Why a Strong Dollar Matters to You

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A statement we frequently hear from economic analysts is that America needs a “strong dollar.” And most of the time, the non-economically savvy segment of the population blankly nods in agreement. Lacking a deep understanding of why a strong dollar is beneficial (or even what a strong dollar means), most people nevertheless prefer ...

How to Save Money During the Early Days of a Startup

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There’s a lot of commentary on how to start a business, how to court investors, and how to sell a business. One theme that consistently falls through the cracks, however, is what it takes to, and what it is like to start up and run your own company on the ground level. For ...

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Wow, look what Earn1k members are already doing

Wow, look what Earn1k members are already doing

5 comments — written on February 21st, 2010

Note: I’m giving 2 talks at Stanford TONIGHT (Monday, 2/22, 5:30pm & 7:30pm). If you’re around, please stop by and say hi.

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My Earn1k course — to help you earn your first $1,000 on the side, and ...

Buy-and-Hold Investing: 4 Ways to Make It More Effective

Buy and hold is dead?

By WC Porter

The buy-and-hold investing strategy is kind of like my dad’s 1981 Toyota pickup truck: dependable, reliable, old, and a little raggedy looking. It’s been around forever and everyone always takes it for granted.

But every time it breaks down, people tell him to dump it already. Enough with the 29-year old car already, they say.

Buy and hold ...

Announcing the “Earn Your First $1,000 On The Side” course

earn1k-logo Announcing the “Earn Your First $1,000 On The Side” course

38 comments — written on February 4th, 2010

Today I’m thrilled to announce a totally new course called Earn Your First $1,000 On The Side.

The short version: An all-new course that I’ve been quietly developing for a year, which includes 16 super-specific lessons on finding a profitable idea, testing it, finding clients, ...

Insider’s Look at Drug & Vitamin Expiration Dates

Vitamins

After my last post on drugs, vitamins and expiration dates, I received an anonymous email from someone who claims to work in the pharmaceutical industry. They wanted to share some insider knowledge on how drug and vitamin expiration dates really work. A lot of it confirms and expands on what I wrote initially but includes some first hand knowledge that ...

2010 Fortune’s 25 Top Paying Companies

Fat Stack of Benjamins

Every year, Forbes puts out it’s full list of the Top 100 companies to work for and every year I look for the two employers I’ve ever had… only really expecting to see one of them (and fairness, there aren’t any major defense contractors on the list). This year, my last company, Booz Allen Hamilton, retained the 52nd spot on ...

How to Save Time & Money at the Post Office (By Avoiding It!)

Post Office in Mooresville, AL

You don’t have to ask too many of my friends, or my wife, to learn that I am not a fan of waiting. I hate sitting in traffic, especially if it’s just “congestion,” and I really hate waiting at the post office, where it seems as if there are always twice as many counters as there are people staffing the ...

H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Discounts (TaxCut)

I don’t know how long this will last, but right now former H&R Block TaxCut fans can get H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State for only $25 from Amazon, including five federal e-files and free Super Saver shipping. Retail is $45.

From the description: This is the Deluxe version, which handles things like home interest tax ...

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