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Over Regulation Stifles Free Thinking and Innovation
In modern corporations mostly due to the DotCom era, when corporations were seeing investors move to faster moving companies; we saw a paradigm shift in Corporate Management. Tom Peters and others saw this and started writing about it. These corporate management gurus were trying to tell us all along what Deming and others had noticed. It seems like America goes thru cycles of losing sight of the ball. But once again we see the return of the suggestion box, although with the flow of thought set up correctly they would never be needed, because innovation would be constant and a moving target.Today’s corporations have to be innovative simply to attempt to comply with the rising tide of over regulations, if they don’t they will drown. Yet they are so busy in the boardrooms discussing transparency with lawyers and accountants they have little time to listen or to brainstorm. The former head of HP made that statement this year at the Davos Convention 2005. With these restrictions it means less innovation can take

zen or where were you born or things like that. I cannot believe we have laws in the banking industry called “Know your customer laws” yet in employment we have no “Know your employee laws”. We have an unspoken don’t ask the employee anything except when can you start and explain the type of work. We have laws in banking so we catch money launderers and those who are working hard to not pay taxes they owe.

So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private enterprise, but it

Become A Better Business Person
Let me ask you this… What makes a successful business owner?Well for me, a successful business owner is someone that earns well into six figures or more each year from their business, working around 3 to 4 days (or less) per week.I call this ‘successful’ because if they can make a few hundred thousand a year from their business, and only work a few days per week – they have to have a lot of great things in place…Not just in their business – but in their personal life.It tells me that in their business they have fabulous systems and staff members that are willing and able to work even when the owner isn’t there.And the business would have great information systems so that the business owner would know everything that’s going on (even though they’re not there) – so they can still ‘control’ the business.They’d have excellent marketing and sales systems that day in day out draw in ‘ideal’ customers that willingly buy from the business, at full price.Plus because of the l

Just how serious is employment law to the small businessperson? Very serious and let me tell you a true story; a horror story, which will make you think about just how serious these issues can be. In San Antonio TX one of our wash trucks was driving down the road and a border Patrol Officer passed them. We run a company which does onsite washing; www.CarwashGuys.com. Down the road they pulled over two trucks and were handcuffing Mexican illegal aliens from those company’s work trucks. Our crew drove by on their way to work. They had just left the shop and had on board two workers who worked for Labor Ready Co, for a year and a half previously and were still employed from them from time to time. We had gotten extra workers and filled our service truck with workers who were temporaries to work for us since they needed extra help with the full schedule that day.

The border patrol officer was then done with the other companies’ trucks and saw we had Hispanic labor in the back and pulled over our truck after chasing it down the highway. Turns out Labor Ready had hired the illegals because they gave fake identification to them; I question the Labor Ready procedures. Labor Ready charges us $11.95 per hour for workers they pay $5.40 per hour. That is fine with us on those super busy days. So it’s a deal and saves us from background checks for jobs that are not too serious like rinsing car lots. Well we found out that 4 of the five workers we had gotten from Labor Ready did not have green cards or US Identification of any type, so they cuffed them right on the highway and took them in. Good, we do not hire illegals anyway. But think about it we hired labor from a reputable nationwide company, a franchise called Labor Ready. They take care of all this stuff and charge us up the gazooo for the workers.

We know they are overcharging but for temporary extra labor for one day it is worth it. They told us there are certain questions they cannot ask them when hiring, such as are you a US Citizen or where were you born or things like that. I cannot believe we have laws in the banking industry called “Know your customer laws” yet in employment we have no “Know your employee laws”. We have an unspoken don’t ask the employee anything except when can you start and explain the type of work. We have laws in banking so we catch money launderers and those who are working hard to not pay taxes they owe.

So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private enterprise, but it

How to Finance your Growing Business using Alternative Financing
Do you own a growing business that needs financing? If you are like most business owners, whenever your business needs money you head over to the bank. Unfortunately, as most small business owners soon find out, most banks do not lend money to businesses unless they have significant collateral and a history of successful operations. This presents quite a challenge for business owners.When banks are not an option, small business owners turn to what is known as the alternative financing funding market. Although the financing options discussed in this article fall under the alternative financing category, they are actually quite widely used and should be considered mainstream. Most major companies (including public companies) have used this alternative financing at one time or another during their growth history.Most of the tools described in this article can only be used by businesses that are already in operation, and whose main requirement is working capital. Although startups can benefit from these t

y on their way to work. They had just left the shop and had on board two workers who worked for Labor Ready Co, for a year and a half previously and were still employed from them from time to time. We had gotten extra workers and filled our service truck with workers who were temporaries to work for us since they needed extra help with the full schedule that day.

