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Editorial: Don’t get your feathers too ruffled over Chick-fil-A kerfuffle

By   /  Friday, August 10th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Don’t get your feathers too ruffled over Chick-fil-A kerfuffle

There is a disturbing rush to judgment going on when it comes to Chick-Fil-A. In light of anti-gay-marriage comments by the company’s president, Dan Cathy, protests and counter-protests have sprung up at the fast-food restaurants across the country. In our region, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a public university, is rethinking its vendor contracts in Read More →

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Op/ed: Franchisee or independent, the choice is yours

By   /  Friday, May 11th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Franchisee or independent, the choice is yours

By Barry Kurtz on May 11, 2012 If you’re like many ambitious middle-managers and c-level employees who find themselves “in transition” as the recession drags on, you may face a stark choice — whether to downsize your lifestyle and your ego by working an unfulfilling job or, in the alternative, start your own business. If Read More →

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Entrepreneur shares recession coping lessons

By   /  Friday, November 25th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  1 Comment

What I learned is that many baby boomer entrepreneurs have the same personal narrative.

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