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Saturday, 21 November 2009 |
Real estate investing using private money lenders is a great way to increase the number of properties you can buy, despite the cost of the money you borrow.
For example, lets say that you are investing in a REO and you can buy it for $90,000. But, the current market once you fix it up a little, spending $10,000 in fix up costs is $150,000, and lets say that the fix up and time to sell after total a period of 120 days.
That means that you can make $50,000 on your real estate investment of $100,000 in only 1/3 of a year.
The return on this investment, assuming no finance costs, then is 50% ($50,000 / $100,000).
And, when you annualize it, put it in terms of an annual return on investment, the return is even better.
In fact, because you were able to turn the property over in only 1/3 of a year, the annual return on your real estate investingis 3 times what you made, or, in this case 150%!#/BREAK#
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Friday, 20 November 2009 |
Real estate investing has always provided a great deal of opportunity for investors. Weve all heard why its an IDEAL investment. Income, Depreciation, Equity, Appreciation and Leverage.
But, is it still a good idea to think of real estate investing real estate as an investment today, in the current market, with all the changes, challenges, bank failures and the whole mortgage meltdown mess?
The answer may surprise you.
There are many opportunities to profit in real estate today. Its possible to purchase homes at huge discounts to what they were selling even as recently as one year ago.
As you know, the whole secret to successful investing is to buy low and sell high, or at least higher than you bought in for!
Todays real estate market offers the perfect buy low, sell higher opportunity, despite falling real estate prices.
Why? Because prices are so very low right now, that you can buy properties at pennies on the dollar and still make money selling them at nickels on the dollar. |
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 |
To burn the highest amount of fat in the fastest way possible, may be to use a combination of these methods, and gaining the benefits of all of them. This is how to lose weight fast. If you start off with the Lemonade Diet, you can jump start your weight loss. Follow it up with a period of time with a more balanced healthy diet program. When your weight loss comes to a standstill, you can shake it up with a couple weeks on the Grapefruit Diet. By using a combination of diets, along with exercise, you can maximize your fat loss.
So it turns out the < a href="http://www.fatlossfactor.com">fastest way to lose weight is actually learning to listen to your body, watch your results, and mix it up. Your success in any venture is learning to watch your results, and use the techniques that work today. |
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
Want to make a lot of money through real estate investing?
One of the best and easiest ways to do just that is to learn about and start using real estate option contracts in your real estate investing transactions and deal-making.
How do you do it?
Real estate option contracts are nothing more than the right to purchase a property at a fixed price sometime in the future.
Typically real estate option agreements will provide a term of 30 days to as long as 5 years or more to exercise.
With an option contract, you have no risk going into a deal, and you also acquire an equitable interest in the real estate which permits you to advertise it for sale to potential buyers.
This strategy allows you to find your buyers and fix your profits BEFORE you ever even close on the property in the first place.
Some real estate gurus refer to this as wholesaling because you are going into the property up front with the idea that you may not sell it to an end buyer.
That is, many wholesale properties are acquired by one real estate investor and sold to another real estate investor who plans to resell the property |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
Wondering why lately your real estate investing opportunities seem to be a bit less than they were only about six months ago?
Well, the reason is clear and in the short run makes sense to banks holding large inventories of real properties that they foreclosed on during the recent mortgage meltdown mess.
It is true that lately banks have been amassing inventory, holding on to their REO foreclosed properties to avoid dumping them on the current real estate market at extremely depressed prices.
But it is inevitable that they will have to release these properties onto the market sometime.
And, when they do, we can expect to see even further declines in housing prices.
However, smart real estate investors, know that profitable real estate investing is possible in any market. It doesnt matter if the market is up, down or sideways.
Banks will eventually cave to regulatory pressure to get out of the real estate property holding business and back into the banking business.
When that happens, the current temporary shortage of high quality, low priced real estate investments will end and rela estate investors will see more and more good investment opportunities appearing around them |
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
Real estate finance is one of our favorite real estate investing topics to write about.
Our students are always interested in new and intresting ways to finance their purchases of real property, so from time to time, we like to review some of our favorite strategies.
