Business Explained by Stever

Ok, so I’m really happy. The Get-it-Done Guy is filling a real need—at least, people are subscribing! See this link for screen shots of the Get-it-Done Guy on iTunes today.

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Cool! I love having my insecurities soothed by being right. And heck, it’s just plain fun to feel right.
I wrote a blog post in 2006: http://blog.steverrobbins.com/bizblog/wells-fargo-do-record-profits-herald-disaster-16
In it, I look at publicly available figures for Wells Fargo and conclude they’re doing really dumb things. Today Forbes had a story where those really dumb things collapse in [...]

I’m extremely happy to report that my new podcast has launched! Check out:
The Get-It-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More at http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com. You can subscribe via iTunes by doing this:

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Search the iTunes store for “Get it done guy”
Choose “Podcast” from the drop-down list of result types at the upper [...]

 

 Is Social Networking a Tragedy of the Commons? [2:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Is Social Networking a Tragedy of the Commons?
I’m starting to think so. They’re pretty cool. They let you share yourself and your life with your friends. You find out more about them, they find out more about you, you swap cool stuff. Life is good.
And therein lies the problem. Life is so good that [...]

Have you seen this Reuters article on how GM is suffering record losses? It’s amazing that they attribute GM’s slump to “suffering from stalling U.S. auto sales, a slumping housing market and rising oil prices.”
Gee, last time I checked, for the last twenty-frickin-seven years, American cars (and GM’s in particular) lag foreign imports in terms [...]