Renewing the Fight for $20
Americans with net worth in the top 2% would feel like they had been stricken with abject poverty if they walked in the shoes of too many millions of hard-working, underpaid, hourly workers. They...
Americans with net worth in the top 2% would feel like they had been stricken with abject poverty if they walked in the shoes of too many millions of hard-working, underpaid, hourly workers. They...
I get asked for advice often. Other times I just dole it out mindlessly. Sometimes I feel what I’m saying is so obvious I don’t even want to answer or share – I might...
Boloco / Entrepreneurship / Personal
by John Pepper · Published January 1, 2023 · Last modified January 3, 2023
So the story goes… on March 15 (the Ides of March), 44 BC, the historic Caesar was attacked by a group of senators, including Brutus, who was Caesar’s friend and protégé. Grabbed this from Wikipedia not surprisingly. When I...
At the turn of the century, AOL was still in widespread use. It wasn’t just for grandparents. My family and I all used it (my Dad and Mom still do). In early 2000, my...
As February began, we had a very serious allergy scare… a young girl who is allergic to peanuts had our Boloco peanut sauce added to her food, despite very clear written warning by the...
Foreword: As often is the case, this began as a private journal entry, which is why its not “all about Mike” and also to do with me – though it really is mostly about...
by John Pepper · Published September 3, 2018 · Last modified September 2, 2018
This was written in January 2015, before I had any idea I might be returning to Boloco. A real sign of internal struggle on remaining calm, not letting the small things get to me. Some names...
In early June, after a few months of reflection, I called off the quiet and informal search I had begun at the start of the year for a President & COO of Boloco. Instead,...
Boloco Team, The business world I’m trying to stay away from is exactly what Ron professes in this article from Entrepreneur Magazine. Here is a “titan of the restaurant industry” telling us: “fire more...
Yesterday, I was honored to be asked to play the role of “Coach” at a start-up pitch event at CSpace in the Atlantic Wharf building in Boston called, ironically, #UNPITCH. I have attended a...
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