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Start That New Business Now!

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Other, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups

What better time than the present to start your new company? Seriously…why not?
“It’s too hard to start one.”
No it’s not. There are companies out there that handle all the work for you and help you choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or LLC.
“It’s too expensive.”
No it’s not. You can do all the paperwork […]

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The Value of Trust in Business

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices

The value of trust in any business situation cannot be underestimated. It sounds like an obvious statement but every now and then you get one of those reminders that maybe, just maybe, this isn’t the most obvious thing for most people.
This thought all came about as I saw a friend earlier today. I had […]

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Is Apple Sneaking Into The Gaming Market?

November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Gadgets, Hardware, Technology, emerging markets, mobile phones

Gamers tend to fall into two categories…PC gamers and console gamers. For the PC, it’s basically just that…games on the PC. Yes, there are games available for the Mac but serious gamers shun the Mac as a gaming platform. On the console side we’re all familiar with the battles between the Microsoft’s XBox, Sony’s Playstation, […]

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Acting vs. Reacting

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices

It’s a competitive world out there. Companies must compete with one another in order to increase the bottom line. It’s not unlike a sporting event where two teams are duking it out with each other as they try to win the game. In business, as in the sporting world, it is usually the team that […]

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The iPhone’s Rise to Greatness, Palm’s Fall From Grace

October 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Hardware, Inventions, Rant, Rant, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past two years you’ve undoubtedly heard of this iPhone thingy. Some computer company decides to make a phone. Mac fanboys everywhere have been speculating and drooling over the prospects of an Apple-created phone. Pundits everywhere dismissed the notion. Even after its release, it was met with […]

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Three Good Business Practices

October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices

So there I was cranking away at some work early one morning (6:00 a.m….don’t ask) when I got an email from a potential client. He needed some emergency work done and luckily I was able to get things set in motion and save him from his previous developer. The next day as I was strolling […]

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Networking Networking Networking

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, entrepreneurs

We’ve all heard it before…the power of networking. Networking is good, blah blah blah. Yet, I still believe many people fail to realize the power of networking so let me bring it up yet again.
Networking can be the key to your happiness! Seriously…with proper networking you can land a better job, you can have […]

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Palm Becoming More Irrelevant With Latest OS News

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Other, Rant, Technology, mobile phones

Why Palm, why?!?! It’s not ground-breaking news, but it is official news at least (rather than the many rumors that were flying around for a while). Palm’s next OS, code-named Nova, is due to come out in the third quarter of 2009. Two thousand NINE!!! Originally slated to come out at the end of 2008 […]

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Time to Add Chia Town to Technorati

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Business

It’s time to spread the love of Chia Town a bit more through the blogging world. See you on Technorati Profile!

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Another Case For Being An Entrepreneur

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, entrepreneurs, start-ups

There are many good reasons to be an entrepreneur if you can stomach the long hours, the uncertainty, the relative instability. Now I could go and list a bunch of good reason that we’ve all heard before (financial independence, work your own hours, be your own boss, blah blah blah) but it’s right now when […]

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