Posts Tagged “business”
It took a while, but I finally finished Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. You may recognize the cover with its lettuce and the book’s key advice: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” It was a very interesting read, thanks Chris for the recommendation. Pollan believes our “Western Diet” is the [...]
SmartWater is a brand of bottled water produced by the Glaceau company — the same company that makes those colorful VitaminWaters. I was surprised to learn Glaceau is a subsidiary of Coca-Cola. But what makes SmartWater so special? Is it really any different from regular water? Here’s what we know: SmartWater is “vapor distilled” water. [...]
I recently signed up for Prosper.com. Prosper.com is a site that facilitates peer-to-peer lending — offering borrowers lower interest rates than credit cards or hard money loans, and offering lenders higher interest rates than traditional CDs or savings accounts. It’s a win-win, and a cool business model that creates value for everyone involved. Across a [...]
Fiverr.com is a website based on the simple premise of what people are willing to do for $5. Some offerings are serious and could be useful for business. For example, you can pay people $5 to: Write effective content for websites Digitally restore photographs Create short video testimonials Professionally review your resume Develop a strategic [...]
For the past five years, I’ve used a Citi-branded rewards card as my primary credit card. We’ve had a good relationship; I earned Thank You points and redeemed them for flights at a cash-back-equivalent rate of 1%. Pretty standard. Last week, I login and try to use my points to buy flights to San Diego [...]
Did you have Book It! at your elementary school? If you didn’t, you were missing out, because they gave you free pizza each month. Sure you had to read a little bit to earn your free pizza but it was totally worth it. Besides mom and dad were probably making you read anyway. Does this [...]
