Archive for February 25th, 2008

The Globe and Mail has a thought provoking article on the “next big thing”… the Peer to Peer economy.
Get set for the P2P Economy. What sideswiped music companies, Hollywood studios and newspaper companies could soon strike you, as individuals both consume and create content in peer-to-peer sharing that undercuts traditional industries.
Online expert Stan Stainaker says […]

More power to them…
From Business Daily Africa
February 21, 2008: For a long time, models for ending extreme poverty in Africa have been laden with hand-outs. Development activists however have strongly opposed giving free money, goods or services to the poor because the cycle of poverty starts as soon as the free part of the bargain […]

A survey designed to gauge interest in raising taxes to add lanes to the local highway network found out something interesting.
Besides the fact that most people STRONGLY opposed the new proposed taxes, 26% of survey respondents say they telecommute! Somehow that came as a surprise to people even though California is one of the more […]

AvivLife.com has gone live to provide a free work at home jobs database.
Here’s what the site’s founder told me about her goals and aspirations for the site.
Like many in the ‘work at home’ world, I am a stay at home mother. I spent a year going through one work at home job after another. […]

The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur has a $40 per year business that puts $1 million profit monthly in the bank. He’s behind Zoho.com. He employs 600 people in Chennai, India and 8 in Silicon Valley. His name is Sridhar Vembu and he’s making a difference for lots of young people who’d otherwise miss out on […]

If you want to make your living online, but you’re sick of the sales pitches, perhaps this letter is just what you’re looking for?
“I want you to have this rave review now for your next class. I want others to know how good you are. You are free to use it as you please.
I was […]

Are you familiar with “Fair Trade” products from the Third World? Those can be any number of products but mainly coffee that are supposed to be bought at a “fair” price for the producer. The implication is that everything else we buy is bought at an “unfair” price.
The reality seems to be different as discussed […]

One of the trends driving self-employment was the fact that manufacturing jobs had gone overseas thanks to “cheap” labor and transportation costs.
That’s all changing… transportation costs are skyrocketing and skilled foreign labor costs are rising rapidly too.
Some think this means that US manufacturing jobs might actually make a comeback…
An interesting trend, I think we’ll still […]

Matt LeBlanc helps job seekers in the Nashville area find new work. He shares this story with job seekers, but it’s just as true in the work at home field because, increasingly, people are being interviewed by phone for the “phone presence”.

The story below is from a HR person:
I was calling candidates to schedule interviews […]

It used to be that you went to the city and you worried about being assaulted by panhandlers. You figured the people in business attire were people who you could do business with.
But now the freeloaders are wearing business suits and “squatting” - not on a vent to capture the heat, but in the upscale […]