Archive for June, 2008

Remember Jared Fogle who lost all that weight eating at Subway? Jared lost 245 and, of course, has this ongoing gig with Subway as long as he keeps it off. Well, now another person just lost 80 pounds eating only at McDonalds… and, no, I do think that was because he developed an aversion for [...]

How’s your work at home business doing these days? Has the economy got you down? Are you waiting for business conditions to improve? Here’s a post from Jim Whelan that is worth considering: At a breakfast roundtable this morning I heard all kinds of excuses about performance. They were all laughable. Maybe not to those [...]

With Skype, working from home with international customers and distributors just got  much easier. It used to be, for example, in network marketing, you would have the opportunity to build “internationally” with your company, but the costs of communication were exorbitant. With Skype’s “Skypein” numbers available in major market countries, it’s possible to have local [...]

In fact, it’s not just Ebay. Congress wants Credit Card Companies, Ebay, PayPal, Amazon and Google to report on your online buying habits. Here’s the article I read about it… It’s a provision hidden inside Christopher Dodd’s bill to bail out the mortage lender who gave him a sweetheart deal. Payment Card and Third Party [...]

From what I read, it’s “OLD PEOPLE” who use Instant Messaging! I guess I’m old… I use it through Google itself and Gmail’s ability to use AIM. But here’s a good article with some practical tips on the business use of instant message software. Pidgin.im is a multi protocol software that handles virtually any IM [...]

Entrepreneurs are considered strange people in Japan. How “strange” are you? From Boomtown USA “Entrepreneurs are considered strange people in Japan,” Dr. Takashi Yamamoto, economics professor at Akita International University told the Economic Gardening Gathering in Steamboat Springs. When asked about some of Japan’s more famous entrepreneurs like Akio Morita who co-founded Sony in 1946, [...]

Here’s the headline: Meltdown of real estate company hits ‘A’-list jocks We like to wallow in our self pity by saying things would just be easier for us “if”… …we were handsome or beautiful …we were rich …we had professional advice Etc. I don’t know if you’d describe these professional athletes as handsome, but they [...]

I don’t know if you’ve seen the site How I Spent My Stimulus Some of the stories are funny, and others are pathetic. If you are spending YOUR stimulus check to start a new home based business,  I’d sure like to hear it. Go post your story at that site and then send me the [...]

Will these people end up being self employed and working at home? That remains to be seen. But working for the wrong boss (or in the wrong job?) can literally MAKE YOU SICK. From the Star Tribune: It’s true: Your boss can make you sick Poll:People who are unhappy at work take an extra 15 [...]

How do you make PDF Files fast and preferably FREE? Web Worker Daily suggest Primo Online Personally when I need this, I use a friend’s copier that scans to PDF for signed documents. But most of the time I use Google Documents for word processing files. This service lets you make PDF files for more [...]