Friday afternoon my phone rang. It was an insurance salesperson. Now, that’s not particularly unusual, I know, but what was strange was that he said he was following up the request I had submitted earlier that day for information. I hadn’t done that but figured it was a typical sales thing and didn’t give it any further thought. Or at least not until I checked my electronic mailbox, which is when the real fun started. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2011
How To Be A Celebrity Chef
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The end of a long week so a business thought related to food. Actually, it’s related to the food business, and it comes from Jacques Pepin. Chef Pepin is one of my culinary heroes, and his TV work, both solo and the series he did with Julia Child, ranks in my mind as some of the best cooking programming ever done. He was one of the first “celebrity chefs” – after he had put in 30 years in the kitchen. He kind of built the mold – successful restaurant career, TV, books – that many of the folks you see on The Food Network are trying to follow but he actually paid his dues.
Jacques Pepin is very different from many of them and not just because he was a pioneer. Want to know why? It’s a great business point for us all. Continue reading
Filed under food, Helpful Hints
All Fed Up
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It’s impossible to work in digital and not to write a bit about Steve Jobs this morning. I have a bit of a different take, as usual, and I want to put Steve in the middle of what’s going on with the demonstrations on Wall Street and elsewhere. You see, I think one of the big lessons Steve taught us is exactly at the root of what has pushed thousands of people into the streets and I’d love to know if you feel the same way.
This isn’t going to be a political diatribe since we don’t do that here. This is about business. I apologize in advance if it comes across that way. Then again, maybe you’ve got a guilty conscience? Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, What's Going On
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