There’s a fine line between business and gambling. In both, you’re taking an amount of money and by doing something with it hoping to make it into a larger amount of money. Real gamblers will tell you it’s not all chance, there’s an element of skill in whatever it is they’re doing. Real business people will…

Whether you’re listening to this as a podcast, or on the radio, you’re not paying for it. You’re not stealing it. So you’re on the right side of the law. But when you listen to a song on YouTube, or you repost a photo on Facebook, can you be sure that’s totally legal? As a consumer, it…

Typically, on shows about business, hosts and guests talk about business in a way that avoids discussion of politics, socio-economic conditions, or social activism. In the real world, though, business is connected to everything else in our community. And so, once in a while, it’s valuable to acknowledge that, and to talk to people who are…

You can break everything in the world down to the cellular level. Cells create energy. And energy is what runs you, me, and every contraption we’ve built, from cell phones to the world wide web.  When energy ebbs, things get bad. Have you ever had your cell service go out on your phone? Or, personally, have you…

If you eat out in New Orleans you’ve probably noticed two things. One, there seem to be a lot more restaurants to choose from these days. And, two, everywhere you go seems to be busy. You’re right on both counts. New Orleans has more restaurants than ever. Over twelve hundred. And we have a larger…