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My mother always says there are problems, and then there are troubles.
Read More »How to Hire an Assistant
My desk used to have a very large pile of envelopes stacked in the corner. It included notices from various agencies in the states in which our employees live, pitches from would-be business partners, personal correspondence, and too many other things to list. Under the desk was a box, which contained all of the stuff that had been crowded off my desk
Read More »How to Drum Up Customer Referrals
Dear Norm, I have a company that works with people who have credit problems. We offer a free initial consultation and then suggest ways that our clients can improve their creditworthiness
Read More »Building Your Business
Dear Norm, I own a small roofing company that I started in 2003.
Read More »CEO Passions: Volunteer Firefighting
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Read More »Toraño’s Family Blends
Since selling their Nicaraguan and Honduran factories to Scandinavian Tobacco a few years ago, Carlos and Charlie Tora
Read More »High-Performance Eyewear for the Skies and Beyond
When avid pilot Jeff Herold created Scheyden in 2000, his goal was to produce precision eyewear designed to the specific needs of the aviation industry. To that end, he fashioned a series of sunglasses that easily and quickly adapts to ever-changing light conditions in the skies. Herold even created a ...
Read More »Driving App Lets You Know If You’re A Demon Or A Granny On The Road
A new iPhone app from insurance giant State Farm uses the device's accelerometers and other sensors to work out how well you're driving. Perfect timing, as it's just emerged that Apple is the world's second-biggest buyer of these sorts of tiny sensors.
Read More »A New Kissing Device Lets You Make Out Over The Internet
The information age was supposed to usher in a world where we could connect to anyone around the world instantly.
Read More »Why College Is Not A Bubble (Except For The University Of Phoenix)
The college-is-a-bubble meme just keeps growing . Student-loan debt surpassed credit-card debt for the first time in history last year
Read More »Openmargin Lets The World See Your Book-Margin Scribbles
A public digital forum in every book is the Dutch startup Openmargin's aim. It even thinks it can make money at it.
Read More »Everyone Looks Fatter In White, Including The iPhone
Consumer Reports, not necessarily a fan of the iPhone 4, has reacted to news it's slightly thicker than its older black sibling. Spoiler: It's really not
Read More »Wie and Creamer commit to Sybase Match Play event
The top 44 players on the LPGA's official money list are part of the preliminary field list for the LPGA Sybase Match Play Championship in two weeks at the Hamilton Farm Club.
Read More »Dave Duerson suicide: Was brain disease to blame?
Football great found to have been suffering from brain damage caused by chronic head trauma
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