Marion Freijsen “Do or Don’t: a Self fullfilling Prophecy?”

In her weekly blog on the E.Factor, my colleague Marion Freijsen gives her spin on the current economic crisis. What is especially unique here is something you don’t hear much in the media these days…a perspective from a non-American entrepreneur who does an enormous amount of business here in the states and around the world.

Do or Don’t: a Self-Fullfilling Prophecy?

Marion Freijsen | Oct 18, 08

These days you cannot open a paper, or switch on the TV or even your laptop, without some story of impending doom and gloom related to the “Financial Crisis”. Particularly in the US, programmes are filled with experts that provide their vision on how a citizen may survive this time, those visions ranging from saving coupons, to staying at home and playing board games with home made popcorn instead of going out to the cinema etc.

The question it raises in my mind is what this is all about. First of all, there are TWO situations that arose in recent months instead of it being ONE. Read more

Adrie Reinders: Cash is King

My friend and colleague Adrie Reinders has the uncanny ability to write it exactly as he sees it…and more of then than not he is right on target. I found his blog post on E.Factor especially timely.

As a board member of many start-ups, I have had to deal with numerous situations where cash flow is not sufficient. It can be very painful to really grasp the issue and make significant changes but it is absolutely necessary to do just that in situations such as we are all experiencing right now. Read more