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| Why Start A Home Business? |
| Published: May 16, 2007, 6:36 am |
| Tags: Home Business |
| Why You Want to Start a Home Business? Working from home is a big dream for many. But fear holds us back. Below I have listed a few reasons why starting a home business is a great idea. Your Great Idea Comes to Life. You have a great business idea. This is the number one reason that most people go into business from home. Remember the kind of |
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| Successful Home Businesses |
| Published: May 2, 2007, 9:25 pm |
| Tags: Home Business |
| misconceptions about home businesses. 1. “I can quit my job in 6 months” - WRONG! There is no such thing as get-rich-quick! You may be able to quit your job in 6 months, but it is not likely. Home businesses, like any other businesses, take time to build. Put yourself on a 3-5 year plan and get after it! After all it’s |
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| Biker chicks |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 2:58 pm |
| Tags: Business |
| I liked this story about Harley Davidson making bikes for women, because the changes they've made aren't stupid things like makeup mirrors or pink paint. They're mostly practical modifications that women riders actually need: Fifty percent of the population is female and there is pent-up demand, said James L. Ziemer, Harley-Davidson's chief |
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| Er... yeah. Sorry about that. |
| Published: July 13, 2007, 12:26 am |
| Tags: Site Business |
| So we dropped out for a bit. See, I forgot to hit the button that said "renew", the one right next to our domain name. Yeah, that one. So, well, yeah. We kinda vanished. For a bit. Sorry. We're back, and good for another year. Hooray. |
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| getAbstract Saves Time and Money |
| Published: August 19, 2006, 6:05 pm |
| Tags: Business Model |
| 5-page summaries of business books. Now that every time I need ... Read more news like this from PFBlog.com, The Best Personal Finance Weblog. |
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| Kiva.org: Philanthropic Micro Lending |
| Published: July 26, 2006, 1:15 pm |
| Tags: Business Model |
| recent BusinessWeek article discussed Kiva.org, an online experiment that allows people in developed countries to make micro lending as little as $25 to people in need in developing countries. Yes, it is a nice experiement for sure, but I doubt it is a viable business model. Of course, one can expect to get a lot of satisfaction by being ... |
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| Busy times, we're hiring |
| Published: July 17, 2007, 6:26 pm |
| Tags: Mindscape, Windows, Business |
| I’ve been a bit quiet lately with so much going on with Mindscape and life in general. The good news is that we have recently elected to expand our team to help ensure we continue to deliver (if you are interested check out the position information here). I’ll be delivering two lunch time sessions at TechEd this year, one regarding |
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| Google Alerts for better customer support |
| Published: June 15, 2007, 8:39 pm |
| Tags: Tools, Google, Business |
| your business develops it’s always interesting to see what people have to say about you and your products. Sometimes this is easy because people post it directly to you or link to your blog and you get a track back however that only gives you a partial view of the world. I wanted to be able to see what people were saying about Mindscape, |
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| Cisco to Kill Linksys Brand Name |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 10:02 pm |
| Tags: Business |
| Mav sent in this article that opens, "In a roundtable with the European press, John Chambers confirmed the "end of life" of the Linksys name, being replaced by the new and redesigned Cisco branding." He explains, "It will all come over time into a Cisco brand. The reason we kept Linksys' brand because it was better known in the US than even Cisco |
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| Scotsman newspaper: Education has whole-heartedly embraced blogging |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 5:12 am |
| Tags: Communication Tools, Ltsfutures, Scotlearnfest07, World Of Ewan, Edubuzz, Blogging, Business, Edubuzz, Lts, Ltscotland, Marketing, Press, Scotsman, Lts |
| when, in most countries, business has taken the lead with education running to keep up. This was exactly my point in Shel Israel's recent SAP Global Survey of social media - Scottish teachers are truly innovating in this field, ahead of many businesses. What's even better is that in both Learning and Teaching Scotland's plans for the next |
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| B2B Search Marketers: Keep It Simple |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 8:19 am |
| Tags: Strictly Business |
| What! No webcasts, demos or podcasts available for download on your site? Worried you're getting left in the dust by more savvy digital marketers? Don't despair. Business buyers continue to show a preference for fast and simple online information. Click to continue reading... |
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| Do You Know Where Your Money Is Going? |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:06 am |
| Tags: Business Economics, Church Issues |
| This is a question we ought to be asking ourselves every time we pull out our checkbook for that monthly donation to Compassion International, International Justice Mission, or . . . Prison Fellowship. But, if we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit that most times we slip that check in the mail and forget about it. Fellow donors, beware! |
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| Nigerian Money Scam |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 10:13 am |
| Tags: Business Economics, Church Issues |
| Nearly every week, I receive emails from people in Nigeria who want to send me money, supposedly from a now dead, long-lost relative. Mostly, I just laugh and delete these messages. However, out of curiosity, how many of our bloggers have had this experience? Hopefully, none of us have been foolish enough to fall for this scam -- a |
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| Microsoft And Google Moving More Deeply Into Each Others' Businesses |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 12:05 pm |
| Tags: Microsoft Business Issues |
| vows it won't let its core businesses be undermined by "the cloud." This article from the NY Times (discussion Techmeme) quotes Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saying that Microsoft will compete aggressively with Google and other online alternatives to Office and will offer Web-based versions of all its core software: We're not moving toward a |
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| Re: Nigerian Money Scam |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 12:21 pm |
| Tags: Business Economics |
| Diane, your post brought to mind one of the funniest articles I've read in a long time, "How To Trick an Online Scammer Into Carving a Computer Out of Wood," in the June 2007 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. It tells the story of a online subculture of people, known as "scam-baiters" . . . the avengers of the Scamosphere, who've |
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