One of these is financing wholesale rela estate deals with "subject to options."
Now, don't let the fancy name intimidate you, subject to options aren't as scary as they may sound, and they can really supercharge your real estate investing.
Typically the advantage to wholesale deals is that they can be turned over faster than retail deals.
If you give a low enough price that another real estate investor can come into the property, make a few upgrades or fixes and then sell it for a profit, then you have a larger market of potential buyers than if you are looking only for an end user.
When real estate investing with option contracts, all you do as a real estate investor is find a deal that you are interested in buying, negotiate a price with the seller, and then execute an option contract with the seller.
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Saturday, 14 November 2009 |
Real estate investing is a whole lot easier proposition when you start with the end in mind.
The end I'm talking about here is the "exit strategy" or how you plan to get yourself out of a property to make money from the investment.
Many real estate investors go into real estate investing have no clue what theyre exit strategy, their plan of attack for making money from a property, is at the time they purchase properties.
They just purchase them because they seem like a good deal.
But theres a huge difference between buying a good deal and having an exit strategy.
If you purchase a property knowing that you already have a buyer, for example, that can be one of the most profitable forms of real estate investing.
Your exit strategy is to sell to a buyer you identify BEFORE you close on the property.
How do you do it?
Well talk about how you can go about doing just that in our next installment. |
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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
By Antwan Richardson
 It all depends on what you want. If you want a great event, you will need to select a great Corporate Event Planner. It is that simple. You need an event planner who will not only plan one, but will also produce a perfect memorable corporate event for you. Now, the problem is how to choose a good corporate event planner. You can go about the selection process in two ways. First, you know what type of event you want. You know the theme, the food and beverage, entertainment, the venue, the lights, the sound and the overall atmosphere. You only need to know the where and the how of it, and whether it is within your budgetary constraints. Second, you have no clue what you're doing. In this instance, you'll need a Corporate Event Planner who can suggest themes and present them in such a way to have created a vision for you.
The Corporate Event Planner you are looking for should be comfortable with both the scenarios. He/she should have the ability to listen closely to your needs and those of |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
By Pete Castaneda
 If your planning to build the home of your dreams and you want to make sure everything is going the way you want it to go, make sure the contractor draws up a schedule. Construction Project scheduling is the most important part of the plan. A construction project schedule give the ability for all those involved with building your home is on the same page. This schedule will have the ability to successfully organize, plan and control all the different construction projects, giving each of those involved their own specific job to do so there is no confusion during the construction of who is suppose to do what job. The construction project schedule documents everybody's job and when their supposed to be doing. In addition to assigning dates to project activities, project scheduling is intended to match the resources of equipment, materials and labor with project work tasks over time. Good scheduling can eliminate problems due to production bottlenecks, facilitate the timely procurement of the necessary materials, and otherwise insure the completion of a project as soon as possible. However, there are those who don't |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
By Craig Garrett
 You will need much more than just a pretty web site, to competitively sell products online. There is a plethora of details that are entailed with the whole e-store marketing place. The company must be able to set up and run a strategy or marketing campaign, ensure business gets to the site in the first place, ensure that the products can be sold, and tend to all the small details that involve returns, inventory, and the fulfillment of orders. This is not an easy task, especially if you are doing this all by yourself. It is always helpful if you have a partner in this endeavor. This will ensure that you are not flooded with things that must be done and become exhausted.
There are many options for an e-store and its development, you can go to a place like e-bay, or another option is NetSuite. With this service you can assure that your e-store will be a place that handles all kinds of products, has a vast and expansive catalog, and can deal with the heavy traffic it can generate. This is also |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
By Craig Garrett
 It goes without question that anyone who wants a home based business also wants to have a profitable one. After all, what is a business for, but to make a profit? However, the sad truth is that many who start a home based business find that it is not what they had supposed. Often times, the promises of some companies are thick with lies and inaccuracies. At other times, disappointment comes when individuals fail in some way to really look into it.
