The Game is Rigged

The Game is Rigged

Rigged Games? Many years ago, my husband and I took a trip to Vegas for our anniversary and to escape our young kids for a while.  That might not seem out of the ordinary for most couples. But for statistical analysts like me, choosing to go somewhere where the main...
Cheers to the Everyday Entrepreneurs

Cheers to the Everyday Entrepreneurs

Everyday Heros Pick up nearly any business journal these days, and you’ll find stories about impressive ‘get rich quick’ type entrepreneurs: VC-funded start-ups start-ups using SPACs day traders making millions off of cryptocurrency Instagram influencers...
Going Viral

Going Viral

Different Kind of Viral A funny thing happened to me this week as I started work on my blog.  Well, not funny, ha ha, but funny unexpected.  I tested positive for COVID.  That seemed like an inconceivable thing to happen to me.  I wear my mask in the grocery store...
Curling Your Way to Long Term Success

Curling Your Way to Long Term Success

Attention Curlers! Hey small business owners – how many of you are familiar with the sport of curling?  For those of you who are not familiar, let me share a bit about the sport with you.  It’s kinda like shuffleboard on ice combined with the strategy of chess but...
Be Your Own Data Scientist

Be Your Own Data Scientist

Data Matters After spending just over four years teaching “Applied Quantitative Methods” to undergraduate business students, I was burnt out trying to convince them that data analysis was an important aspect of business.  So I left my ivory tower and hung out my...