March 23, 2018 - In my 30+ years of tracking various businesses and entrepreneurs, I've come to realize one common trait among them: the value of NOT putting all your eggs in one basket - that is, diversification. The organizations and individuals that have multiple products and services, at different price points for different customer…
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Government Public Domain Reports – A Valuable Free Resource: By John LaRosa, Marketdata
One of the best kept secrets that many still don't know about is the vast amount of data published by the U.S. government agencies. A huge amount of reports and industry statistics are there for the finding--all FREE of charge--if you know where to obtain it. It's a fact that the U.S. government is the…
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Stock Analysts Only Give You Half The Story: By John LaRosa, Marketdata
If you, like me, occasionally invest in companies and listen in to the quarterly earnings calls with Wall St. analysts, you may have noticed something. The questions that analysts ask on these calls are 90% FINANCIAL questions -- about cap ex, EBIDTA, SG&A, EPS, etc. Analysts are finance majors and as a result, have tunnel…
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Leadership Courses Are Worthless: By John laRosa, Marketdata
For the past 30 years, maybe longer, many organizations have touted leadership courses, seminars and training. If you are a motivational speaker, most of the speaking gigs available, for high school and college students, or corporations, are related to leadership. Yet, look around. Do we have lots of better leaders in government or business to…
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