TS Designs’ Job Plan

As the President and the Republican candidates release their ideas for job legislation, I would like to offer our own job program for North Carolina. This will not require a lessening of government regulations or a cut in taxes or benefits. It won’t require more...

An Open Letter from President Eric Henry

As I reviewed our personal financial portfolio at the end of 2010, I noticed we got a nice bump to our net worth, gains from the stock market.  On the other hand, it was another tough year for our small sustainable printed apparel company in North Carolina.  A company...

Econ 101 Should Drive Energy Debate

Originally printed in The Charlotte Observer on August 1st. Last week I joined 6 fellow NC citizens in DC to convince our senators to pass a comprehensive energy bill. As you can probably guess, those who support it welcomed us, and those who don’t listened with...

Healthcare at TSD

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for our small business: healthcare shopping time! TS Designs is looking at yet another health insurance rate increase this year. The private sector healthcare system is not working for us. Ever since Tom and I started the...

Real Cost

[RAW] With all the discussions going on about potential changes in healthcare and energy costs on the rise, we at TSD are looking back at how we started working to mitigate those upcoming challenges years ago. Not a day goes by that we aren’t asked why our...