Have you ever made a bad business decision? Maybe it was a minor one (signing a two-year contract without shopping for additional bids) or maybe it was one for the history books (filling the Hindenburg with hydrogen instead of helium). Regardless of the magnitude,...

Staying One Step Ahead of the Bad Guys A couple years ago I drove to the forest preserve to go for a run. I had done it so often that it never crossed my mind that something like this would happen. When I made it back to my car, I found my window had been bashed in. I...

During the loan origination process, when a lender makes a decision on whether or not to lend money to a potential borrower, there are a whole host of steps the lender must take and decisions they must make before the final loan can be approved and closed. Some of...