Archive for July 13th, 2006

  • Federal Trade Commission Slams Business Opportunity Marketers

    Gerald Nehra comments on dangerous proposed changes in rules regarding the marketing of business opportunities. The potentially far reaching effects could keep people from learning about valuable opportunities in the name of protecting people not willing to assume their fair share of risk for legitimate opportunities.
    FTC—WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
    by Gerald P. Nehra
    Brief overview: The Federal [...]

  • Help A Third World Entrepreneur With KIVA

    Kiva is a portal that let’s individuals, groups, churches, schools, etc. participate in microlending. Elizabeth Omala pictured here was the recipients of such a loan and her “blog” link(yes, each project has it’s own page)
    Microlending involves helping the working poor in a Third World nation get enough capital – say $500 to build and stock [...]

  • Ebay Slams Google – Denies Sellers Use of Google Checkout

    Ebay, owners of Paypal, will not accept Google Checkout as a viable means of payment on their site.
    From what I understand, Google Checkout would only be available to a relatively small number of individuals anyway, not the average ebayer, but still you can hear the cats snarling “MEOW!”
    From SearchEngineGuide
    In what could be taken as [...]

  • Lawyers Turning To Virtual Assistants/Paralegals

    Lawyers are turning to hiring Virtual Assistants and Paralegals to reduce overhead expenses such as payroll taxes and the cost of having employees sit around “on the clock” when there’s not real work to be done.
    This is likely a problem for attorneys who are just starting in practice and don’t have a regular caseload but [...]

  • PrestoGifto.com Moves to Beta Test State

    PrestoGifto is now ready for beta testing for web site owners and bloggers wishing to use the contextual software to generate Cafe Press commissions.
    PrestoGifto is a tool that makes it easy to sell products you like on your website or blog. You choose the products, write the descriptions, pick the colors, and we create a [...]