Archive for November, 2008
Business Opportunity Scams and how to avoid them.
The internet is an information powerhouse with a worldwide audience anyone can access. It provides businesses small and large equal access to millions of potential clients. The internet has changed the way businesses find clients, market products, and sell merchandise. Consumers can find vendors across the country with a click of [...]
Thanksgiving is going to cost a little more this year.
Every year the American Farm Bureau conducts a survey measuring the cost of an average Thanksgiving Day meal. According to the Farm Bureau if your planning on having a traditional Thanksgiving meal with 10 people you can expect to pay around $44.61 for the basic ingredients, or $4.46 per person. That is a 5.6% increase [...]
Networking Tips
Be genuine. Networking is based on ones trust in another
Pick the correct groups. Before you go to meetings, identify what your goals are. What exactly do you want to get out of this interaction?
Top Five Reasons Why Obama Will Be A Great President
1. Obama should have a much easier time dealing/negotiating/relating to non-European nations, especially those that are Muslim, and as a result lead to a drastic reduction in terrorism. There should be no question that leaders of the above mentioned countries will have a much easier time identifying with a Black man who grew up in [...]
Should taxpayers cover the cost of mortgage giants’ litigations
Should taxpayers carry the burden?
Well, you might not have a choice. Recent reports hint toward the notion that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be passing the check, so to speak, when it comes to their legal fees. In a nutshell here’s the breakdown:
Fannie and Freddie find themselves further in over their head [...]
Luck is no substitute for sound management
No, not really. Let’s face it, there is no way to twist the fact that 80% of small business entrepreneurs fail within the first year. And not to add injury to insult, but 50% of the remaining will fail within the first five years. Here are a few steps to take so the same will [...]
Be Prepared, Stay Paid
A friend of mine told me how the company he works for came in to his department yesterday and fired 50 people on his floor. Luckily for him he was not one of them, but it definitely got him thinking, “What the heck would I do if it happened to me? I am definitely not [...]
