Oct
17
Prosper: In A Quiet Period
October 17, 2008 | Comments Off
Maybe this is a good time to check the performance of my Prosper.com account. They are in a quiet period in which no new loans can be originated. They are going to offer new secondary market features in the near future. It will be interesting to know how that will work out.
The Prosper.com experiment has [...]
Sep
27
Angel Food Ministries
September 27, 2008 | Comments Off
Different people try to address the middle class crunch. Some try to convert middle class into poor people by giving them government help. Others, just try to help them get more value for their dollars: like the Angel Food Ministries. A friend of ours referred us to them, and now I reffer them to you.
The [...]
Sep
15
Technology is Everybody’s Responsibility / Green Energy Technology
September 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Often, in social conversations, I listen to people saying that the solution to our Energy Crisis lies in discovering or creating new Technology that will enable us to be more efficient, greener, or produce safe/clean energy cheaper. More often than not these people are nor scientists or engineers. More often than not I get the [...]
Sep
11
Best Work Under Pressure?
September 11, 2008 | Comments Off
Many people have told me: “I do my best job under pressure!”.
I always wonder what this means? For many years, I did wondered which one of these does it means:
The adrenaline makes me produce the best results, without errors, and with careful attention to details that avoid costly reparations?
I don’t do too much/any work without [...]
Sep
10
Trademark Application
September 10, 2008 | Comments Off
On my primary business, we are in the process of re-branding our business to a more generic name that would be more appealing to other consultants interested in helping in the practice. The name of the legal entity on which I hold my consulting practice remains the same, but we may want to add the [...]
Sep
9
Employee or Partner ? – Why Employees Earn Less
September 9, 2008 | Comments Off
Good, responsible small business owners tend to want to share the whealth and success with their contractors and employees: sometimes even much more than the contractors and employees deserve. At least that is what I have observed.
At a particular point in time I was having an extremely profitable moment in my practice. An ex subordinate, [...]
Aug
26
I Think Therefore I Inc.
August 26, 2008 | Comments Off
By no means the title of the article means that those that don’t Inc don’t Think. It refers at how easy is to start your own business in a country founded by capitalist principles and values (even when we may be losing them in recent years).
Many people ask the same thing: How do I set [...]
Aug
1
The 80 Hour Work Week Myth
August 1, 2008 | Comments Off
I have heard so many people say they are hard-workers that do 60, 70, and even 80 hour weeks. Given the fact that weeks have 168 hours, and humans normally need around 50 to sleep, 20 to eat, and probably 20 more to do necessities like bathe, clothe, and go to the bathroom, an 80 [...]
Jun
24
IRS Miles Finally Starting to Catch Up – 58.5 cents
June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
It seems that the IRS finally recognized that gas is having a major impact on business finances. The mileage deduction was increased to 58.5 cents per mile.
This is also a ver interesting reminder of what costs to drive. The mileage deduction is not a gift from Uncle Sam, it is a reality check. Between vehicle [...]
Jun
22
Box Fans : Windows: My Old Fashioned Green Solution
June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments
I have been working on Green Building and Green Data Center projects lately. It is an extremely interesting field that I am sure will grow a lot more as energy keeps getting more expensive and scarcer. One of the things that I have learned is that buildings, during the summer, are often warmer inside than [...]
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