We need more solving and less managing

By rickColosimo / March 15, 2016 / Comments Off on We need more solving and less managing

I had a sense of deja vu today as I was looking at a list of local entrepreneurial resources – over a dozen groups seemingly operating as incubators, development centers, and other startup-related places where companies could operate and grow. Even a cursory review reveals a lot of overlap, little in the way of market…

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Which partners in what crime

By rickColosimo / March 9, 2016 / Comments Off on Which partners in what crime

What’s the deal with the phrase “partners in crime?” I am a single dad who works in a small law firm and lives in a family-laden suburb of NYC, so my dating interactions mostly come from online introductions. I see this phrase often. Very often. I mean, it’s right up there with “work hard, play…

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Take the Starbucks Rewards math quiz

By rickColosimo / March 3, 2016 / Comments Off on Take the Starbucks Rewards math quiz

Starbucks changes the rules again. The new Starbucks reward program oddly mixes even and odd numbers to complicate the rewards system. The original program (that is, the first program I participated in), gave one star per drink purchase. Since I often arrive with my kids and get them soy milk, that worked well for me.…

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Dating-quiz

By rickColosimo / February 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Dating-quiz

Do you like cats? Do you love kids? Do you have a personal relationship with god? Are you smarter than me? Yes, that third one’s a bit of a trick question. The fourth one excludes the middle part of the curve. Only Dunning-Kruger victims and the really smart answer yes. And yes, I’m having some…

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