The Staples.com Bargain Hack

UPDATE: It appears that Staples no longer honors their 110% price match guarantee. However, the information in this post can be used with Circuit City's Unbeatable Price Guarantee which offers a 110% price match. How do you make a cheap online deal even better? Try the Staples.com bargain hack! ...

Understanding Opportunity Costs = Better Decisions

Identical twins Amal and Juan graduate with Bachelors degrees and receive the same job offer. Amal passes up the job offer to pursue a Masters degree while Juan takes the job offer and begins working. Two years pass and Amal graduates and begins working. By this time ...

Giving criticism – the good, the bad, and the ugly!

When it comes to giving criticism, some of us are tight lipped and timid while others are blunt and outspoken. Yet if there is one thing we all share in common when it comes to giving criticism, it's that most people are not very good at it! For ...

Find bargains the easy way, while you sleep!

Everyone loves a bargain and if you're starting a business on your own, then there's nothing more important than finding ways to stretch your dollar and keep your budget in check. The last thing you need is to quickly exhaust your funds with new purchases and waste your precious ...

Criticism sucks, but it can be good for you!

If you've ever been on the receiving end of criticism, then you know how bad it can make you feel. Even worse, criticism can make you start doubting your ideas and self worth. Yet before you head off to sick your Pit Bull on your critic, you may ...

Five Common Home Security Myths to Avoid

I wish I could say that I'm providing this information as a general public service announcement, yet as you've probably guessed by now, my home was just broken into this week. As always, I'm sharing my experience with you in the hope that you might be able to prevent ...

Updating your EIN to reflect a Single Member LLC

The LLC I have was initially started with a friend. Naturally, sometimes things change, and my friend decided to leave the LLC in order to pursue other business opportunities with his family. Thankfully we parted on good terms and our friendship remains fully intact. The only issue is that ...

Elevator Pitch 101 – Intro To Writing a 30 Second Elevator Pitch

  [...Imagine Eminem's "Lose Yourself" playing in the background...]   Look, if you had one shot... One opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted... One moment... Would you capture it... Or just let it slip away?   Yo, his Palm Treo is sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy... There's Starbucks on his business coat, it's a spilled Tazoberry... He's nervous, but ...