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Starting a business is relatively easy. Anyone can start a business. Starting a business the right way — legal arrangements, strategic planning, hiring staff, purchasing office equipment, marketing, etc… — will cost money. When speaking with consultants and other solo-owned practices, I’m interested to learn how they started their businesses, what they invested in and […]

Writing has taken on many different forms within the past three years. The way you write a Tweet is far different from the copy used in a 2,000-word column for a trade journal. It’s the ability for a person to have variety and versatility in the printed word. Ironic that now I find myself hearing […]

This past Friday my computer went down. There was an update that caused it to crash thus eliminating, what I thought at the time, was an entire year of work, billing, emails, calendar, contacts, there wasn’t Internet access,…you name it. Think how your would react if you couldn’t access your personal and professional lives. Ed, […]

Is the recession over? That is cover story for the August 3 Newsweek cover. CNNMoney.com has a headline reading, “It hurts , but not as much.” Here is the link: http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/31/news/economy/gdp/index.htm The numbers, statistics and all the other reports claim that we are nearing the bottom. Who knows what to believe. All I know is […]