We declared October the “Spooky Season” not just because of the obvious tie-in with Halloween but also due to the economic meltdown.  Since then, the markets have made a minor recovery, but the roller coaster stock market, accelerating layoffs and lowered profit projections all indicate that November could be a real turkey. The harsh realities [...]

The telecommunications industry has long been considered recession proof. After all, everyone needs to communicate, right? But lately many companies have become debt heavy due to extensive network build outs for enormously burgeoning bandwidth demands, hardware and technology costs involved in transitioning service to VoIP and lost revenue due to a volatile consumer market attracted [...]

Halloween is just a few short weeks away, but the scary season has been with us for months. Banks are failing, companies are finding credit hard to come by, contracts are tightening up or in some cases disappearing altogether, the stock market has recently had “historic” days (in a bad way) . . . and our supply of wooden stakes and garlic is getting pretty low. But all things are cyclical. Today’s challenges are also opportunities for a better future. Don’t dig yourself into the grave out of fear.