There are different ways to go about finding a profitable home business. With some businesses, you may choose to be entirely independent, or, you may work as a subcontractor for a larger brand-name company. Here, the first choice will be what is looked at. This article will tell you how to go about finding a profitable home business for yourself.
Do Your Research With Open Eyes
There are a lot of programs being offered to people who want to work at home - that are simply not true. It usually is the same ones that promise that you will |
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 |
By Jonathan Rojas
 Since they were first used over 65 years ago by US government sociologists investigating the effectiveness of military propaganda movies the focus group has been the mainstay of the market research industry.
By the middle of the twentieth century, advertising agencies were jumping on the bandwagon hiring researchers to find out why certain kinds of products and services were appealing. The focus group gained popularity because its format prompted the participants to explain their reasons and motivations behind product attraction, recognition and ultimately purchase. The use of focus groups grew, especially amongst politicians as policy setting instruments. Focus groups even gained credence in academic research despite having no standard methodology for the gathering or capture of the outputs produced. It looked like the focus group was here to stay.
So what's gone wrong? In his recent Slate Magazine article, "Lies, Damn Lies and Focus Groups?" Daniel Gross challenges the efficacy and value of focus groups for informing product development and marketing. He highlights the widely documented mismatch between what people say about product concepts in focus groups, and the way they actually |
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
By Frauann McLaren
 Considering I've never been terribly ambitious, it's a constant source of amazement to me that in two short years I've become the most successful woman ever in my home business opportunity.
While celebrating my second anniversary recently I began to ponder why I have been so successful whilst so many other work at home business owners fail.
I genuinely believe that everyone has it in them to become a successful entrepreneur but some people find it more difficult to ignite their entrepreneurial spark than others.
In just the same way that some people take to driving a car like a fish to water and others struggle (it took me three attempts to pass my driving test!), some fledgling home business owners turn out to be born racing drivers while others are still spinning their wheels!
But just as almost anyone can succeed in learning to drive a car at some point, however long it takes, so can pretty much anyone make a success of a work from home business.
It's not neurosurgery!
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Monday, 09 November 2009 |
By Jewell Hardin
 Business rises and falls on leadership. According to business guru, Brian Tracy, "Leadership is the most important single factor in determining business success or failure in our competitive, turbulent, fast-moving economy." Still not convinced? Based on a study by Jessie Hagen of the US Bank, here are the main reasons why businesses fail:
Poor Business Planning
Poor Financial Planning
Poor Marketing
Poor Management
Proper application of these key factors is a function of good leadership. Let's look at some of the conclusions of the US Bank report. According to Hagen's study, in the Business Planning category, 78% of businesses fail due to lack of a well-developed business plan. It boggles my mind that so many people go into business without a plan, as if it were the ice cream flavor-of-the-month! Is it any wonder that when I came across the DEA Police & Government auction site of confiscated property, there is a gleeful statement that declares, "Most businesses fail within their first two years, so chances are, you will come across some relatively new merchandise. At |
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Sunday, 08 November 2009 |
By Hollis Ware
 If you are considering starting a Canadian Women Home Based Business then you will need to understand the basics of starting your business, including the GST, HST, and PST. There are some things you need to do to prepare yourself for starting your Canadian women home based business. In Canada, there are some specific sales tax items that you need to make sure you grasp, too.
Hopefully by now you know what type of Canadian women home based business to run. If not, then take some time out now to develop your ideas. Go over what things you enjoy and how you can turn those things into a business. Then discover what opportunities or niches you can fill with your ideas.
As you build your Canadian women home based business from the ground up, you will want to come up with an effective business name along with a business plan. You will want your business name to be memorable and simple. A "cutesy" name may be fun at first, but ask yourself if it |
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Saturday, 07 November 2009 |
By charu
 You may find it difficult to believe, but it is easily possible for someone to make $10,000 online in just a few weeks using free advertising to promote affiliate products.
There are thousands of people earning a good living online these days without any technical skills. In fact, if you look all across the world, there could be hundreds of thousands. Nobody really knows the exact figures because a lot of these people are working under the radar. The point is, one of those people could easily be you.
