Sagacious Think

From an article in the San Francisco Chronicle – Street-Sweeper Reduction Costing Muni Money
When city officials cut street sweeping in more than 20 neighborhoods in August to save cash, they knew that the change would lead to a loss in revenue from parking tickets.
They probably didn’t anticipate that the city would lose four times more [...]

Wire: BLOOMBERG News (BN) Date: 2009-04-23 04:01:00
Harvard’s Peso Doctor Vindicated as Chile Currency Evades Slump
By Sebastian Boyd

April 23 (Bloomberg) — Thousands of government workers marched on downtown Santiago last November, burning an effigy of Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco and calling him “disgusting” as a strike for higher wages paralyzed public services.  Five months later, polls show that Velasco [...]

A news article recently spoke of the number of public companies have been on the decline in recent years, and certainly before the current financial situation.  One obvious reason might be Sarbanes-Oxley.  How does this impact VC business in the Valley?  Opinions are mixed, but since a lot of VCs invest for that “pop” at [...]

Its no fun. I once had a company list me as an employee two years after I left. Its harder than you think to prove you did not work some place when the company says you did.
So what are you suppose to do if you receive a letter from the IRS, and [...]

To quote Homer Simpson, “Duhoh” Did you just find out you needed to correct your tax return? Here are some suggestions provided by the IRS on www.irs.gov
Taxpayers who need to make a change or adjustment on a return they already filed can do so by filing an amended return. Here are the top [...]

Some weeks back, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation by Susie Cranston of McKinsey on Centered Leadership. She brought up some great comments that I think have merit to everyone. The focus of this McKinsey study was on women executives.
The Centered Leadership Model has 5 Components:

Meaning – having meaning to our work not [...]