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Economy

GreatGazoo

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Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 11, 2025, 10:35 AM

Mar 2025

I started my business in 2008 so I have thought a lot about what works and why.

I'm also a Hollywood history addict and former studio publicist. The film business traditionally did well in bad times, like the 1930s. In 1934 Shirley Temple was grinding out movies and they credit her with single handedly saving the studio at a time when the economy was "ever so cross". In 1936 they built her a massive "bungalow" on the studio grounds and then had Greens and Craft Services cover it with flowering vines.

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What do LinkedIn, FedEx, BurgerKing, Hewlett Packard and Fortune magazine have in common? [View all] GreatGazoo Mar 2025 OP

Kick for an interesting thread. -nt CrispyQ Mar 2025 #1

Thanks GreatGazoo Mar 2025 #2

A friend of mine sells Mary Kay & very successfully, too. CrispyQ Mar 2025 #3

I always look for stocks that are up or flat in market conditions like the present GreatGazoo Mar 2025 #4