Musk, Michael Jordan, Twitter, and private equity

Stick with me here…it will be worth it.

Yesterday’s post about private equity’s investments in worker’s comp services generated a flurry of private emails and a few comments – most echoing the “service is king” mantra.

Today’s news that Twitter is near collapse adds depth to the service discussion – and the ultimate cost of hubris.

Elon Musk is both one of the most transformational leaders and one of the biggest (insert anatomical reference here) of the last century. He is in large part responsible for shifting personal transportation away from fossil-fuel driven cars, an incredibly difficult and critically important transition.

If your boss shows up wearing this, call your favorite recruiter.

He also has a severe case form of “Michael Jordan Syndrome” or MJS. Jordan was a transformational basketball player, perhaps the greatest ever. His skills, ability, drive and impact on the game are unparalleled.

Then he tried baseball,

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HealthPopuli.com

Even as consumers’ confess a tighter spending economy for 2022 holiday shopping, peoples’ intent to buy wearable tech for health and fitness and other wellness devices appear on gifting lists in the U.S., according to the 29th Annual Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

 

 

 

 

 

 

In general, technology will be a top-selling category for 2022 holiday gift-giving, somewhat tempered by inflation and the increased cost of living that challenge household budgets in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Tech spending will be down about 6% in 2022 according to CTA’s estimate, with gaming and video streaming strong purchase categories on the software and services side of consumer tech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly 1 in 2 U.S. adults plan to give a health or wellness product for 2022 holiday gifting, still in post-pandemic behavior change in seeking hygienic and well-being baked into daily living. Thus, sales for air purifiers and

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Hearing Loss

Health ArticlesI was a bizarre little child. It’s okay, I’m the first to confess it. I was saying my first phrases earlier than I was six months outdated. I was extra prone to deal with my youthful siblings than to go out and play. And I liked spinach. Specifically, I appreciated spinach cooked and then drenched in apple cider vinegar. I know, it’s unusual. But what can I say? I think I always had this thing inside me that knew what was good for me, and apple cider vinegar fell into that category. If we would had kombucha in the home again then, I most likely would’ve liked that too.

A substation is an assemblage of circuit breakers, disconnecting switches and transformers. A key part of a utility’s electrical distribution community relies upon upon numerous, small transformers mounted on energy poles. A transformer appears like a small metal trash can, usually …

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