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July 13, 2014

Confessions of a Former Current Ex-Banker

(Originally published in the Spring issue of Esquire magazine.) I am a banker. No, hold it. I mean, I was a banker.  Or rather, I worked […]
April 18, 2014

Oh Yeah? Standardize This!

In case you missed it last week, the European Commission announced it wants to make it easier for companies with single shareholders (meaning small and medium-sized […]
April 7, 2014

The Missing Loyalty in Loyalty Programs

(Originally published March 31, 2014, in Capital, here.) If you buy anything in Romania, then you already have – or at least have been offered – […]
March 14, 2014

Next Flight From New York: Santa

[Update Jan. 14, 2015:  A recent example from one retail sector HERE) (Originally published in the Winter 2013-2014 issue of Esquire magazine.) Even if all your […]
March 12, 2014

The Slow Glass of Online Discounters

(Originally published February 24, 2014, in Capital.) If you want to see how some companies here seem blind to reality, take a look at the discounting business.  […]
December 18, 2013

Oh, this is not the way I wanted to start my Christmas

Ooops. It seems I was mistaken yesterday when I wrote that short item on Facebook about the brains behind F64’s successful PR stunt a few days […]
December 18, 2013

Running Off the Rails: The Sale of CFR Marfa

(Originally published in the Autumn 2013 issue of Esquire magazine.) [Update: Oct. 14 –  The deal to sell CFR Marfa collapses after time runs out and […]
December 1, 2013

A Jew. Of course.

(Originally published in the November 2013 issue of Elle magazine.) Some time ago, I was ruining my day trying to accomplish something simple at my bank […]