I am moving my Ski Industry News page to an entirely new website;
Look for www.skinewscentral.com!
Coming Soon!

Here’s a sample of posts that will soon appear on my Ski Industry News page. From here on out, this page will be for a little more pragmatic posts and Ski Industry News will follow up-to-the-minute ski news.
Skier Safety tips
• If sking backcountry or after a fresh storm and you notice a pending avalanche make […]

I once worked in an organization with…get this…twice as many managers as workers. Nothing got done as it was pitifully political. Embarassingly immature people running the show. Love this article from Jack Welch in BusinessWeek:
Lay Off The Layers
The more layers in a business, the more spin, meddling, and worst of all, delays
We’re constantly being […]

Only 5.5 years ago, I was a bachelor. Now I am a verry happy husband and father of two.
I realized yesterday that the only 2 possessions that made it from my prior life to my new one (aside from hockey gear and other non-essential ilk) was a grey t-shirt and my pasta strainer.
That’s it. A […]

At a advisory board meeting yesterday, I heard two good quotes from some veteran businessmen.
1. A product is not a business.
Or I always liked, “An idea and a buck and a quarter gets you a cup of coffee.”
2. Beware of the manager who makes his living scheduling one meeting and the next.
He’s hiding something. Most […]

You can learn just as much from a self-absorbed bozo than from a true mentor. I did last year.
This is a great article:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_24/b4038110.htm

Hi everyone. Sorry I was away for the last three days. I was in LA county jail serving a 23 day sentence for violating my parole. I planned on reading a few books, you know, the classics while there. You know catch up on them but I really don’t read much…
…anyway, it gave me a […]