Archive for August, 2011

Tough Media Questions II: Repeating Negatives

I recently read an article in the New York Times that contained a textbook case of how not to respond to a negative question. The story was about a large employer, which I’ll call “The Enterprise.”  The Enterprise is encountering some rough weather including worsening conditions that has led it to some downsizing.  The Enterprise’s [...]

Posted by George Merlis on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Posted in Essays
Tags: Essays, Media Training

Quote of the Day

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. – Wayne Gretzky

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
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Tough Media Questions I: Shock and Awe Answers

In 1949, U.S. Air Force Captain Edward A, Murphy, came up with his famous Murphy’s Law, “Anything that can go wrong will.”  With a nod in Captain Murphy’s direction, I have come up with my own law for media interviews:  “Anyone unprepared for tough questions will get them.” Captain Murphy  came up with his law [...]

Posted by George Merlis on Monday, August 29th, 2011
Posted in Essays
Tags: Essays, Media Training

Harvard Business Services Announces Mobile Site

Harvard Business Services, Inc. is pleased to announce our most recent addition, a mobile version of our website!  The Internet is quickly evolving and more and more people are using smart phones, or internet capable phones to pay bills, access web sites, view videos, research products/services , and much more! Estimates show that by 2013 [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

101: News Conferences

There are many ways to disseminate news about your achievements, your company, your projects:  you can write a blog, send out a press release, initiate a call-in to a radio talk show, pitch yourself to an individual reporter who covers your area of expertise.  Today, let’s deal with one of the most effective methods of [...]

Posted by George Merlis on Monday, August 22nd, 2011
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Tags: 101, Media Training

101: Inflation Part 2

In the first of our two-part post on inflation we came to the conclusion that a low and steady rate of inflation, roughly in the neighborhood of 2-3% annually, is preferable to the alternatives of deflation or hyperinflation. Central banks the world over tend to agree with our conclusion and thus seek to ensure that [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Posted in 101, Finance and Economics
Tags: 101, Finance and Economics, Inflation

Quote of the Day

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
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101: Inflation Part 1

In our first post we examined how and why interest rates are set by our central bank, the Federal Reserve, as well as the importance to small business owners of the level and direction of rates. At the time, we touched upon the “dual mandate” that the Fed has to provide both price stability and [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Monday, August 15th, 2011
Posted in 101, Finance and Economics
Tags: 101, Finance and Economics, Inflation

Bill Gates’s Favorite Books

Have you ever wondered what is on Bill Gates’s bookshelf? Here’s a list of his favorite books: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger My Years with General Motors by Alfred P. Sloan The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker  

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Posted in Books of Interest
Tags: Books

Thousands of Nonprofits Lose Tax-Exempt Status

If you are thinking about making a tax-deductible donation to a small charity, you may want to make sure it is still a charity.  A few recently lost their tax-exempt status for failing to file documents with the IRS.  Charities, membership groups, and trade associations without tax-exempt status are not allowed to receive tax-deductible contributions [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, IRS

Atlas Shrugged the Movie

Have you seen the new movie adaptation of Atlas Shrugged? If not, check out the Atlas Shrugged Trailer. Its theme is the role of individual achievement in society and its goal is to demonstrate what can happen when individual achievement is undervalued, suppressed and demonized. What would happen, if our producers disappear like Steve Jobs and other industrialists [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, August 8th, 2011
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Other Agent’s Annual Fees

A couple of months ago I wrote a blog entitled, “How Much You Are Paying For Registered Agent Service?” It spoke about how some companies overcharge their clients for registered agent service.  It explained how other companies bait you in with one price, and raise the fees on you each year.  It explained how Harvard [...]

Posted by Devin Scott on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Posted in Delaware, Registered Agent
Tags: Delaware, Registered Agent