Do regulations make it harder and more expensive to conduct business? You bet. Look at the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Newt Gingrich's interesting article over at SFGate. Brother Oxley admits that the reg was passed too quickly and should have been written differently. It doesn't matter. IT will need help to ensure compliance.

It's much the same as you accepting that you have to pay insurance on your house. Even though it's not something we want to do, losing your home to flood, storm, fire, or other damage would be too costly.

You need to fully understand the laws that apply to your business at all levels: federal, state, county, and / or city. This includes any regulatory or bureaucratic agency that may have authority over your company regulation's activities. For example, if you are in the healthcare industry, you will need to comply FDA, FTC, or JCAHO. Each agency has its regulations on what can or cannot be said.

Only successful acquisitions that I have seen are those in which the original company is intact. It is only ownership that changes, and not management and function. Too big 3PL has disadvantages. LQ magazine mentioned conglomerate mergers. If the company is so large that it is taking over other companies, and trying to merge two huge monsters into one, studies have shown that customer support is the first thing that goes. If you've ever been involved in a merger or take-over, you know that these companies are in a state where regulations are unclear. It takes many years to combine big companies successfully, and even more years to cut all the fat and get to something streamlined and profitable.

I would like to see regulation. As with all things, if enough of us stand up and count, we can make changes. There is corruption at the highest levels of all institutions, whether they are billions of Pounds or Dollars or Euros.

It should be simple, as these are basic components of a good business. Yet, you should review our latest UFOC - Uniform Franchising Circular, presale disclosure documents required for all franchisors. It contains 210 pages, jasa ekspedisi murah including exhibits, audits, agreements, and other documents. That is absurd. Think about it, we are in the mobile pressure washing business, we wash stuff right? We make arrangements with others to use our system. It works if the right person follows the program. However, if someone doesn't follow the program suddenly, it is our fault.

Anger without good reason is clearly stupidity. People don't respect those who can't control their tempers even in relatively benign circumstances. Also those people who are continually angry are clearly not ones we want to work for. Anger I think must be used sparingly and only when the situation really demands it.