Archive for December 2019
50 Reasons Why Some Businesses Fail While Others Succeed
By George Meszaros Cofounder – Success Harbor successharbor.com THREE PART SERIES: PART TWO Read Part 1 here and Part 3 here. Why is it that so many businesses fail while so few succeed? One of the great mysteries of entrepreneurship is why businesses fail. Some people start one successful business after another while others fail…
Read MoreWant more housing? Build a landlord.
By Joe Cortright If we’re going to have a lot more missing middle housing; we’re also going to have a lot more landlords Accessory dwellings, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes are suited to “mom-and-pop” landlords, but tough tenants rights requirements may discourage many homeowners from creating more housing. By Ethan Seltzer City Observatory is pleased to…
Read MoreDown on the Farm – 2017 Census of Agriculture for Oregon
by Dallas Fridley Oregon’s farm acreage totaled about 16 million in 2017, with 37,616 farms and 67,595 producers, of which 44 percent were female producers. These results and more are available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s report, 2017 Census of Agriculture. The Census of Agriculture is intended as “a complete count of U.S. farms…
Read MoreEconomic Outlook: It’s Complicated
Grant D. Forsyth, Ph.D., Chief Economist for Avista gave a riveting talk at the November, Medford Chamber of Commerce Forum to over 200 business people. The title of his talk was “Economic Outlook: It’s Complicated”. He presented several slides to prove his title to be true. Our Economy in Southern Oregon is complicated. He started…
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