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Insurance Money well-spent: a concrete example

Over a year ago, we wrote about being ‘penny-wise, pound-foolish’, or rather advising not to be! Well, I have another very concrete example of how spending a bit more money up front saved me a whole lot of time and by extension, money. I’ll nutshell it up front: I built my computer with the operating [...]

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Bloggers must now disclose when they receive free samples

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided that bloggers need to disclose if they’ve received ‘freebies’ that they blog about or write reviews on. Otherwise they would be liable for fines on the order of $10 to $20,000. In addition, testimonial advertisements now need to be more explicit in what customers can reasonably expect when [...]

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Bootstrap Don’t Borrow

At a recent Meet the Angels event in Atlanta, the panelists made sure entrepreneurs knew that angels “should be a last resort”. While this was shocking for the entrepreneurs, the panelist described working with Angels is “expensive and onerous” and suggest that if you can avoid it, you should. So what’s an entrepreneur to do? [...]

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Bootstrap Don't Borrow

At a recent Meet the Angels event in Atlanta, the panelists made sure entrepreneurs knew that angels “should be a last resort”. While this was shocking for the entrepreneurs, the panelist described working with Angels is “expensive and onerous” and suggest that if you can avoid it, you should. So what’s an entrepreneur to do? [...]

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The Value of Attending Conferences

Regardless of the business you’re in or the one you’re trying to break into, I can’t underestimate the value in attending conferences. Conferences are where you learn more about the field you’re interested in through talks, seminars and speaking with other attendees. Conferences are also where you meet others in that field’s community – experts, [...]

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It’s Official – We’re in a Recession

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research on December 1st, 2008, the US economy has been in a recession for all of 2008 starting in December 2007. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of “negative growth” (stupid oxymorons) or the GDP. According to the NBER, the expansion that ended in December 2007 [...]

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It's Official – We're in a Recession

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research on December 1st, 2008, the US economy has been in a recession for all of 2008 starting in December 2007. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of “negative growth” (stupid oxymorons) or the GDP. According to the NBER, the expansion that ended in December 2007 [...]

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Think before you accept that promotion…

I have neglected this site for some time between working some special projects for Felthos Foundry and receiving a promotion at work climbing yet another rung on the ladder to becoming a corporate slave. The new position unfortunately steals a bit of my time hindering my dreams of becoming untethered from the corporate life. My [...]

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A Twitter WordPress plugin that works

Twitter is one more way in which you can promote your blog, and if you use WordPress as your blogging platform, then one very useful plugin is one that automatically publishes your latest posts to your Twitter account.

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Penny-wise, Pound-foolish

Read the title again. When it comes to your tools, mainly your computer and your Internet connection, you do not want to be that. Spend the incremental amount of money up front so that you have the fastest computer and Internet connection you can without breaking the bank. In general, you should not be faster [...]

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