Once upon a time, Barry and Levon had $240, and that bought...a lot of puddin'. But, what if they had $600? That would just be too ridiculous to comprehend. How I Spent My Stimulus takes a look at what Americans…
Continue Reading →There's some venture capitalists who're ready, willing and able to throw their money at whatever crackpot idea that comes their way. Then, there's the kids with the crackpot ideas who think it's okay to pitch anyone, anywhere, anytime for their…
Continue Reading →If your New Year's resolution involves saving money, but the prospect of opening a savings account doesn't sound at all appealing; perhaps you just need to start small. May we suggest a piggy bank? Ah yes, remember when you were…
Continue Reading →Among my contemporaries, there seems to reside a belief that it is hard to make a good thing happen; good ideas exist by the bucketful, but the initiative to turn those ideas into something graspable exists in far smaller quantities.…
Continue Reading →Micro-lending has been in the news a lot lately, since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in the field and wrote a book about it, called Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World…
Continue Reading →A few years ago when Discover introduced their mini credit card that was meant to be attached to your key chain and flipped out at the register, I yawned. When American Express recently unveiled their Butterfly card, I was mildly…
Continue Reading →I believe that everyone is an expert in at least one subject. The common problem is that it's not always easy to leverage your knowledge in the form of advice and make money from it. Well that problem is all…
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