December 7th, 2011

Lately I’ve been obsessing over passive income.  Namely how I don’t have any. If you stopped working tomorrow, how long would it be until you ran out of cash? This will be priority #1 in 2012. -Nick

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December 6th, 2011

When you google yourself, what do you find?  What does your electronic footprint look like?  Do you have a personality online? It’s been said if a business doesn’t show up in Google, it doesn’t exist.  Is the same true for people? When deciding whether or not to do business with a new contact, I pay [...]

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October 7th, 2011

In a big political deal between Amazon.com and California, the affiliate nexus law that forced me to move to Nevada has been put on a 1-year hold.  As part of the deal, Amazon has promised to build a distribution center in California, bringing much needed jobs to the state and setting themselves up to collect [...]

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September 29th, 2011

Would you accept a job with no base salary?  Would you like to get paid 100% on commission?  Or would you think that job is a poor option and look for something safer? Many people say they want to get paid based on their performance, but few are willing to bet their livelihoods on it. [...]

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I discovered Seatchute in the latest issue of Inc. Magazine, in a piece about preparing your company for disaster.  Seatchute is a product with a very specific disaster in mind. The company manufacturers an executive office with a built-in parachute.  It is FAA-TSO certified for jumps over 500 feet. UPDATE: Seatchute was originally built for [...]

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August 1st, 2011

RIP Shoes ‘R Us.  After 5 years of loyal service, it’s time to retire.  The replacement is a shiny new model with lots of cool features.  Just like you could at ShoesRUs, at ShoeSniper.com you can shop the inventory of all the major shoe stores in one place, and see their shipping rates, sales tax [...]

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