If you dont have a website, affiliate marketing is definitely the best way to make money online. If you do have a website, you can do even more. But to start making money with affiliate marketing all you have to do is find a company whose products you will promote, sign up as their affiliate and start driving traffic to their website using free advertising methods.
Craigslist is one of the biggest and best free advertising methods. Millions of internet users surf through the ads, so you can get your ad in front of |
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Saturday, 07 November 2009 |
By Hollis Ware
 Many people are using the worldwide access afforded us by the Internet to earn income. Can you really use your computer to create a Home Based Business or to generate cash working from the comfort of your home? Yes, many people are already working from home in many different parts of the world.
All you really need, in most cases, is a computer, access to the Internet and some free time. Many times if you decide to create an online web based business the time required decreases as your income increases. The Internet has really leveled the playing field for millions of everyday people like you and I.
The costs to get yourself up and running is minimal when compared to the cost and overhead of a traditional brick and mortar business. You may be wondering what types of work could you do or if there were a Home Based Business and what would it be?
I have listed below a few of the work at home jobs and home based businesses available upon researching the Internet.
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Friday, 06 November 2009 |
By Eva Oranusi
 INTERNET MARKETING 101:
Learning To Succeed In On-line Marketing.
How much mentoring did you get concerning your internet business? How much time, research and care did you provide it daily? That you prpbably did not expend some capital in it does not mean you couldnt build hundreds or thousands of bucks from it. Several people do. Actually, to several, its their sole source of income; and they are living lavishly on it. Thus you will surely have to reconsider your methods and ask yourself these relevant questions. Did you invest cash and time in obtaining some hands on marketing coaching program or software that would have given you at least a crash program course on the marketing and advertising of product, the focus of the web business or home-base business you were beginning?
Most folks don't have advertising or marketing credentials, however get into internet selling, while not |
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Friday, 06 November 2009 |
By Monte Mccarty
 When you're dealing with customers, sometimes things can go wrong. It might be your fault, it might be their fault or it might be no-one's fault -- but if you didn't make a contract, then you'll all suffer.
Why Do I Need Contracts?
A contract gives you a sound legal base for your business, and some guarantee that you're going to get paid for your work without you having to ask the customer for payment in advance. In the event of a dispute, the contract lays down what the agreement was so that you can point to it and say what was agreed. If you ever end up having to go to court (let's hope you won't), the contract is what the judge's decision will be based on.
Without a contract, you leave yourself vulnerable and open to exploitation. Someone could claim that the terms they agreed with you were different to what you say they were, or that they never signed up for anything at all and so they won't pay. It's especially common to see big businesses mistreat small ones, |
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
By Alex Mall
 Work at home is the most popular phenomena of the day, with many resorting to operating at home as their sole supply of earning.
A lot of and additional individuals are being layed off and fired, thus it should return at no surprise that job at home enterprises are on the rise. It's defined equally, however while not the utilization of information technology. The contracting parties will agree in the use contract that the employee can perform the agreed work from home or at any alternative agreed place. Do business from home is nice, but be sure of what you are obtaining into and build sure that you just perceive how it might have an effect on you by operating at home versus operating on site.
Thousands of folks have found success by using legitimate make money working from home job opportunities. You'll additionally fancy the advantages of legitimate do business from home if you are prepared to pay few hours daily doing the specified work. These job opportunities are appropriate for keep-at-home oldsters who would like to worry their kids, students, retired, |
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
By Barb Rayner
 Are you spending countless hours on the internet searching for a way to earn money from home? Do you know what your experience level is? If you are brand new you should be choosing an internet home business that is affordable, easy to understand, and most importantly, teaches you how to earn money from home.
An affordable home program, in my opinion, should cost around $200.00 to $300.00. I have seen many programs that are well over $1000.00 to buy. When you are just starting out a lot of people wind up buying a high ticket program that does not suit their experience level. What happens? They crash and burn! Honestly, do you want to part with your hard earned money and wind up failing? Stay away from high priced work at home programs until you have more experience. For myself, I wanted to earn extra money not throw it away!
