We don’t dispense investment advice, so this commentary is more about the state of play in the economy. Investors find themselves in a pickle, given the widespread belief that there are few viable asset classes.

Wendy’s announcement that it would “test” dynamic pricing drew immediate fire from critics who viewed it as a money-grab. Some members of the business press described it as “Uber-like” surge pricing.

The Elon Musk biography, aptly named Elon Musk, is a must-read for every serious businessperson. At 615 pages it is a beast of a bio, but also a page-turner.

We are pleased to announce significant changes within our firm. Optimize is repositioning, armed with a new focus, brand, and website.

When Donald Trump was elected, we wondered aloud whether tariffs would become the long-term trade policy of the United States.

Change was always coming to modern workplace. The events of 2020 is just accerlated it.

Many entrepreneurial companies face challenges in calculating their true cost of doing business. The ability to overcome these challenges can create a significant competitive advantage. We live in an age of nickels and dimes. Customers split hairs over price, and make purchasing decisions based on marginal differences in the way their providers deliver products and services. […]

Much has been written about “Agile” and its adoption as a new management system. Like so many other trends, this method was born in Silicon Valley as “Agile development”, a method for adapting more quickly to changing conditions and making adjustments on the fly. Agile has been identified as something of a magic bullet- enabling […]

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