I am reading the 10 rules for building wealth of CNN Money and was caught up by number 5 which read:

Don’t chase trends

I went to McDonalds Paseo Center friday morning to have a good breakfast after a long week of work; but as it turned out, I was disappointed with the experience. I don’t normally eat at McDonalds for breakfast except on that day since it was the closest food chain in the area I was roaming around with before heading to work.

An army of hardworking strategists are far better than a gang of resources waiting for their next pay check.

Have you ever heard of crowdcasting before? Simply put, it is utilizing a crowd, broadcast to them your business’ needs and problems, then allows them to compete with each other to come up with strategic solutions for the company.

I was at KFC recently and the store cashier asked the lady in front of me if it was fine that their Caesar salad did not have tomatoes since they run out of stock.

If I were asked that question I would asked her back—Would it be ok if I paid you less than the amount even if there were tomatoes in it?

When clients pay you hundreds of thousands of dollars they expect no less than everything in the requirements document. Do you agree?

[tags]Business, KFC, Customer, Service[/tags]

I first noticed a stall of Holy Kettle Corn in a mall one or two months back; today, I could not help but notice it is all over the place and our country quickly became a popcorn eating region. I became curious and checked their website learning they already have 27 stalls and are located in every mall I frequent (that explains why I see them all over the place).

This is definitely a quick success story using a common and simple product sold in a non-popcorn country like ours.

What made it instantly big?

I have seen so many established businesses and companies spending a lot of money putting up billboards, ads or giving away business cards with their web page and email addresses on it. Sadly, their web page and emails are hosted on free sites like Geocities, Gail, Yahoo, etc.