Over the course of the past college football season, I’ve become a Brady Hoke fan. Oh sure, I’ve rooted for the Michigan Wolverines for many years but Coach Hoke has impressed me not just with the wins.
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Something he said was quoted in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated and it was such a great business point I wanted to share it. Of course, Coach Hoke didn’t think about it that way but we sure can. Continue reading
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This week, as you might have guessed from the headline, our Foodie Friday Fun topic is the radish. More specifically, the business lessons we can learn from using radishes in cooking. If you’re like me, your exposure to radishes has been mostly through salads, at least for the most common variety, the red radish. You might also have had daikon radish in Japanese food, and if you’re a fan of French eating you might even have smeared butter on a breakfast radish and eaten it to start your day.
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If I asked you to describe the taste and texture of the radish, you’d probably say it was crisp and firm, with a sharp (it is a member of the horseradish family, after all) taste. And that’s where the business point begins. Continue reading
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To finish off the week on our usual food theme, I’ll report on something I heard this week on one of the many podcasts to which I subscribe. While WTF is generally about comedy, recently the host interviewed Anthony Bourdain, noted author, TV personality and, as he would tell you, former glorified line cook. Mark Maron, the host, was discussing the similarities between comics and cooks and the discussion covered training and paying one’s dues. Mr. Bourdain then made a comment that stuck with me and I think covers broader businesses than funny and food. Continue reading
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