The headline comes from a Story posted in the Portland Mercury this past December 10th.
The reporter while trying to spin the news about the impact of the economic downturn on the Portland Small Business Community leaves the reader with the impression that it is everyone else’s fault but the entrepreneur’s.
The point that is not made is that businesses (small or large) fail to get it – if the product they’re selling is of minimal or no value, the consumer goes somewhere else.
Why would anyone want a Tibetian silk scarf in this economic climate?
Also if the small business gets a federal bailout, will that bring the customers to the door and make them buy irrelevant products or services?
At least the business owner has the right idea….go off to Tibet and contemplate his navel and try to come up with product(s) that people want.