But we had nowhere to put the huge press. Even though our architect studied Union City's codes, city planners prescribed numerous changes. But we also harmed ourselves by not budgeting enough time to get through the process. We finally got our building permit in mid-January. And I think I'd still have one big account that walked after growing impatient waiting for us to increase capacity.
Bureaucrats are from Mars, businesspeople are from Venus.
Kevin Kelly, a Business Week journalist from 1987 to 1996, left the magazine to work at Emerald Packaging, Inc., a manufacturing company his father had founded over three decades ago. At Emerald Packaging, his focus has been human resources and operations. He has shared his experiences in Business Week frontier since September 1996. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.