critical mass
in the wake of growing pains and outward success, i am in an awkward position with most of the folks working with or for me. on the deeper level, we are undoubtedly successful within the industry and the marketplace as it comes to potential of the business and the value of the brand. on the other token, we’re all hurting financially because we’ve invested so much money back into the business. the question becomes, when will their be an ROI on our investment? the easy answer to that would be if we were all getting decent salaries […]
the return to normalacy
so i am sitting at dinner at one of my favorite faux high class vietnamese restaurant, le soliel, tonight having dinner with my mom and brother. add one of my old child hood friend (and his mom) in the mix and it’s like the brady bunch, viet cong style! some part of me find it incredibly hard to believe that within a month’s time, that i would be having dinner with my mom. talking about things as if everything was normal. i am not sweating over anything as it’s all good and dandy but it just leads […]