Ideas The Experience Economy SimonNovember 22, 20150 A week ago I speculated that more money would be flowing toward buying experiences and marginally less to buying stuff....
Maxims A Free Society SimonNovember 20, 20150 "In a free society, everybody has the right to be wrong in their opinions. (But don’t tell anyone at Yale...
Maxims Maxim from the Past SimonNovember 19, 20150 The Greatest Ability is Dependability The slogan of Coventry Manufacturing in its formative years (circa...
Ideas A Change of Status – 4 – Swag SimonNovember 18, 20150 Swag is the stuff you get to mark that you have had an experience. People go to Disneyland and buy a Disney branded...
Ideapreneur A Change of Status – 3 SimonNovember 17, 20150 It was announces this morning that Constellation Brands a beverage conglomerate bought Ballast Point, a craft beer...
Ideas A Change of Status Two SimonNovember 16, 20150 "The Paramount concern of man is status: how to achieve it, how to display it." Tom Wolfe, author Status is already...
Simon Says A Change of Status SimonNovember 16, 20150 It appears that people are buying less things and more experiences. Observation from Disneyland Big implications...
Ideas 50% Off (Some Restrictions Apply) SimonNovember 7, 20150 The 12 lines of exclusions belie the original claim of "50% Off Any Regular Item." But the second to last line...
Signs New Bridge SimonNovember 6, 20151 In San Marino, where I have been walking lately, they have almost completed the rebuild of the Circle Drive bridge over...
Hiking Walking San Marino SimonNovember 5, 20150 The stairs are steep and the path between them gives no relief. There are approximately 90 stairs in two flights...