Everyone starts out as a beginner. Unfortunately you have a learning curve to master. Your new internet home program should provide easy to follow instructions. |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
Today, most of online fashion news features online news magazines primarily in the United States. The exposure these online fashion magazines get amounting to more than half of the search engine traffic reading fashion news. For countries outside the US, the best way to get notice is if the domain is a .com, a universally known domain extension to successfully penetrate into the niche a website owner is trying to reach out to.
One good example of a fashion news magazine is Dropdead Gorgeous Daily, an Australian fashion news magazine where you can find the best fashion news in Australia. The site is professionally done with so much exposure on the net because the domain extension ends with a .com. Although this site primarily caters to Australian fashion, there is no denying that they penetrated the global online fashion news market and there is nothing wrong with that. The more they are known, the better it is for them because their online exposure means a big share of the pie for style news search engine traffic. More targeted traffic equals more conversion.
If you want to get updated about Australian fashion, go to DropdeadGorgeous.com, the best online style news for Australian fashion. |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
By Bren Prendergast
 How to Create a Money-making Home Internet company.
By Brendan Prendergast
Having owned a number of Real World Businesses the conception of Cyber Space and making dollars on line has a number of different challenges. Yet still there are rules that govern any enterprise.
1. Focus.
Being able not to be perplexed, and to apply as much vigor within a given time frame to achieving desired results.
The internet is such an easy medium to get completely and utterly lost in. It is vast and seems not to have an ending or a creation. New offers are being thrown up around you. Your email box can fill with juicy ripe venture offers.
How many times do you see the most alluring and juicy Subject lines. Free, Make $50,000 a Month internet Millionaire Reveals All! The riddle is to disregard anything that is not on your plans.
So for anyone just starting out the key is to remain focused and set a plan of action of what you want to complete each day. |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
By Joel Booker
 Have you been thinking about leaving your job and starting a work at home enterprise? If you have mentioned your desire to anyone other than another entrepreneur you may have been discouraged. For many people it is hard to understand why anyone would want to leave "the safety and security" of a job and "risk their lively hood." But if you have ever been hit by an entrepreneurial seizure there is something that happens which is unexplainable.
If you are willing to respond to this deep emotion you will never be happy living your life by a job description. You want more. A cubicle will feel like a prison and until you create something you can call your own you will feel like each day a part of you is making a deal with the devil.
For most people starting a business is a scary proposition. So how do you create an environment that pulls you towards success? What can you do to inspire yourself to take your life back and build wealth from home? Creating a purpose driven home based |
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
By Joel Booker
 A business seeking capital can't afford to underestimate the importance of business financial projections. A business financial projection is simply forecasting your sales and revenue to the lender. This information is important because it is a key indicator to your ability to repay a loan.
If you are unsure about financial forecasting and how it relates to your business it is best to hire someone who does know. Most lenders will want to see a three or five year projection. There are 14 different items to include and fully support in your financial projections. With these different items it is best to give a month-by-month breakdown for the first year, a quarterly breakdown for the next two years, and an annual breakdown for the final two years you are projecting.
The different items to include in your projections are; sales revenue estimates, administrative costs, production costs, sales costs, capital expenditures, gross margin by product line, sales increase by product line, interest rates on debts, income tax rate, accounts receivable collection plan, accounts payable schedule, inventory turnover, depreciation schedules, and the usefulness or depreciation |
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
By Lisa Nash
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Tips for Starting your Home-Based Service Business
The current trend is towards more home-based businesses. They require lower overhead and startup money making them easier for entrepreneurs with limited fund. If you are thinking about starting a home-based service business, here are a few tips for getting started on the right foot.
What is a service business?
Service businesses are those that provide help to others. This can be anything from mowing the lawn to managing business accounts. The basis of a successful service business is one that supplies a need. In your area, it may take some research to discover the top service needs and then figure out which one you can provide.
