce Back (do you have it?)
Failure hurts Kia just told me about 3 photographer acquaintances from different parts of the country who are having major financial problems. A couple of them may have to close their businesses. When she told me, I went through a range of emotions – shock, concern, worry, and relief (that it wasn’t me) just to […]
Are you caught up in profitability?
I’m sure the article title may sound like a weird question, coming from a blog all about the BUSINESS of photography. But hang with me for a minute, and you’ll see where it really is MORE profitable to be less worried with profit. I was struck with the question during the Storyline conference. Am I […]
Woodstock – 40th Anniversary Lessons
I stayed up late Friday night watching a documentary on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock (which unless you’ve been in a cave for the past few days – I’m sure you’ve heard about). It focused quite a bit on the promoters and what they went through to get Woodstock up and running and of course […]
Never, never, never give in!
This week I finished a sort of follow up book to Jim Collin’s Good to Great – it’s called How the Mighty Fall. In it Collins tries to track and pinpoint why some of the companies tracked in Good to Great fell so hard (Circuit City, Scott Paper, etc). He came up with 5 stages of decline. Here’s the thing […]
I am not participating in this recession…
I don’t follow Dave Ramsey much, but our church showed this promo video on Sunday and I was really struck by it. I do have a choice in what I do, and how I respond to financial situation all around me. I hope you enjoy it…I am an American, and I am not participating […]
VeggieTales saga…
I just finished reading the biography of the creator of VeggieTales (direct to video animated kids series starring vegetables) and the founder of Big Idea – Phil Vischer. It was fascinating to me to read from several standpoints. First of all, Phil is a Christian and while the videos are not overtly, down your throat […]
