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A College Age Entrepreneur, Stefan Doyno, registered the trademark “Change Rocks” for his jewelry business. He began his business when he was 18 and one of his first steps was to register the trademark that the Obama campaign has been using illegally.
The Obama Campaign has been notified of their illegal use of the term but, […]

I immediately identified with this independent MLM distributor. She started working at home in 2005 and suddenly people called her all day, wanted her to run errands, wanted her to drop everything and go shopping all day, etc.
That’s because when you work at home, people think you really don’t work at all and that you’re […]

Are you underestimating your chances of success? Maybe.
Here’s a recent bit of information from Ankesh Kothari

Frank Flynn and Vanessa Lake are social cientists. Here are the details of a couple of esearch studies they conducted:
Experiment #1:
In one study, the participants had to ask strangers to fill out a questionnaire. But before they went […]

Here’s a bit of news about Holiday Travel Security Guidelines since it’s the week of Thanksgiving in the US.
It makes John Madden look awfully smart to insist on driving in a touring bus.
When it comes to bringing items through checkpoints, we’ve seen just about everything. Traveling for the holidays is an even bigger challenge. Everyone […]

Can a Wiki build your business? Maybe, maybe not. But I’m fascinated by the possibilities for your business and mine. Wiki enabled sites are readily available even for non technical webmasters.
The book Wikinomics:How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything discusses how one old line business (a gold mine!) used the wiki concept to make rapid advances in […]

Well, it’s the 490th anniversary of the Augustinian Monk Martin Luther of Germany nailing his 95 Theses to the Wittenburg Cathedral door this very day of the year. So numerous people observe the day as Reformation Day.
But your kids probably just care about the Candy tomorrow on “All Hallows Eve” or “Hallowe’en”!
Me, I’m compromising. I’m […]

Laci-Fae is a home based photo engraving company. Sounds like they’re just getting up and running so I thought I’d pass around their information.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. That is especially true when the picture is glazed onto a unique gift item such as a lovely vase, a Christmas ornament or […]

I mentioned this a few weeks ago. Here’s more on the topic from Business Week.
Basically, the aren’t as many people available to fill the outsourcing demand, the rupee is rising against the dollar, wages are rising, and there’s more competition for existing talent. Visas to the US are running short too.
A confluence of adversities […]

I’m sorry I haven’t been posting. I somehow managed to go to a conference center that advertised “Hi Speed Internet” on the sign, but when I got there, it only had one computer with high speed and a 15 minute time limit!
I didn’t believe those still existed, but if someone’s going to find a conference […]

Should Small Business People Invest In Silver?
We all love to work and hopefully love our businesses.
But it’s good to save for a rainy day whether you plan to “retire” per se or not.  
Just a few years ago Warren Buffett couldn’t find too many bargains in the stock market. So where did he put his money? […]