At Put Things Off is a great article about Think Different – Buy a Bigger Envelope! which is about how to consider whether you really need a Macbook Air or any other new shiny thing.
This post gives 5 easy rules to help you discover whether you really need new kit, or if you’d just be [...]
I came across an interesting article at Signal vs Noise about How “Why Startups Fail” Fails. The article at Signal vs Noise comments on Why Startups Fail.
I love the end of Jason’s post since it sorts out responsibility:
Natural disasters are out of our control, bad business decisions are in your control.
Putting the blame elsewhere does [...]
Freelance Folders posts about The Building Blocks Of A Successful Freelancing Career. There is an interesting question: Would I hire myself?
Want to leave your office and work elsewhere? Anywired has a post about Chasing Coconuts: From the Cubicle to the Caribbean.
Daily Writing Tips lists a few things all freelance writers can do to make the [...]
I have been absent for a while due to another project of mine. For my coaching business I had two PHP-based websites, one in English and one in Swedish. Changing layout was a probleme even though I used CSS. I wanted the ease of WordPress and when I decided to merge my two coaching sites [...]
Over at ChangeThis is a free eBook about The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free.
For decades, the only way to spread our ideas was to buy expensive advertising or beg the media to write (or broadcast) about our products and services. But now our organizations have a tremendous opportunity [...]
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations is written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckström. It is a very interesting book that compare two different kind of organizations but also mentions a hybrid or combo version, best of both.
Spiders are centralized, command and control, organizations. Historical examples are the Spanish army, [...]
I recently came across Free Starbucks Wi-Fi & The Ultimate Customer Voice Survey. Starbucks has created My Starbucks Idea as a way to get ideas and feedback from their customers.
Help shape the future of Starbucks—with your ideas
You know better than anyone else what you want from Starbucks. So tell us. What’s your Starbucks Idea? Revolutionary [...]
Anywired has a terrific post by Skellie titled Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur: Complete Guide and 40+ Resources. It is a long post filled with useful information and links.
I have to compliment Skellie for the first picture in her article, the one used here too. Great taste and also great minds think alike, I used the [...]
I subscribe to the Business Success Secrets newsletter from Project Woodward. In todays edition, #35, there is something I totally agree to:
There is nothing, in my book, that looks more unprofessional than sending business emails from a yahoo, hotmail, btinternet or other ISP email address. Gmail is just about ok – but it looks far [...]
PickTheBrain has a post about Is Your Work Getting in the Way of Your Life? To quote: If you feel work is dominating your life, these are a few suggestions for creating a better balance.
Daily Writing Tips has a guest post by Tejvan Pettinger who has an interesting blog, Top 5 Freelance Mistakes To Avoid. [...]