Benefits of a home-based service business
There are several benefits to running a home-based service business. First of all, you can run the business from your home. Since you already pay a mortgage, utilities and car payments, the only thing you need spend money on now is the equipment for your business. And, running a service that began as a hobby means you already own most of the needed equipment. |
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 |
By Pete Castaneda
 When we read about business growth in the top business periodicals, they always refer to the multi-national corporations. I'm not a large corporation. I'm not even incorporated.
But for the purpose of this discussion, think of your business as a corporation. You hold the office of president of this corporation, and you're responsible for its success or failure. You and the members of your team are stockholders in your corporation, and it's your responsibility to see that the value of the stock increases in the years ahead.
If your company is growing, it will have a tendency to continue to grow because you're doing things right. Conversely, a company that is going backwards or shrinking has a tendency to continue to go backwards or shrink until acted upon by an outside force. All responsible company officers know that unless the company is growing, it's showing the first signs of death. As the head of your corporation (be it 1, 5 or 50 people), you must realize that this applies to you as well.
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 |
By Jake Saab
 Now maybe the reason you're interested in setting up a home business is because you've seen an ad somewhere, or you've been approached by someone. It was all about a great work-from-home money-making opportunity, and you're excited. Finally, you can quit your job!
If you're thinking of working from home by someone else's rules, though, you have to realise that at least 99% of the offers out there are scams - after all, if it was that easy to pay a few dollars and make thousands, wouldn't everyone be doing it by now? Here are the biggest scams out there, how to recognise them, and how to avoid them.
Location, Location, Location.
Where did you see that work from home offer? If you got it in the post, or by email, or saw it on a poster taped around a telephone pole, then I can guarantee you right now that it's not a legitimate offer. If you saw the ad in a newspaper, in a jobs magazine or on a jobs website, then it's a little more likely to be legit - |
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 |
By Jake Saab
 Millions of people long to work from home, and the lucky few manage to achieve their ambition. Once you have realized the dream, it's important to maintain the work-life balance or you could find your effectiveness declines. Working at home still has its own pitfalls: you've left the day job and you're no longer shackled to the desk by your evil boss. But your new boss can be even more tyrannical - it's you!!
The urge to make your business succeed is powerful. All entrepreneurs feel that sense of urgency, and the need for perfection. By making that change to the next e-mail or tweaking the website, it's going to make all the difference to the success of the business. We all have to remember that the most important business asset we hold is ourselves, and we should prize it accordingly. It is a truism that we only get one body, so we should take care. Treat yourself like a thoroughbred, with the right diet, rest and exercise.
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Saturday, 31 October 2009 |
By Pawan KKumar
 When friends and family find out that you work at home, a picture pops into their minds pretty much immediately. It might be of you lazing about, or maybe of you teaching them how to do what you do. It's not often a realistic picture. People just generally feel free to make demands of people who work at home that they wouldn't consider making of other people. They want your time or services. They don't understand what you do or how important it is that you keep working. Some people will just come up to you and ask if you can (fill in the blank, but keep it clean) for them. Maybe it relates to what you do at home or maybe they just want a babysitter for their kids. In any case, it's probably completely ignoring the value of your time. These are the things you have to learn to say "no" to. No, you won't create a free website for them. No, you don't have the time to watch their kids for them for no pay. No you won't (fill in the blank. |
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
By Jewell Hardin
 There are many myths and facts about investing. Some pseudo facts are that, high return investments are risky and low risk investments are safe. The truth is, there isn't any exact curve that'll give risks as a function of return. Low return investments can be very risky too when fraud happens, for example.
However, the pseudo fact that risk correlates with return have some truth in it. You need to understand what causes it.
Money doesn't make money. People make money. Someone else will have to work on that money so the money can produce more money. Let's call those people workers. Workers here include CEOs, Entrepreneurs, all the way to blue collar workers. Those workers organize various resources, including your money and themselves to maximize their yield.
How much each worker gets depend on supply and demand. Currently, due to centuries of prosecution and genocide, people that are risk taking enough to be entrepreneurs, or love to learn enough to be CEOs are under represented in the gene pool.
The market values the rare. So entrepreneurs and CEOs tend to | |
