by Bruce Turkel | Jul 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago my mom recommended that my wife and I go to a restaurant she likes. She even gave us a voucher for the restaurant that she had purchased on Dealtificate, a couponing site similar in function to Groupon and others. She’d paid 20 dollars for $40 of food....
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was a kid back in the dark ages of transistor radios. If a friend told me about a cool new song, I’d tune in to WQAM and wait until they played what I was waiting for. Usually it would take an hour or more if the song was hot. While I waited I’d get my cassette...
by Bruce Turkel | May 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Every third Friday I drive up to Fort Lauderdale at seven a.m. to attend the monthly meeting of The Strategic Forum (TSF). The Forum is an organization of about 35 business owners and CEOs that get together to share ideas, help each other network, and listen to an...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was at the Qwest Center in Omaha last week, getting ready to make a presentation to a great group of meeting professionals when the phone in my pocket buzzed. The text message was from my friend David: “@ meeting w/5 directors & 20 lawyers. Thought would be good...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Thanks to my friend Phil Bakes and his impressive list of good friends I got to spend a wonderful evening at the Strategic Forum annual awards dinner honoring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. It was a big thrill to meet Justice Breyer and to have the rare...
