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One of the better pieces of financial advice I ever got from a mentor was: if you have a business or are self employed, get disability insurance. I ended up enrolling in California…

Ah, so you're a waffle man...

SEEKING FREELANCER: We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm…

We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm in Sunnyvale, CA. T…

We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm in Sunnyvale, CA. T…

One of the hardest things to do when hiring a consultant is to figure out what they're like to work with ... will they have a good attitude, work well with people, understand and l…

Does anyone else see this as a thinly veiled partisan rant along the lines of, "Democrats are Ivory Tower elitists who hate Joe the Plumber and will destroy free enterprise in the …

Ripped directly from Wikipedia: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (sometimes known as the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act)[1] was an act signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariff…

I don't know why this was modded down ... it's a fascinating subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression Every entrepreneur knows that those who choose to ignore history…

For people seeking an informed and academic perspective, you may find this PDF on Liquidation Cycles during the Great Depression to be of interest: http://econ161.berkeley.edu/pdf_…

You have to take into consideration the author is a sales guy and not an operations guy. The problem for a sales guy is, "how do I get my prospective customer to take a risk and sh…

To prevent this from degenerating into partisan political BS, let me say that if anyone is interested in the macro environment and the economy, check out the Economist. This paper …

I'm all for positive thinking, but it's a little early for partisan hacks to start crowing about how excellently the economy is functioning right now. Show me the data in 6 months …

I know I'm going to get downmodded for this but I have to agree with Captain-M. The attitude that "we're doing better than our competitors so we don't need to improve" is toxic, an…

A lot of the biz types would be surprised at how truly unoriginal their "ideas" are. It takes deep technical insight to come up with something truly groundbreaking. I would rather …