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I recently stumbled on the writings of Paul Graham and I have to say I’ve been incredibly impressed. It’s not often that I find myself finding such insight and experience in what I read. Most people out there are hawking versions of the same story, but Paul Graham seems to have a unique perspective on [...]
Nerd Exercise To Stimulate Your Brain
In: Education
27 Aug 2009This isn’t specifically related to starting a business but I thought some people might find it interesting. It gives you a little insight into computer science and will make you feel smarter. You know those weird bunch of characters you see on the end of some URL’s? You might have seen something like this: Please [...]
The Pieces That Make Up FeedmailPro.com
19 Aug 2009Here is an interesting list of the open source pieces that went into making FeedmailPro.com, in no particular order. Remarkably, they are all free. Perhaps what’s even more remarkable is that I can’t think of a paid alternative that I’d rather use in any of these cases, even if it was free. Open source is [...]
From time to time I get in touch with various readers of this blog who are “Breaking Free” in their own way. Please take a minute to check out their respective sites below and give them a look! It’s always pays to get around like minded people and see what you can learn. Gordie Rogers [...]
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UniversityTutor Revenues Fall By 50%
27 May 2009As you might have seen a few weeks ago, I posted about how the new UniversityTutor.com business model wasn’t working very well. Revenue has fallen by about half during this time. Also, it’s not just the summer time effect. There are still a fairly large number of contacts going through the site (see below). Even [...]
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Teamwork Sucks
26 May 2009Scott Adam’s has a great post out today on how teamwork can hurt your productivity. I personally despise working in teams and rarely if ever do it. If I need to get something done: Outsource it to a contractor If I need to figure out what to do: Brainstorm it with select mentors and friends [...]
Video Of The New Billing Feature On UniversityTutor.com
In: Business Ideas|Education|How To|UniversityTutor.com|Wealth
7 Apr 2009Hey Folks, Here is the video as promised of the new billing features on UniversityTutor.com. For those just joining us, this represented a big change in the business model. Previously I was charging tutors $10/month to keep their profiles on the site. With the new business model, tutors can now have a free account, but [...]
Will entrepreneurs be fleeing the U.S.?
23 Feb 2009It seems lately that everyone is arguing about where to spend the “stimulus” money for the auto industry. Some think they should stop manufacturing cars and just design them. Some think they should take all the stimulus money and give it venture capitalists. Some think the car companies should fix their PR. And some even [...]
How To Generate More Profits Online
13 Jan 2009Remember a few days ago when I told you about the 23 year old millionaire, Neil Patel, who I called for advice? Well it looks like he’s joined a group of other entrepreneurs for an online class that you might want to checkout. It’s called Online Profits. If you’ve been looking for some good mentors [...]
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Tax Brackets Are Unethical
16 Dec 2008For some reason at the gym last night I started thinking about tax brackets and how totally ridiculous they are. Sure, I understand the idea that “people who make more should contribute more in taxes”, but do you realize this is already accomplished with a simple percentage? Let’s say everyone paid 20% of their income [...]
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- Tags: flat tax, inflation, tax brackets
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