Back in January of 2009, I wrote an article on a fairly new website that has been gaining traction called Alpha-Inventions. In that article, I gave an introduction to the website, what its purpose was, and how my experience had been so far. Nearly one year later, my experience from this website has improved quite [...]
In order to really utilize the power of leverage, you must have a system that works. In business, you must have a profitable, replicable system that works every time, in order to expand and be sustainable.
Growth does not have to mean your company dominates the world. It could mean that you start with one store [...]
Are technical skills more important than business knowledge? Can one person know both their technical skill and enough business knowledge to create a long lasting company beyond the entrepreneur’s career? It can be done, having a wealth of knowledge in those two categories, however, it is not recommended. There are only so many hours in [...]
I just want to take a quick post to congratulate Barack Obama on becoming President of the United States of America! I am so excited and happy that he will be leading our country. I feel, as a young American, more connected to a President who is under 50 year of age. I think it is time this country is run by a younger generation.
Reality is actually a construct within your mind
Your perspective on life is a construct built in your mind, based on your perceptions and beliefs. The mind is constantly adding information from the outside world, finding similarities and categorizing everything. When you then see that object for a second time, your mind is showing you something [...]
Remember when you were a kid and you would play Monopoly? Sometimes what you bought paid off and you would win, while other times you would end up broke and have to mortgage your properties to pay your debt to another player. Did you ever see the patterns that are within Monopoly as a model [...]
When the economy is in a recession and times are tough, it is the best time to look around and figure out what it is exactly that consumers want. I have found that during these times, I am able to see more clearly what to deliver to consumers that will make them buy even in [...]
With all the talk about the economy and how it continues to work itself out, economists are working to come up with solutions that will help it get going again. One solution is to add a gas tax to the already low gas prices. The idea is that the tax would go to help repair [...]
Tonight, the LA Lakers take on the Miami Heat. At the top of the 4th quarter it is 82 to 77 with the Lakers leading. Andrew Bynum is having a great game leading the Lakers with 22 points.
The Big Question
If you follow the Lakers at all, you know that they are a team of ups [...]
Everyone wants traffic to their website, no matter what. Traffic is what will generate the viral marketing effect, sales, business, and popularity. And who doesn’t want any of those things? But if you aren’t using a free social media website such as Squidoo or Facebook, it can be quite a challenge to get hits to [...]