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Hi all! You don’t have to be too observant to notice that it’s been quite some time since my last blog post, and things have gotten so crazy busy with New Means, my financial planning practice, I suspect it may be a while before the next one. So I wanted to let you know… Still, if you [...]
Quitting your job to start a business remains the American dream for many. And thanks to Johnny Paycheck’s hit song “Take This Job and Shove It“, many of us have been humming the tune and playing out the scenario in our minds since 1977. But even if you are 100% sure you have a “can’t fail” idea for a business, [...]
According to a new CareerBuilder survey, many are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to earning a living, with more than a quarter of those laid off in the last six months pondering self-employment. With the job market still so tight and the rewards of self-employment great, it’s no wonder. Once an [...]
Guest blogger Helaine Iris, a professional Life and Business coach, helps overwhelmed small business owners take control of their time and finances so they can double their revenues with less stress. Featured in numerous publications, including “O” The Oprah Magazine, Helaine’s dynamic personal coaching style helps entrepreneurs accelerate their businesses with tools that empower, build financial [...]
Now that Higher Ed month is over and in keeping with the week’s theme (Labor Day), I can share the news I’ve been wanting to tell since August 25: The newly revised version of Making A Living Without A Job, by Barbara Winter, is on the bookshelves now! If you’re a career changer who’s recently [...]
This story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons comes from guest blogger Pamme Boutselis of TrackAhead.com, an education and career focused social network launching later this summer. The phone call came mid-morning on my first day back from vacation in early August ‘08. I had just inked the contract for my daughter’s [...]
This story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons comes from guest blogger Sue West of Space4U professional organizing services. What’s your next chapter in your life? Seems to me that’s what creating pink slip lemonade is all about. Take the best from your past, include what you love from the present, and move [...]
It’s been nearly a decade, but the image remains vivid. Blue carpet-covered cube farm walls in a 100-year-old converted textile mill building. Logo wear, commemorative paperweights, and other artifacts of more carefree times scattered about. The sound of no work being done as we all hovered around the water cooler with bated breath… Being on the receiving [...]
If you’ve ever thought about leaving a job with health insurance for part-time work or self-employment, chances are you were stopped short by the challenge of getting affordable coverage. The cost of private health care is so prohibitive, you probably ran screaming back to your day job, thankful at least for that aspect of it. [...]
Tough day at the office! Both of you come home raging over the inequities, inefficiencies, and inanity of your workaday lives. This not-uncommon scenario is often the trigger for couples’ conversations about ditching corporate and launching a business together. Sounds like the stuff dreams — and feature articles in Inc. magazine — are made of? [...]
