Last year, I shared a round-up of the best business books I read (or listened to) in 2019, and I decided it’s something I want to make an annual tradition here on Designing an MBA. Truth be told, when the pandemic started, I really thought I was going to read ALL the books. But it …
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Higher prices are not the reason your work isn’t selling. The other week, I wrote about contradictions. Well here’s another one that plagues artists – you price your work at an appropriate level so that you are not exploiting your own labor, but then your work isn’t selling, so you end up not making money …
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Or why you should be shouting from the rooftops on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (Whether you’re having a sale or not.) We’re just eight days away from the start of Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, and rather than giving you tips for how to have a successful sale or promote your online store that weekend, …
On the day after the election, when we still weren’t sure what the outcome would be, I was having a casual text message conversation with a friend about Marxism and the refusal of work. (Like I said, casual.) “Are you becoming anti-capitalist?” she asked. “Because I think I am, but I’m not sure how to …
The other day, I popped into Michael’s to look for something quickly, and was totally overwhelmed by the sheer amount of crap that people were buying. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been in a big box store since the pandemic started, and this most recent trip reminded me that …