Costco believes its members are the key to its success. If these entities are not satisfied, little else the company does will make a difference. The company’s mission statement is also supported by a belief that employees are its most valuable asset and that supplier relationships must be mu...
From converting passenger jets to cargo carriers for delivering much-needed supplies to the front lines to linking everyday citizens with scientists to crowdsource treatment possibilities, here is how Global 500 companies are using their non-monetary assets for good during the coronavirus pandemic. This...
WB: It’s clear you understand the question well, and it as important a question as you can ask. We are putting big money in big businesses with good economics, but not as good as when we were dealing with smaller amounts. $40m of capital required in See’s and it earns much more...
In 2003 when I wanted to see if I could quit my real job to work on this website instead full-time, I for the first time mapped out every dollar I had spent the past year. I needed to see just how much it cost me to live. I was amazed at how much money I spent at restauran...
I cannot stress enough, if you are in charge of food, you should not be the camp director, or the YW president.Your main responsibility at camp should be Food Chairperson. HOW MUCH HELP DO WE NEED? For each one hundred people, I suggest 2-3 adults (besides yourself) to work in the...
The Test Year. Lots of people arrive in San Miguel de Allende and are so blown away by the beauty and pace that they rush to buy a house. We are not. We’re doing a “Test Year.” If we really dig living there and the much lower cost of owning a house and real estate taxes,...
With IoT telemetry, shelves and vending machines will ping distributors to reveal exactly how much of what stock to load onto the truck. That foreknowledge cuts out the need to make a special trip to see how much of which items need to be replenished. ...
6. Southwest Hawaii personnel.Honolulu and Kahului airports are staffed by Southwest employees. At Lihue and Kona, however, staffing will be a mix of a limited number of Southwest employees with the remainder being contracted from local companies. That is similar to whatAlaska Airlinesdoes in Hawa...
When the money’s gone, wait until next week. I have done this for myself and my wife for about 15 years, and it eliminates so much stress and strife that it becomes a habit. With online banking, the charges show up almost instantly, but after a few months, you can almost keep tr...
Kevin: Yes, six or eight months, February or March last year. Our Shark Tank episode aired right at the end of January, which to be honest, was a little sub optimal for a water power clean brush. But still all the anecdotes you hear about Shark Tank are pretty much true. We got a...