Entrepreneurship

July 13th, 2011

I was looking forward to Never Get a Real Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business, and Not Go Broke, but it was kind of meh for me.  First time author Scott Gerber goes out of his way NOT to sugarcoat the difficulties of entrepreneurship, but it makes for an strange angle when [...]

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July 7th, 2011

It’s hard to believe it’s been 3 years since I quit my job.  In that time, I’ve a lot of fun and a lot of stress.  There have been times when I’ve made a lot of money and times when lost a lot of money.  I’ve made some smart moves and some big mistakes.  But [...]

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May 22nd, 2011

I received a letter from the IRS last week, saying I had failed to file some form that was due in October of 2009. It’s very likely that is a true statement.  I can’t say for sure, because it’s been 19 months and I filed a lot of forms in that time, but I’ll take [...]

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May 19th, 2011

I got called in for jury duty this week.  I’ve been summoned a few times, but never had to actually report.  Some of the highlights: I was assigned to the Hayward Hall of Justice.  Merely calling it the “courthouse” would not suffice; instead it sounds like something out of a comic book. I do not [...]

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March 31st, 2011

VigLink and Skimlinks are two companies that aim to help bloggers and other website owners monetize their content and traffic.  They do this by transforming regular outbound links into affiliate links wherever possible.  If any sales result from those links, the website owner earns a commission.  (Technically, VigLink or Skimlinks earns the commission, which they [...]

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February 16th, 2011

I read a really interesting article in Inc. magazine this week on business in Norway.  The gist of it is that Norway — land of Vikings, fjords, and ridiculously high taxes — is beating America at it’s own game.  Norway has more entrepreneurs per capita than the US, and their economy grew nearly 3% during [...]

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