Do It Again

This week marks another chapter in the long and winding road to success. Tomorrow I'm headed to Michigan for face to face meetings with manufacturer of the main active of the product I developed. Little do they know that I've taken what they have and perfected it to the point where long term implications will surely be felt by our competitors. I still don't understand the chemistry, physics or formulae of what I have developed, but I do know that there is something special about it. To achieve the kind of results seen so far is so put it bluntly - mind boggling. Does the product work everywhere, no, but it sure works in a lot of places. A rewrite or rethink is in store to better understand what is going on, but when you have a product you have to push, dotting all the i's and crossing the all the t's become damn near impossible. And there are those doubters out there who still doubt. Well, I say keep on doubting because I'm moving on. Frankly, we have moved beyond that stage to the next phase which is adding to the gains that have been won.

If the word isn't out, it sure will be very soon. There is a new player in town and the rules of the game are about to change. We're on the threshold of the next level, one where no one has gone before. Twenty years ago these first generation products cost USD $2.50/lb, now the the cost are near USD $1.00/lb with that barrier being eroded daily. What I have achieved is to reduce the cost while keeping the performance, but it hasn't stopped there. I am also able to add less chemicals in the system, thereby making the product more environmentally friendly. I have achieved this in less than 7 months.

In all the euphoria, these benefits have yet to sink in, but given the current situation in the Gulf of Mexico, they can't be ignored. Now is the time to seize the moment. We have a window, a short one to separate ourselves from the competition.

OUR TIME IS NOW!

Better Days Ahead

Among the endless stream o of bad news coming out this week, two positives barely mentioned turned out to be shining examples of our nations recovery. First, the art market seems to be headed towards a record year with the sale of a Picasso painting that was auctioned off for 106 million dollars. Next, the new jobless figures came out with Americans finally going back to work. The numbers, while not huge, signaled that the recession that has gripped and changed so many lives has come to an end.

Closer to home, our company has so much business potential globally that it's scary. The paper industry has come out of it's blue funk and is hitting on all cylinders. Our biggest challenge is not gaining new business, but ensuring the raw materials are there to supply it. Globally, everything is in short supply, from feedstock to finished goods. While this is good news, the bad is that inflation will come back, how however much is any one's guess.

People who are looking for jobs should find them, but be well aware that the things have changed and some jobs lost during the recession will not come back - ever. We are now entrenched in the 21st century and for those who harken back to the "good old days" do so at their own peril.

Immigration is one of those issues that beg for a reality check. Just because someone enacts a law designed to keep people out doesn't mean that people will adhere to it. Immigrants coming to our nations understand the promise and virtue of the American Dream, that is why they risk life and limb to come here. No law is going to stop the flow of immigrants to our country, change is here to stay and the winners are those who adapt to change fastest.

President Obama has given our nation the tools and aid to become prosperous, it is now up to us to seize that day and improve on those areas lacking. Of course the GOP will do all in their power to hinder progress, but those are silly, ill fated moves. Now is the time for individuals who think big to step up to the plate and push their ideas forward. Now is the time to seize the moment, not back away while looking at re-runs of Leave it to Beaver.

Our nation will experience better days if we all put our collective minds. bodies and souls together. We cannot accept nothing short of this because to do so says that we're not ready, willing and able. I know I'm doing my part to make it happen Are you?

President Obama's critics claim he hasn't accomplished a thing. Please Mr. President, do us all a huge favor, keep accomplishing nothing!