Just Sayin’ Blog – Network Participation Agreement –“Special Update”
Cartoon courtesy of TomFishburne.com “Can’t tell the players without a scorecard”… an old school expression but those words seem particularly relevant today, as one looks at recent events...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Auto Glass Networks – Part 2
Cartoon courtesy of TomFishburne.com In a recent blog post titled “Auto Glass Networks – Part 1” I wrote about difficulties that auto glass repair and replacement (AGRR) networks or TPAs face in...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
In the current presidential election season I’ve been seeing several news outlets play clips of Ronald Reagan in 1980 during the presidential election when at the end of a debate with then President...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Inconvenient Truth(s)
An inconvenient truth is a truth that no one likes to admit, but it is the truth nonetheless. A number of these inconvenient truths exist in the auto glass repair and replacement (AGRR) industry and...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Hopes for the New Year (Fall Update)
We are now in the last quarter of the year; so how has 2012 been for you so far? In the first month of this year I posted a blog titled ‘Hopes for the New Year’ and then wrote a spring and summer...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – The Times They Are (Always) A-Changin’
The ability to accept and adapt to change is a critical component to finding success in business. As much as we find comfort in the places we know best, we must continually push ourselves and our...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – What’s Your Line-up?
I was talking with someone the other day and she asked, “What’s your line-up?” We were talking about business, but the question threw me for a second. Was she asking about my fantasy football team? I...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – The Times They Are (Always) A-Changin’ – Part II
In a recent blog titled The Times They Are (Always) A-Changin’ I mentioned a few of the acquisitions that have recently taken place and I wrote about why an owner might consider that selling at this...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – The Pain of Regret
In these cold days of winter my sports focus starts shifting away from the NFL, even though the ultimate game is taking place this coming Sunday night. The so called “HarBowl” pits the San Francisco...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Interview with Paul Heinauer – Glasspro
Paul, you have a wealth of experience and knowledge in the automotive glass repair and replacement (AGRR) industry. I appreciate your taking the time to talk with me today. I know that you got your...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Challenges…Battles Won and Waged
I was listening to someone giving a talk recently about the challenges that you experience over a lifetime and that “how” you deal with those challenges says everything about who you are. How you face...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter – Defining Moments
This past Monday, August 26, 2013 at The White House, United States Army Staff Sergeant and Calvary Scout Ty M. Carter received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The Congressional Medal of Honor is the...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Wind at Our Backs?
As we near the end of the first three quarters of 2013, it appears that we may have some wind at our back. There has been some slight improvement in a couple of the key drivers of the automotive glass...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Interview with FDNY Chief Richard “Pitch” Picciotto
Each of us knows exactly where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001 and we will remember that day of infamy for as long as we live. 343 fire firefighters and paramedics, along with over...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Interview with Dave Taylor and Cindy Rowe-Taylor
Two of the most respected people in the auto glass repair and replacement (AGRR) industry are Dave Taylor and Cindy Rowe-Taylor who together built Cindy Rowe Auto Glass into the dominant AGRR company...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Wind at Our Backs? – Part II
As 2013 comes to a close I thought I’d take a quick look back at a blog I wrote in September titled “Wind at Our Backs?” I suggested that “it appears that we may have some wind at our back.” The wind...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – A Matter of Fairness
Recently I was forwarded a letter that Safelite Solutions (“Safelite” “SGC Network”) sent to an auto glass repair and replacement (AGRR) company. The letter related to work that the company had done...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Now and in the Future
Last Tuesday, February 4, 2014 there were two items in glassBYTEs.com™ e-Newsletter that I read with great interest. The two articles got me to wondering about how technology could be developed to...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Wind at Our Backs? – Part III
Last September and December I wrote blogs titled “Wind at Our Backs?” and “Winds at Our Backs? Part II” writing that “it appears that we may have some wind at our back” when looking at the key drivers...
View ArticleJust Sayin’ Blog – Road Trip
A few weeks ago we decided to take a road trip. The trip has taken us through Indiana, Michigan, Canada, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,...
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