A Few Words
February 2021 I’m reading (slowly) the book a friend sent to me, “Money: Master the Game” by Tony Robbins and it got me thinking about retirement (I think a lot about retirement lately, so that I can focus more energy on this side hustle and others) and the stock market. My son texted me and…
Read MoreI’m writing this on the last day of 2020. It’s a fun end to a weird year. From the Global Pandemic, to our community businesses shutting down, to Fires that destroyed so many homes and businesses, to everything else we endured here in Southern Oregon, it’s easy to say good riddance to 2020 and hope…
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We made it. The last month of 2020. What a year. COVID and statewide restrictions, PPP, PPE, Zoom, social distancing, Global Pandemic, Toilet Paper outages, Greg Retires, Riots, Wildfires and an election that redefined how we vote as a nation and that’s just the small stuff. Regardless 2020 was not a bad year for us. …
Read MoreBy Jim TeeceSouthern Oregon Business Journal Publisher I stumbled into a rabbit hole. Someone sent me a report about how Oregon places next to other states as far as supporting small business and it didn’t do very well. So I started thinking about how to minimize risk and still start a business in Oregon and…
Read MoreI’m not a fan of politics. I registered independent a few years ago after feeling that both parties were spewing fear and hate about each other. I became disenfranchised. I ran for Ashland School Board once. I lost by the widest margin recorded in history. Ok, that isn’t true, but it felt like it. It…
Read MoreOctober, 2020 If you go look at the cover you will notice two things. Burned out neighborhoods. The fires that swept through Southern Oregon destroyed over 2,300 homes and hundreds of businesses in their paths. Without much of a warning. Gone. The state was on fire. There were fires burning all over the state. Somewhere…
Read MoreWow, I’m excited for you to check out this month’s issue. It’s huge! It’s like a double issue. The theme is Employment and Unemployment During COVID. There is also a special section on People’s Bank inside. Full Disclosure – I Proudly Serve on the People’s Bank Board. I wanted to do the special insert…
Read MoreIt is officially summer (Although on the day I’m writing this it’s only 65 degrees and I’m wearing a hoodie – Welcome to Oregon) and it has been 1 year since I became a partner with Greg on the Southern Oregon Business Journal. A lot has happened in that year. We completely rebooted the journals…
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This is Greg’s last issue. He is retiring and we are focusing a good portion on this month’s journal on what he created. I’ll miss working with him, but I completely understand and appreciate why he decided to retire earlier than we planned. It’s just time. He wants to travel and the pressure of a…
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In another month I will no longer be an owner of the Southern Oregon Business Journal. That doesn’t mean articles or commentary won’t be included in future issues. Jim Teece has expressed an interest in keeping space available for comments from the Founder. That is me. Thanks to him there will be no sudden disappearing…
Read MoreI feel like I spent every hour of every day last month, online in Zoom meetings.No travel. No in-person face-to-face meetings. No boundaries.Working from home now means working 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.I’m in one-on-one meetings with prospective clients and full staff meetings and I attended the Medford Chamber’s first-ever monthly forum…
Read MoreLet’s make a promise to ourselves, you and me.From the next time we receive any kind of payment in cash, check, or by electronic deposit, put some of it away for a rainy day that we will not touch for any reason other than a crisis. Even a couple of thousand dollars in savings has…
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