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I’ve been a bit quiet for the past few months. I’ve been busy. After five years and lots of hard work by a great team,
April 1, 2016
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I’ve been a bit quiet for the past few months. I’ve been busy. After five years and lots of hard work by a great team,
Anyone who has worked with Al Cleinman has been gifted with more than one “great read” on business development. Famous for devouring and sharing management books, it was a natural that he would eventually write his own.
I believe in the “law of the marketplace.” Under that “law,” businesses and professions operate without artificial restrictions (but with reasonable regulation necessary for consumer protection). Artificial control of one party over another — whether the result of oligopoly, policy manipulation, or special-interest statutory interference — is bad. Competition is good. Competition results in continuous improvement. With fair competition, the consumer ultimately prevails. With fair competition, everyone wins.
I remember it like it was yesterday. That call. The soft southern accent. The gentlemanly but driven conversation. The request. It was early in 1981
The following letter is from Tommy Lucas, OD, two time (2011, 2014) Texas’ Optometrist of the Year. Dr. Lucas reiterates what I’ve been saying for
While here, I’ve had the pleasure of reading John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. This amazingly well-written and ambitious novel (Pulitzer Prize – 1940) is
On February 12th, I lost my mother, Helen. She was 85 and had fought the ravages of COPD for several years. I share this in
Medical providers have both the right and the obligation to prescribe what they believe, in their professional opinion, are the right products, services or solutions
To my fellow members: Unfortunately, I cannot attend this year’s VCA Executive Summit due to a conflict. I provide this letter directed at the leadership
After a long and arduous struggle, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of optometry through Doctors Wilson, Price, McMurray, and Summers (Appellees) and