Archive for April 10th, 2006

Verizon has decided that products formerly sold my home based and other freelance telecommunications agents will only be sold through in-house channels.
The products affected are…
MCI Neighborhood
MCI Business Complete
TTI National long distance
This change is effective April 11, 2006.
Verizon is expected to honor commissions payable on existing accounts.

From Lynn Bode via Alfa who’s got a cold…
1. Schedule time for working out. When you work at home it’s so easy to work around the clock. To help avoid this think of yourself as having a traditional “office job�. In most “office jobs� when you go home for the night you leave work behind [...]

By now you’re familiar with email scams where they need YOUR bank account to process a transaction.
Some forlorn prince from Nigeria offers you a huge commission just for cashing his check and sending him back one.
But the prince’s check bounces and yours doesn’t so your bank account is doubly whacked.
There are variation in how this [...]

I have a friend who buys and sells used computers as an income stream and put the information in an information course. He’s a great guy, fantastic entrepreneur, and I like the things I’ve read from him. What I’m about to write is not intended as any criticism of him, anyone else who sells such [...]

Bottom Line… do companies see outsourcing as an easy way to save money and improve the bottom line when they really need to be looking for more profitable markets, more efficient opertations, and new markets?
Yes.
Will they?
Probably not.
Here’s why companies start as capitalistic and become monopolistic… and what needs to be done.
Remember: the only entrepreneurship you [...]