Posts by Michael Neely
Economics vs. Politics
The “mainstream media” keeps telling me that the economy is in the crapper, but I’ve never been without a job for longer than around 45 days (except when I lived in south Florida in the summer one year in 2003). When I lose a job, I get another one. It’s just the way I am.…
Read MoreMy Identity Crisis Continues…
If you’ve ever read that I blog for my own benefit and not yours, this is one of those posts. So who the hell am I and why should you read this (another great question posed by Carol Roth)? She didn’t ask me personally, but I’m going to try to answer this question for my…
Read MoreMy Turn to Face Reality Part Two
I haven’t done a blog and I haven’t done much of anything with my business over the last couple of months. I have ordered a few new books on some topics of interest, trading some esoteric markets, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” and some Buddhist teachings. Here I am on a hot summer…
Read MoreMy Turn to Face Reality Part One
Again, here’s the book that made me start thinking this. It’s the first time that I ever looked at business ownership and entrepreneurship from the perspective of an investment banker/venture capitalist. I mentioned in Facing Reality that this book “forced me to look at my business career and my life in an entirely new manner.”…
Read MoreFacing Reality
There is a book out there that forced me to look at my business career and my life in an entirely new manner. It’s called The Entrepreneur Equation: Evaluating the Realities, Risks, and Rewards of Having Your Own Business by Carol Roth. People have always looked upon me as a little crazy, if not completely off…
Read MoreHwæt! OMG, LOL make Oxford English Dictionary
Remember the high dive that terrified you as a kid? You were scared silly of jumping off of it, but one day came that you jumped off anyway. You return as an adult and realize that the “high dive” that once was a part of your nightmares was only six feet off the water and no big deal at…
Read MoreThe Eureka Moment Strikes Again!
In this immediately applicable program, entrepreneur and world-renowned economist Paul Zane Pilzer provides a refreshingly optimistic view of where our economy is headed — and shows you how you can take advantage of the great opportunities that lie ahead. Have you ever had that thought that wakes you in the middle of the night? Maybe…
Read MoreHappy 100,000,000th Linked In!
Yes, it’s true. I guess I’m not so much of a “spring chicken” anymore. I remember the days before telephones had push buttons and I remember thinking “It would be so cool to carry a telephone everywhere I went, but it weighs 3 pounds and cost $2000.” It just seems like yesterday that I was…
Read MoreSeth’s Blog: Faster, Better and More
Seth’s Blog: Faster, Better and More
Read MoreMy Apologies to Linked In
For the past couple of days I have been “venting” somewhat about Linked In. I went forward with a free trial to explore their Premium Services, but I never got the chance to fully explore the functionality of this business networking platform. I am currently reading a book on how to use this platform with…
Read More