Author Archive | david lightfoot

Book Review: This Time is Different

This Time is Different, by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff, is subtitled, Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. The book has been called “a masterpiece” and “…the best empirical investigation of financial crises ever published.” In this amazing book, the authors, two eminent economists, survey and chart 800 years of financial cycle booms and […]

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Book Review: Other Minds

This fascinating book is subtitled, The Octopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. So, no, this isn’t a business book. It is more of an ‘expand your perspectives book’ or a ‘think outside the box book.’ For the author, Peter Godfrey-Smith, I give him my highest compliment: This book is extremely thought provoking. […]

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Book Review: How to be Rich

Every year there are lots of new business books, often on trending topics. Occasionally, I like to go back and read an old business book. Sometimes I’ll do this because the book is a classic and worth revisiting. Other times, I like to read an old business book to see whether the book’s advice or […]

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A New Model of Transportation

Last week, I provided a book review of Autonomy—The Quest to Build the Driverless Car—And How it Will Reshape Our World. This week, I’m following up with what this might actually look like. First, it should be stated that the traditional car companies are all working on this, but they are behind the tech companies, […]

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Book Review: Autonomy

The subtitle of this books explains what Autonomy is all about: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car—and How it Will Reshape Our World. The author of the book is Lawrence Burns with Christopher Shulgan as the co-author. Published in 2018, the book tells the story about how we’ve gotten to where we are now, […]

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RMA Predictions on Recession

I’ve been a member of the board of directors of the local RMA chapter for many years. RMA is Risk Management Associates, the national bankers’ organization. It has been around for over one hundred years and was know for most of its existence as Robert Morris Associates, Robert Morris being George Washington’s banker and the […]

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My First Trip to Asia

In April, my wife, grandson and I visited Korea. This was mostly a chance to visit my wife’s family. She has three sisters and their families that live in and around Seoul. My wife was born during the Korean War, or what they call the Korean Civil War. The country was very poor after the […]

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A Plan for Profit Improvement

In my last blog I discussed the importance of timely and accurate financial statements for your business. This begins with having the right people with the proper training to do the job. But what if you’re getting good financial statements on a timely basis, but the profits aren’t up to your expectations? Then what? What’s […]

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Accounting Check-up

There are a variety of reasons for me to be referred into a client. One of the most common is problems with the company’s accounting or the person/s performing the accounting. Often the owner/operator isn’t getting financial information that is timely or accurate. Often, they can’t judge whether the information is accurate, but their intuition […]

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