NASHVILLE: EXPONENTIAL GROWTH & OPPORTUNITIES IN MUSIC CITY
I just got back from a week and a day in Music City, USA — Nashville, Tennessee! Every time I go there, I’m able to (ever so...
JACOB HOUSMAN – THE WRECKER KING OF INDIAN KEY
Jacob Housman is remembered as the Wrecker King of Indian Key, among other things.
After sailing to the West Indies from Long Island, New York, as a young...
LABOR DAY: RECOGNIZING AMERICAN WORKERS SINCE 1894
Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, and it came about in response to one of the most dismal chapters in the saga of the American...
MARATHONER JOHN BARTUS GETS REAL ABOUT THE MUSIC BIZ
Back in the old days of the Music Business, artists routinely got screwed out of major chunks of the cash their music generated. First, the record label...
OUTSIDE THE BOX: REAL-WORLD MODELS OF INNOVATIVE THINKING
There’s this well-known adage from the business world that states one has to “thinkoutside the box.” This phrase is used whenever there’s a need to challenge assumptions,address...
JOHN BARTUS: WEDDING THANKS PART 2
I knew as soon as I put the last column to bed that I must have missed people who deserved recognition — it was a big day...
JOHN BARTUS: WEDDING THANKS
You might have heard that Sarah and I did a thing a couple of weekends ago. It’s true — we’re now newlyweds, and we helped raise a...
JOHN BARTUS: NEW YEAR’S PREDICTIONS, PART 1
The New Year is upon us, and — Big Surprise — the coronavirus is still with us! What we thought we were leaving behind in 2020 is...
JOHN BARTUS: GIVING THANKS FOR JOBS I WOULD NEVER DO
Watching those daredevils who stand outside hovering helicopters and work on our high-voltage lines atop those tall towers has given me serious pause for thought. First of...
JOHN BARTUS: DEALING WITH WINTER IN THE ISLANDS
This past week brought the coldest temperatures of the winter season thus far to the Keys. Down in the Islands, we have our own unique ways of...
