Archive for January 8th, 2006

The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs

Not content just to insult venture capitalists, Guy Kawasaki has published his The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs. Number 7 is a doozy: “No one can do what we’re doing.â€? If there’s anything worse than the lack of a market and cluelessness, it’s arrogance. No one else can do this until the first company does [...]

 

Valet Girls Car Parking Valet Girls Car Parking

Reuters: Take a few leggy California blondes, throw in a passion for luxury cars, plenty of parties, and a distaste for parking your own car. What have you got? A multimillion-dollar, female valet parking business, where struggling models and actresses dressed in bikinis, miniskirts or lingerie and Santa hats park the cars of the rich [...]

 

The IRS’s $25 Gift Limit

A reader asked: I am in MLM and I give to my team for completing challenges in building their business. I will give them Tiffany jewelry, cash, etc. for achieving these challenges because it builds the business! My tax preparer is convinced that I can only deduct $25 of a gift to someone whether it [...]