Reading two...or more books at the same time

By: Dennis Rongo | March 29, 2009

Lately, I've been really interested in reading more than two books at the same time. Actually, I have 2 other books that I've started in the past but haven't been able to finish them. This might sound like a bad habit but the subjects that I usually read are either wordy business books and/or technical books that can span to as much as 1,000 pages. I wish sometimes that I can limit and be less tempted to look at all the books for a particular subject, but that tends to be my weakness at this point. Currently, I have over 25 books sitting in my online wish list, and 5-6 unread books sitting in my shelf (including the books I've started in the past). Read More...

Great business models - do you have what it takes?

By: Dennis Rongo | October 18, 2008

Every company should adhere to the best practices possible and more importantly a great business model. While a lot of people don't like Walmart's business practices, their model works and it has earned them a solid profitable framework. Although Walmart doesn't always have the best facility available, the company utilizes the best backbone infrastructure possible today to track their inventories. This means that their tracker foresees items that are running low or which items sells the most--just a few of the examples. Read More...

Credit cards are evil

By: Dennis Rongo | February 15, 2008

A week ago, I watched the documentary called, "Maxed out" and it was a real eye-opener as far as spending money and using credit cards are concern. It's not a surprise to me however that the average American household debt is $8,000. While some of the sources of debt comes from student loans, this can be understandable since a lot of us didn't have enough money while going to college. Whether you sent your kids to college or you supported your way to college, sometimes getting a financial aid (loan) is the way to go. In most cases however, there are also amounts of debt incurred that came from compulsive spending and the purchases that were beyond our necessary means. Read More...