| Hello: Here’s the second-ever edition of MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-up. We’ll kick off every week with this quick collection of tips, recommendations, observations and other stuff that you may value — all designed to entertain, educate and enhance. Enjoy! – Tom |
| Monday, January 15, 2018 MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-Up I’m reading… Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer. Here in St. Louis, we recently celebrated the grand-opening of our city’s first “Shake Shack,” the burger joint created by famed restaurateur (and native son) Meyer. He built his restaurant empire on strong customer service, and he shares his philosophy of “enlightened hospitality” in this book. The lessons apply to any business. I’m listening to… Lots of David Bowie. January 8 would have been his 71st birthday, and January 10 was the one-year anniversary of his death. I went to high school in the 80s, when the threat of nuclear war with the Soviets was still a real thing. This was my yearbook quote: “In the event that this fantastic voyage should turn to erosion, and we never grow old, remember it’s true: Dignity is valuable, but our lives are valuable, too.” (David Bowie, “Fantastic Voyage” from the Lodger album)Sadly, this seems to be a timely message again. Some Links: Earlier this month, HBO debuted a great documentary called David Bowie: The Last Five Years (trailer here).Video of Bowie and Bing Crosby singing “The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth” (from 1977). That brightens the day. Recording of Bowie as guest DJ on BBC in 1979, playing his favorite songs at the time. Martin Luther King said… “…If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run then walk. If you can’t walk then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” Useful and Fun Resource The Wayback Machine saves archived versions of web sites over time. “What was the name of that guy who used to work at that company back in 1998?” I can jump way back to the 1998 version of that company’s web site and look at the “About Us” page. I’ve used it to research companies I’m prospecting, to help with competitor research or just to have fun… …Here’s how MarketVolt.com looked way back when — 13 years ago. And look who owned the domain “facebook.com” before Mark Zuckerberg started his little business… Reason we’re grateful… We get great, constructive feedback from our readers. Last week, one (politely) suggested it would help to link to my website if I promote it in an email. Last week, I mentioned the website without including the address or a link (D’Oh!). My bad. Thanks for that and all feedback. We strive to improve, and your feedback helps make that happen. (Our recently renovated website can be found at MarketVolt.com. We’d welcome feedback.) *** We’re grateful to you for reading. Please email me with requests, suggestions and feedback. What do you like? What don’t you like? Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip. Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend. Tom |
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