Writing fiction is the ‘job’ I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not entirely bizarre, either, as I have done some work in film before, and even directed a ridiculous, cable-access feature back in my 20s. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
People get into debt head over heels because banks make it so easy to do so. Then the banks come along and act like these people who can’t or won’t pay their bills are the dregs of society. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
Can’t make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The government guarantees it. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
Banks will fee you to death. If you bounce a check, the bank has a policy to re-post the check three more times to see if it will be paid. If it continues to bounce they charge a $30 overdraft every time. So, one bounced check will rack up $90 for the bank. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
Why do I have an issue with banks? They have their greedy fingers in everyone’s money. No other industry has the power to deduct a bill or fees directly from your own bank account without so much as a notice. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
You can’t know what you don’t know. You can’t know about things you have yet to discover. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
Technology ventures can succeed with very little investment, unlike many other industries. A lot of the big Internet players like Google or Yahoo were started by a couple of guys with computers. Microsoft was started in Bill Gates’ garage. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
It was Dell who came out with their build-on-demand process, where they are able to keep a zero balance inventory. That means they don’t purchase parts until an order is received. That is a way to greatly reduced overhead, since you don’t need to warehouse parts or overstock parts you may not end up using. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game. Jonathan Raymond Read Quote
