Jan
14
Specialization or Broad Market
January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
I frequently ponder the question: should I go deeper into the same sub-market, or should I try to expand into a broader market? The kinds of services we offer in my consulting firm, so far, have been fairly specialized. Catering to big telecommunication companies, their resellers, or their vendors. On [...]
Nov
29
I Like My Job, For the First Time
November 29, 2007 | 2 Comments
For the first time in my life I can say I truly and completely like my job. Especially, since I do not have a job!
I have worked since I was in high school (summers only then). I have help positions from mail clerk / mail-database programmer on a government bureaucracy to Principal Consultant [...]
Sep
17
Watch Your Business Expenses (Self-Employed)
September 17, 2007 | Comments Off
Uncle Sam is lenient on business: you can deduct business expenses from earnings. This is a big difference from personal taxation: you are not allowed to deduct most living expenses out of a salary. However, there is a point where both things may get fuzzy: small business. Many small business owners [...]
Aug
28
Money Moving In The Opposite Direction
August 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
For a long while I had a rule: money that goes into investment account stays there. Dividends: reinvested, capital gains: reinvested, spare money in checking: invested. All of the money flowed into the Ameritrade stock brokerage account.
In my new stage in life I have to make changes on that rule. Now I am living out [...]
Aug
7
New Adventure Begins…
August 7, 2007 | Comments Off
For the 2nd time in my life I am going into independent consulting. Today I quit my steady job and will dedicate myself to pursuing consulting and software development projects – some of them going on for a while, but none producing a single cent yet. Will also dedicate some time to some [...]
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