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  • 100 Funny Business Quotes

    Image: Despair.com In all seriousness, business can be pretty funny. From rickety leadership to entropic working styles, the business world, like real life, is shaded with chuckles. Here are 100 funny business quotes and sayings* that hold a grain of truth in their humor. *attributed where sources were available

  • The Work Behind the 10 Most Creative Commercials Ever

    Creativity is key to the advertising industry. When you’re selling something, you’re not just selling the product itself; you’re selling a concept, an idea, a lifestyle. The world’s most successful advertising companies realize this, and concentrate on new and effective ways to tap into an idea that resonates with their audience. In TV and cinema […]

  • 5 Sick & Twisted Ways People Make Money

    Image: r.f.m II, Flickr All too often, money and ethics have an inverse relationship. For every thirty people making an honest buck, there seems to be someone whose regard for greenbacks far outweighs the morality aspects of making them. Here are five ways that people use and abuse to make sometimes massive amounts of dollars.

  • This Week’s Weird Jobs

    Dearest boom pumpers, erectors, and food expediters: I mean you no disrespect, but your job titles are pretty funny: 1. Fairbanks: Experienced Concrete Boom Pump Operator Immediate opening for qualified Concrete Boom Pump Operator with mechanical background. Must have valid CDL, and working knowledge of Morgen booms. Salary DOE. I know a concrete boom pump […]

  • Interview: Why Entrepreneurs Fail

    This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Roth’s new book, The Entrepreneur Equation. Wanna be an entrepreneur? Think it’s a glamorous gig that will change your life for the better? Carol Roth will set you straight. Roth, a longtime business adviser and former investment banker, has made a career out of helping businesses succeed […]

  • E-Waste: What Percent of Your Laptop can be Recycled?

    New laptops have a clean, fresh look that makes it easy to believe technology can solve the world of its pollution problems. Global warming? Texas-sized islands of plastic? Mercury-tainted fish? P-sha. That’s nothing for an awesome computer. Besides, laptops don’t spew noxious fumes into the air like automobiles; they don’t litter waterways like plastic bags; […]

  • 10 Genetically Modified Foods

    Genetically modified organisms have been at the center of a lot of stormy debates for the past few decades. On the one hand, advocates say the genetic modification is one of the best ways to fight world hunger. As the human population is expected to reach seven billion this decade, malnutrition is a growing global […]

  • 10 Kids Who Started Wildly Successful Companies

    Image: 3rd eye photographer/Flickr While most kids stick with lemonade stands, some young entrepreneurs take their business much further. These young child entrepreneurs have earned millions of dollars and have extended their busienss ventures to multiple countries. Their products span a plethora of industries including tech, software, business, and even bacon. We detail 10 of […]

  • This Week’s Weird Jobs

    Image: Robert Thomson/Flickr Bead mentor? Celeb spotter? What will they think of next? Oh right, penis measurer: 1. Chicago: Looking for a beard mentor I’ve had a moustache and beard off and on over the years, and I’ve tried styling it in the past but I just can’t seem to get it to the next […]