Archive for January, 2008

The news tonight is all about the US Tax Rebate to “stimulate the economy”.
The idea behind the rebate is for us to get our hot little hands on some “free cash” and go down and blow it at the mall to get America back in business.
Here’s my question… how many people will take the cash […]

Here’s a no-strings-attached free business model from the Rhode’s brothers. It tells some simple strategies for making money on line. Warning: Work Required!
Here’s what they have to say about it:
Even if you’ve made little to no money with your online business, you really can implement ridiculously simple business models like this to start […]

From SlashDot: More Federal Workers are Telecommuting and those left behind are finding their work “less fulfilling” according to Small Business Computing
Telecommuting may boost morale, and cut stress, but it can have the opposite effect on those left behind in the office, according to a new study.
The more I think about it… what do these […]

Chuck’s Note: I trust Adrian Ling. I asked him about one of his products once compared to a competitors and he was honest - for that particular application, he suggested I buy his competitor’s product. I could have probably figured out he was lying later after paying the money had he chosen to dupe me, […]

A while back I wrote about how to a business could use WordPress to build a local business website. I’m building one of those for a friend right now.
As the site takes shape, I’ll be posting links and snapshots of how I build it.
The first thing I did was register a domain name. Basically […]

If you’re looking for a profitable business to start and love animals (and hopefully aren’t allergic) the pet business may be the one for you to start. Here’s the trend behind that. In Albuquerque NM, for example, there are so many people with pampered pets and disposable income that the dog and cat based pet […]

That we live in a “Free” or “Laissez-Faire” Market is, as Jeffrey Tucker states, “sheer fantasy”.  Free Markets and campaign promises during Presidential election speeches don’t go well together thus far, but Ron Paul’s trying his best and making more headway than anyone would have thought possible selling freedom.
Though we’ve been taught from the cradle […]

While most entrepreneurs will find themselves working, many will be celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday.
Born January 15th, 1928 in Atlanta GA his birthday is officially celebrated the following Monday.
Here’s a tribute to Rev. King from The American Minute
A minister like his father and grandfather, Martin Luther King, Jr., pastored Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in […]

Thankfully towns are recognizing their  home business ordinances are woefully outdated.  Hopefully they won’t wait too long to update the ordinances to reflect reality and also protect home based occupations as well.
From the Lincoln News Messenger
Maher Elslakhi had been successful running a wholesale car company out of his Lincoln home.
So when his wife, Elizabeth, decided […]

I know business people who work overseas or who send email about confidential business matters using “secure” email.
In fact, I wrote once about a service I’d heard about…
Recently I received an email from an information security person who believes these services really aren’t secure.
Here’s part of what they wrote - and I pass it along […]