Chris Knudsen on Life & Business

This about sums up where we’re heading. Funny and sad at the same time…

Thoughts?

Classic! Just classic! Funniest video I’ve seen in a long time (Next to that Zombie video).

(Thanks again to Connor)

Try to learn from what happened.
Understand what happened and how to deal with it in the future.
Develop lessons from failures and pass them on.
Empathize with your customers and your competitors.
Always consider the consequences of your actions before you act.
Risk does not mean you should not act.
Allow people to save face when they’ve made mistakes they’re […]

I’m having a difficult time restarting this morning after spending a wonderful weekend in Jackson Hole with my wife. We spent the whole time relaxing and having fun. I couldn’t have asked for a better time! Here are a couple of takeaways from this weekend…
Have fun in business
On Friday morning Liz and I headed to […]

I blogged earlier this week about my fear of Zombies but it looks like GW Bush has this covered. Now I can go on vacation feeling our commander-in-chief is really doing something to protect the American people…

Now if he would only develop a comprehensive Sasquatch attack plan.
I’m going to Jackson Hole. Have a great weekend!
(thanks […]

Virgil Griffith, a grad student from Caltech has built a tool called Threat Level that exposes Wikipedia for what it apparently is: a spin factory for malicious content, unbridled PR, and partisan hacking. From Wired:
“Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith just launched an unofficial Wikipedia search tool that threatens to lay bare the ego-editing  and anonymous flacking on the site. […]

On July 17th the Dow Jones Industrial Average passed the 14,000 mark. In early trading this morning the Dow sunk below 13,000. In less than one months time the DJIA has lost more than 1000 points and all the Fed can do is keep pumping money into the system further devaluing the dollar.
Do you think […]

Thanks to Janet for blogging about the 42 money “facts”. Here are a couple of interesting “facts” (the author does not cite where he gets the list from or where the research comes from so take it for what it is) from the full list:
2. If we could have any luxury in the world (and money didn’t […]

Here’s some video (watch this first) from David Walker the comptroller of the United States on the poor financial road we’re currently walking down. Pay attention - this guys knows what he’s talking about.
From Steve Kroft at 60 Minutes:

From CNN:

And from Mr. Walker himself:

Hey, here’s a politician that seems to get it:

When will America […]

I’ve blogged about David Walker before. He’s the outspoken comptroller general of the United States. Here are some excerpts from his latest interview with the Financial Times:
Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including “declining moral […]