So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private enterprise, but it

Are Consultants Wasting Your Time with your Business Plans?
I am about to reveal a business consultants trade secret. Most Business Plans don't work. Business Owners either produce a Plan themselves when they launch their business, or pay a consultant to write one for them, but it just ends up, unread and unloved on shelf in a cupboard covered in cobwebs and dust. If you knew that, would you hire that high price consultant? And can you see why its a trade secret?To make a Business Plan work in your business, you need a Business Management System to drive it. But if the consultant only has a 'Business Plan in a Box' that they want you to buy, because they make more money this way, don't expect them to tell you this. But this is a much harder proposition for the consultant to sell, particularly to small business owners who are just looking for a quick fix. And a business plan is not a quick fix. To be effective you can't just hand it to someone else to do. It requires you to put in some effort. Not what a consultant wants to tell you. Once owners have prepared their "f

truck after chasing it down the highway. Turns out Labor Ready had hired the illegals because they gave fake identification to them; I question the Labor Ready procedures. Labor Ready charges us $11.95 per hour for workers they pay $5.40 per hour. That is fine with us on those super busy days. So it’s a deal and saves us from background checks for jobs that are not too serious like rinsing car lots. Well we found out that 4 of the five workers we had gotten from Labor Ready did not have green cards or US Identification of any type, so they cuffed them right on the highway and took them in. Good, we do not hire illegals anyway. But think about it we hired labor from a reputable nationwide company, a franchise called Labor Ready. They take care of all this stuff and charge us up the gazooo for the workers.

So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private enterprise, but it

Websense Web Filtering - Good or Bad?
Companies like Websense sell their web filtering software to corporate clients. Their marketing material is pointing out how much productivity is lost due to employees casually surfing the web while at work. With Websense software corporations are able to restrict web surfing to certain websites and put monitoring in place. This allows to protect the corporations from malicious viruses entering the network from untrusted websites and to limit the overall Internet activity of employees to business related websites. It also allows to run specific reporting on every user and to monitor web usage on a per user base.But how much web monitoring and filtering is really helping a corporation and when is filtering getting too tight? Everyone agrees - an employee is paid a certain amount of money in return for his or her work. An employee should not be paid for surfing the web. Websense can also be useful protecting the network environment from Trojans and viruses.But a tool like Websense does not really make a

r US Identification of any type, so they cuffed them right on the highway and took them in. Good, we do not hire illegals anyway. But think about it we hired labor from a reputable nationwide company, a franchise called Labor Ready. They take care of all this stuff and charge us up the gazooo for the workers.

So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private enterprise, but it

Tips On Selecting The Right Mortgage Lender
For most home buyers, selecting the right mortgage lender and the right home loan package may seem like an overwhelming task. There are so many rival lenders promising so many different things. They see advertisements for wonderful interest rates and mortgage packages. Of course, those packages are only available for a small percentage of home buyers who fit very particular criteria.So when you're talking with a mortgage lender you should always feel relaxed to ask questions. The lender may not always be able to give you an instant answer, but you should desire that they find out the answer before giving you a quick but wrong answer. You should also feel that your lender is giving you honest information.With proper research you can find a mortgage lender or group of lenders that will have enough loan packages at their disposal to have one that is right for you. The more they have at their fingertips the more likely it is that they can create a mortgage package that fits your unique circumstances. Even

So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private enterprise, but it is not okay for employers to ask questions to protect homeland security and save themselves from embarrassment. Of course in this case it is not a crime to hire someone who gave you false information, and we cannot collect damages from a company who followed the employment laws? So what the hell do we do here? We want to help enforce the law as well, so do all true Americans. But we have so many laws in place that keep us from helping the situation.

Incidentally the workers who were handcuffed called us at 7 am morning two-days later and are ready to work and asked what time to meet. They were picked up at 9 am hand cuffed and stamped and deported that day. They were back in one day ready to work within 2 days. Some border patrol we have, what a complete joke; protecting America, me ass? Why not implant a homing devise in these illegals and track them by satellite and find out the leaks in the system and plug them; Homeland Security or Homey Land of opportunity. You step up border patrol and catch these people and document on a board the number of deportees, yet they come the day back into the country. This is a true story you can call me for more information.

We have half a notion to go to the border patrol and give them free truck wash every morning and ask them to run the workers records and remove them from the crew. Eventually the yellow truck will be known for not hiring illegals. A few weeks of that and every one who comes to work for us from Ready Labor will know it. Is this what we have to do to plug the system? Can’t the border patrol guys figure it out; then we will? If you cannot enforce our borders then open them. But do not lie to the small businesses of America that somehow we are protected at our borders. We are not. This is a sham. Didn’t the Jordan Commission spend years putting together a plan only to have it never implemented? Why did we waste or breath? This is pure politics, not reality; another of Smoot’s points in his book “The Business Side o

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