I’ve been thinking about going back to school to get an advanced business degree. Still not sold on the whole online thing. I like a lot about the idea of learning out of your own home, but not sure how credible it all is. Want to make sure I’m getting a quality education. Wish there [...]
Have you always wanted to be an entrepreneur? Wonder whether you have what it takes in the Internet age? Check out this post called 25 Skills and Classes Necessary to Become a Great Entrepreneur which outlines how to become a better entrepreneur.
For whatever reason, human beings tend to assume that things are only good if they stay the same. The default reaction to change is one of fear. This is especially true about the economy. As economic needs shift, and certain sectors fail, the default assumption is that bad things are happening. But it’s not necessarily [...]
I really enjoyed this comic over at BusinessPundit showing the insanity and irrational behavior of the stock market. Great stuff. Link: How the Stock Market Really Works
This page has a nice intro to the economic crisis from 2008-2009. I especially like the comic. Link: U.S. Economic Crisis of 2008-2009. Overview of the Crisis.
As more and more businesses employ remote workers, demand for collaborative services and tools grows. Today’s outage of GMail shows just how much people rely on their tools. So before you decide on what tools you should subscribe to, check out this list of business management tools and save yourself a lot of hassle.
Just because the rest of the banking industry is in complete and utter meltdown doesn’t preclude you from turning a tidy profit as is the case at San Francisco based Visa, who’s first fiscal quarter profits are up 35% year on year. It’s not all good though: Visa are predicting a slowdown in revenue through [...]
In a bad economy, what’s a company to do? While the middle class is suffering, the rich still have plenty of spending to do. So Barclays, a major financial organization, is targeting the rich with it’s latest credit card: the Visa Black Card. And for goodness sake, the thing is going to be made out [...]
As a serial entrepreneur who many consider to be a workaholic, this article on finding balance was refreshing and much needed: 28 Tips for Achieving Balance as an Entrepreneur
Bizarre Idea: Battery powered magazines.
Here’s a list of the 10 most popular college majors. That’s interesting. What I think is even more interesting is what the top 10 *should be* based on the current needs of our economy. My sense is that many of these majors (English literature, biology and psychology) are romantic majors that people take up with [...]
Some of my favorites on this list of the The 21 Most Depression-Proof Jobs included mortician (I guess all the Wall Street nut jobs who are being exposed) and the sex worker (for the Wall Street nut jobs right before they go to the mortician).
Given the current economic situation, BusinessPundit has an interesting article on the 10 Countries Least Affected By US Economic Woes
Loving these t-shirt lists. There’s something about the way a t-shirt exudes personality. Without talking to a person you get a glimpse into their soul. Here’s businesspundit’s list of 20 Annoying People You Might Meet in a Bank Line
Chris asks a really important question in the current economic crisis: Could Your Family Survive a Month of No Spending?
Here are some of my favorite links from the past week: Ninja cat comes closer while not moving! Top 5 Geek Gadgets for Your Car Palin’s popularity already declining [Yeah!!!!] 5 Metals People Plunder For Profit Guy Dates Several Prostitutes. No Sex. Just Regular Dates. Presidential Dogs: 20 Most Recent Pets of Presidents Tina Fey [...]
BlabrMouth asks a critically important question in this day and age, that can really be applied to most MSM networks these days: Is CNBC Failing Their Journalistic Duty?
Sarah Palin may be a Pig with Lipstick (errrr…. no she’s not…. she’s a Bulldog bitch with lipstick) … well, whatever you want to call her, she’s an overnight celebrity and now they are making Sarah Palin dolls. That’s quick turnaround. They just need to make sure they package them with real pig lipstick.
It’s everywhere on the interwebs now: Microsoft and Yahoo! are back at the table. This time Microsoft aren’t out to buy the company, rather they want to buy into it an retain an option to buy the entire company. Well, at least that’s what is rumoured. Seriously, I really like that Yahoo! are planning to [...]
I’m on a total green roll right now, but hey! I was reading this list of the best cities for telecommuters and it got me to thinking: is telecommuting part of the problem or the answer to the question of how to reduce our carbon footprints? Personally I think there are massive benefits for the [...]