“WORKERS QUIT JOBS IN DROVES TO BECOME THEIR OWN BOSSES” Wall Street Journal 11/30/21

Thoughts from Jack Eberenz. The U.S. Labor Department reports that unincorporated self-employed workers have risen by 500,000 since the start of the pandemic.  Workers are seeking flexibility and employees are discovering their inner entrepreneur according to the WSJ.  What an opportunity for franchisors, a proper message appealing to these entrepreneurial Read more…

Effective Leaders

Effective leaders have something in common — and it isn’t necessarily technical skills or a high IQ. Research indicates that effective leaders have a high degree of emotional intelligence.   Daniel Goleman, a Rutgers psychologist who has studied the link between emotional intelligence and business leadership for decades, calls emotional Read more…

We Choose a Partner

Dear, Name Redacted   Congratulations on your engagement, we wish you all life can offer.   Unfortunately we will not be attending the celebration as all our travel plans are now on hold. These are strange days indeed. We were skiing in Telluride last week and they closed the mountain. Read more…

Those “in-between” Days

Most days I analyze, calculate, strategize and execute. Then there are those days I want nothing to do with stock markets, balance sheets or the business of “businesses” and instead, mindfully ideate, write and sing. Then there are those “in-between” days when it’s all about the wine.