Small Companies = Big Opportunities

Some argue that if you are innovative, ambitious and creative you should not go to law school because being a lawyer will sap all of that energy away from you until you are miserable and are desperate to get out. The proof of such a statement is perhaps the number of lawyers in this country [...]

Thanksgiving and Beyond

As hard as it is to believe, another Thanksgiving has come and gone. I find it’s true what they say, that each year passes more quickly than the last the older you become. Growing up I remember telling people that my favorite time of the year was from November 20 to January 5. I know [...]

World Business. In one Place.

With as many people as New York has during its hectic morning rush hour, one tends not to see the same people on a daily basis. Sure, there is a group of people that I take the train with each morning, we all recognize each other and leave each other alone to our commuting ritual of [...]

HDTV Nation

Last Thursday morning, as I was trying to turn on CNBC before catching the train to work, our television unexpectedly died. We had bought it used over three years ago, and it was an RCA (perhaps this explains it all), but otherwise it should have worked for years to come. I tinkered with it that evening [...]

Falling Behind By Falling Apart

For most of the twentieth century, the United States had the best infrastructure in the world. I’m not sure if this is true anymore. The problem is that our existing infrastructure was built around a population and technology that existed, in some cases, thirty years ago or more. What was now the envy of the [...]

Hanna Haircut

I thought I would quickly put up a photo of our daughter Hanna showing off her new haircut. Prior to her haircut she had very little hair in the back of her head from sleeping on her back, but the sides and the top were a bit out of control. Mom thought it was a good idea to [...]

At the Closing

As a transactional lawyer, I occasionally have the chance to attend closings with our clients. Prior to working at a law firm I constantly heard lawyers say that they were “busy with closings” or that they “couldn’t get anything else done until the closing” or even the ubiquitous, “I met him at a closing once.” [...]

Questions

There are four questions on my mind. First, Do I wake up every morning and want to go to work? In other words, am I going through the motions or do I feel like I am involved in meaningful work? Secondly, do I enjoy the people that I work with or do they bug me? [...]

Hanna & Piggy

Our little Hanna is still growing each day. She is also developing quite the personality – for a six month old, at least. It’s amazing to think that my wife and I created her but that she is taking on a life of her own, one that may neither be like mine or my wife’s. She now [...]

Where the World Comes to Run

As you may know, yesterday was the annual New York City Marathon – the 26.2 mile race that winds its way through all five boroughs before ending in Central Park. The total number of participants this year was close to 39,000 people representing 100 countries. In fact, half of the runners were from outside of [...]

One Year Anniversary

I have been blogging now for exactly one year. This post that you’re reading is post number 140. This means that, on average, I posted some thought, story, or experience at least once every third day for the past year. I’m impressed with myself, given that the majority of people who have blogs neglect them [...]

Kicking Myself

For those who read my previous post last week regarding selling my MICC stock for a profit, I’m now officially kicking myself. Although I can’t complain at the money I made, I thought that I sold near the stock’s peak and that the short sellers would come in and drive the stock down. I was [...]