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What Now? The Silver Lining of a Dark Cloud. In October of 1987 a tsunami of financial doom began in Hong Kong and swept across all the global markets. It became known in the US as, "Black Monday". Black Monday became the largest one day percentage decline in stock market history and it would take a few years for investors and the economy to recover. If my career had instant replay, I wouldn't have raised my hand in a 1986 meeting to volunteer to open a new Pacific Northwest territory in the ob… Continue

Google is the antithesis of branding. If Coca-Cola were breaking into today's soda market and plopped white unmarked cans on the grocery shelf that were labeled "Hypothesis" without benefit of any descriptors, pre-launch advertising or "buzz", they would fail miserably. Your personal experiences while walking the aisles of your local grocery store is identical to an active job search. You have made a conscious decision to go to the store/find a job. You have an idea of what it is you want. You… Continue