Archive for April 15th, 2009
Best Tax Advice Ever: The Tax Lady’s Guide to Beating the IRS
Unhappy with your 2008 taxes and got the tax day blues? Who doesn’t? Well, according to a new poll from Gallup, 61% of Americans think that their taxes are just right or even a little low. But, guess what: Consider this: about 40-50% of Americans pay no federal income tax at all. That’s zero dollars. [...]
Free Online Seminar: Selling A Business
BizBen is putting on another free online seminar about selling a business on April 22, 2009. 70% of all small and mid-sized businesses never sell when they are put on the market. Selling a business is not like selling a piece of real estate or any other type of asset. This webinar is designed for [...]
photo credit: ExperienceLA Bartering is no stranger to start-up businesses especially in the past, but today bartering is growing more and more with the recent recession. Businesses trade services and products with another business to help both of them maintain their cash flow. Businesses of all sizes are begining to use the barter system and [...]
More Stress Equals Less Productivity
photo credit: Dawn Ashley In a study done in 2007 called the “Stress in America” report, three-fourths of Americans stated that work was their number one stressor. This was an amazing 59% increase from the year before. The numbers have no doubtedly increase even more in 2008. There are a number of way’s and programs [...]
keloland.com: Every parent knows the frustration of buying new clothes for a child only to see rips and holes in the outfit just days later. One Sioux Falls parent decided to take things into her own hands, and with some help, a new clothing company was born. In a Sioux Falls home office, you’ll often [...]
Take Your Home Office On The Road
Wired: Times are tough, so stop looking for a boring nine-to-five. Use the stalling job market as an excuse to get the hell out of dodge—and into an Airstream, Winnebago, or Fleetwood. With an RV and a few tech hacks, you can create a flexible, self-employed lifestyle on the road. Yesterday’s freeloading hippie is today’s [...]
A Mother Decides To Try Out Silence
MACLEANS.ca: Seventeen years ago, the American novelist Anne LeClaire gave up talking to people for two days each month. LeClaire is married to a fisherman and they have a son and a daughter. At home, she ignores phone calls and won’t talk to her husband. When she’s out, she shows people a card that says [...]
10News.com: With water becoming a hot commodity, a San Diego man has invented a tool to make sure that not a drop is wasted. Many people have seen broken sprinkler heads that turn into geysers when a lawn is watered. Sometimes, many don’t realize they have one of these water wasters. The broken sprinkler heads [...]
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Dibspace Hopes To Cash In On Bartering
SeattlePI.Com: How does a tight-on-money musician make plans to treat herself to a luxurious massage, accounting help and a marketing consultant? Seattle piano teacher Josie Davis, who intends to partake of all three, says it’s simple: Book the services without having to pay for them. At least not with dollars. Davis is a member of [...]
Hot Dog Business Opportunities
photo credit: TheBusyBrain Hot dogs are enjoying a renaissance of sorts, especially in Columbus, Ohio where six new eateries that specialize in the tasty bun-filled meals have opened up recently. Food snobs needn’t scoff: With toppings ranging from dried cranberries to cream cheese served on high-quality wieners, the timeless hand-held meal has turned into the [...]
Lawyers Find Niche Suing Debt Collectors
The Journal Record: The crushing debt faced by consumers is spawning a growing practice niche for consumer lawyers: suing debt collectors for illegal collection practices. Moore attorney M. Kathi Rawls said she has seen a 40-percent to 50-percent increase in clients coming to her with complaints about debt collectors over the past year. Many times, [...]
