Bradenton Herald: I normally write this column from the viewpoint of the established entrepreneur. However, in this column I would like to explain to people who are considering or who must consider new livelihoods, that entrepreneurship may be the perfect vehicle for them. In today’s tough times, working for someone else is no longer considered […]
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LA Times: They might never get as big as chocolate-chip cookies, which supposedly were invented during the Great Depression, but most of these inventions came about because the people behind them were laid off during this economic downturn. – The iTie. Joe Sale of Tampa, Fla., invented it after he was laid off from his
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CNNMoney.com: With shopping no longer their favorite pastime, Americans appear to be spending their money in other ways, such as acquiring new skills, getting help with their finances and visiting the dentist. This change in spending behavior is helping trade schools, accounting firms and even your neighborhood dentist survive the economic downturn better than other
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photo credit: stefano ricciardi Obviously no business owner really WANTS to get to the point where they need to lay off some people, however, in today’s economy it is very possible that most business owners if not all of them will face that hardship at some point. So below are a few key tips on
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Last week we found a free one day pass to Sam’s Club that you could use to save money on purchases. You may not have a Sam’s Club in your town but you may have a BJ’s Wholesale Club. They are offering readers a free 60-day pass with full member benefits (with a promise of
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Inc.: Entrepreneurs think the recession is making them better business owners, and, according to a recent report, they’re beginning to feel cautiously optimistic. The American Express Open small business monitor surveyed 727 owners of firms with fewer than 100 employees and found 77 percent think managing through the last few months has made them better
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photo credit: JimFenton I received a slick, expensive, 20-page brochure in the mail the other day from Bank of America, promoting its home loans and other excellent attributes. It was thick, colorful, printed on heavy (unrecycled) paper, with only a single “impact” word on several of the pages; my favorite of these was “Confidence,” a
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photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com We have been seeing this trend of the government dishing out all kinds of bailout money to large corporations and now to large and small banks all over the country. We are about to see yet another bailout being handed to smaller banks in the near future. While treasury secretary
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MSNBC: McDonald’s Corp. has began a more than $100 million marketing campaign including TV, radio, print, online and outdoor ads for its McCafe line of espresso drinks. The drinks are now being rolled out to the chain’s 14,000 U.S. locations. The ads portray the drinks as the antidote to a miserable day and aim to
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The Wall Street Journal: Jessi Walter was a Wall Street wunderkind. At 21, with a degree in economics from Harvard, she was hired by Bear Stearns Cos., and eventually rose to the position of vice president in credit strategy. But the J.P. Morgan merger last summer ended her career. “They just didn’t need me,” says
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