BizzFlip Recognized as a Leading Source for Free Business Opportunities. Pick up a copy of Entrepreneur's StartUps magazine on newsstands this month featuring BizzFlip.com C0-Founders Forrest Kolb and Joe Paone.
From Entrepreneur:
"When Forrest Kolb and Joe Paone, both 26, needed to raise money for BizzFlip.com, their online classifieds community for small businesses, Kolb decided to try earning money as a model to help get the business off the ground. "The checks that came in may have been in my name, but they were for the nurturing and growth of BizzFlip," says Kolb. Even with 2008 sales projections in the high six figures, Kolb continues to model to help the Sausalito, California-based company grow. Read the entire article here...
Stock market rout spreads around the world as recession worries turn to dismay
The common denominator was growing fears that governments, central banks and finance ministers seem powerless to stop the deepening of a global recession that will slam corporate earnings and lead to deep job losses around the world. Read the entire article:
While the $700 billion bailout and presidential election have dominated the news, the U.S. House passed a major piece of credit card reform legislation.
From Moneyblog:
"The Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008 passed the House on Sept. 23 by a vote of 312-112 (with nine members not voting). The bill, which still needs to pass the Senate before heading to the White House, would have a major impact on everything from how credit card issuers apply cardholder payments to outstanding debt to limits on interest rate increases. Read the entire article here...
Parts of the United States, struggling with high jobless rates, seem to be in recession, but the government's plan to support credit markets will help, President George W. Bush's top economic adviser said on Sunday
From Reuters:
"We are seeing what anyone would characterize as a recession in some parts of the country," Edward Lazear, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, told CNN. Unemployment in some areas is running "much higher" than the 6.1 percent national level, he said. Lazear said the administration "has taken the right steps" to thaw out credit markets and get loans flowing to businesses and consumers. Read the entire article here...
Share values have dominated the news for weeks yet for many of us they seem a world away from our day-to-day life. Professor Alec Chrystal explains why stock markets exist.
From BBC:
"It is easiest to answer this question with another question which is: why do we need companies?
Companies are legal entities which exist to co-ordinate the production of the goods and services that a modern economy delivers, and in the process provide employment to large numbers of people.They are where many of us work and from which we buy many of the products we consume. They are not the only form a business organisation can take. Government-owned companies would be called public corporations. Small businesses may be "sole traders" or partnerships, which are not companies. Read the entire article here...
For years, books and articles and blogs on productivity have been showing us how to be more productive: crank out the tasks, multi-task, work faster, be organized.
From Zenhabits:
"In short, they’ve taught us to be a good part of a corporation that wants more out of us. But that’s old-school productivity, or Productivity 1.0.
Today let’s take a look at Productivity 2.0: a new set of rules have changed everything for the workers of the world. Don’t crank out tasks — learn to work with a deeper focus. Don’t plan and hold meetings and form committees — just launch the software or product or service and keep improving it. Don’t spend time organizing — you’ve got more important things to worry about. Read the entire article here...
People get bored on long flights, which is why we love in-flight Internet access. It lets people check email, read Wired.com, watch the stock market collapse and enjoy their favorite scenes from On Golden Blonde and Forest Hump.
From wired:
"Airlines, worried the wi-fi services they're rolling out will turn planes into flying porn theaters, are installing filters to prevent passengers from surfing smut. The decision is hailed by flight attendants -- who've so far been responsible for preventing porn peeping -- and by activists concerned that children and other passengers might be subjected to objectionable material. They also worry unfettered onboard Internet access poses a security and safety risk. Read the entire article here...
