Comments on: Punk Rock HR Advice 2009: Don’t Be Dane Cook

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:38:55 +0000

Does putting your kids in a YouTube video count as mixing family and business? I’m asking for a friend…

By: perrik

perrik — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:50:19 +0000

Every time I hear about some celebrity hiring his/her relative or best friend as chief manager or financial planner, I cringe.

Lesson #1: NEVER HIRE ANYONE YOU CANNOT BRING YOURSELF TO FIRE. Suppose Cousin Susie or fellow theater geek Julian turns out to be incompetent, or succumbs to the temptation of skimming a little profit off the earnings, or grows into an arrogant condescending jerkface who mistakes nepotism for recognition of actual talent? How many child actors discovered that Manager Daddy had invested all those sitcom earnings in pyramid schemes and a stripper named Candi?

Not that I can muster much sympathy for Michael Vick, but he’s a fine example of what happens when you put your finances in the wrong hands: http://tinyurl.com/6bqchv

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:41:00 +0000

@BizDirector I’m not sure if there is more corruption in America or if the media just loves a good story. Here’s what I know: I have two brothers, and I would never ask them to manage my money. I love them, but why invite temptation and trouble?

By: bizdirector

bizdirector — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:07:57 +0000

The stories about the ethically-challenged in the world of business keep coming non-stop. Maybe that’s what we deserve for falling prostrate before the gods of the free market, believing that all’s ok when you continually put profits ahead of people.

While I’m not naive enough to think that there was some “golden age” of ethics in business, I do remember a time, at least in my own corner of the world, when there were some business owners, and others that you could look up to and try to pattern your life after.

Someone much wiser than me had something to say about the love of money, and evil.