Imagine stepping into a local café, inhaling the rich aroma of brewing coffee, and taking a closer look at the menu. Alongside the house coffees, espressos and caramel macchiatos, however, there’s a rather more surprising addition: cats. Yes, you read that correctly, fuzzy felines are on the menu in cafés everywhere from Japan to Vienna. […]
Cash flow is especially important to the success of your small business. With more complex financial instruments available, the need for cash liquidity has not changed. You need to increase the amount of cash you have in-hand to pay your employees, utilities and suppliers.
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There are certain jobs that nobody dreams of doing when they grow up. They tend to be the type of jobs that are dirty, dangerous, and sometimes boring and tedious. However, they also tend to be well-paying jobs. Some of these stigmatized jobs actually pay well and are definitely worth a closer look. If you’re on the […]
The iPhone is the Justin Bieber of all smartphones. In the US, one in ten people over the age of 13 own an iPhone. Sneak peeks of upcoming versions of the iPhone, both real and fake, sweep the internet like a plague every few months. 75% of Apple stores sold out of the iPhone […]
Share Large corporations are responsible for making sure that their hundreds, often thousands of employees are happy, healthy, but most importantly: faithful to the company. How do large businesses somehow convince throes of people to clamor for a job that pays poorly, is often overcrowded with demanding customers, and has little room for advancement or […]
Share Playing the lottery is a bleak and hopeless abyss of wasted money and discarded scratch offs. Regardless, people can’t seem to stay away from it. There are two types of lottery players: the addicted and the entrepreneurs. While some richer folk prefer to purchase lottery tickets in bulk (thus beating the odds out […]
White collar crime is the sweetest gig on earth. You can strip the earth bare or rob your shareholders blind, and most likely you’ll just have to pay some money, or a small amount of time in a minimum security prison. Worst case scenario you get locked up for decades and your son kills […]
Share It’s a tired story by now that you should be nice to the nerds, so when they grow up and found a billion dollar software company, they won’t be inclined to crush your dreams with their vast wealth and power. At least that’s the gist of The Social Network. Turns out a natural […]
Share There are fewer symbols of crushing defeat more overwhelming than a dimly-lit office with uncomfortable chairs, buzzing neon lights, and lifeless drones of workers staring at you with their dead little eyes. Offices are where dreams go to die and your ambitions of becoming a tortured writer or international starship captain wither and fade […]
Share While most of us are still trying to move past Ramen noodles and dry cereal, there are plenty of businesses that have continued to live large in the face of a less-than-fruitful economy. The 10 businesses on our list have withstood the test of time and taxes, and are making serious profits in several […]
Share Now that the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests have somewhat died down due to reports of “Man it’s freezing in Zuccotti Park”, we can take a moment to look back on the movement. One of the chief criticisms leveled at OWS by detractors was that its message was garbled, incoherent, and the type […]
Share We all know and accept that failure is a natural part of the business cycle. Bad ideas will be rejected by the market, and good ideas will flourish and lead to a more prosperous and efficient economy. Hell, even perfectly good ideas that outlive their usefulness will slowly die ignominious deaths no […]
Share As American children, we are told that people are often wealthy because they are hard workers who built empires on boot straps and elbow grease. As we get older, we realize that there is an even more important component of success in America: connections, and pretending you are successful and lying until enough […]
There’s nothing quite as inspirational as a great rags-to-riches story. It makes us realize that human ingenuity and hard work can overcome any barrier. Going from a life on the streets to having millions of dollars in the bank is a reversal of fortune that is not often realized. It’s also the American Dream to […]
Share We all have things that hold us back in life. These include a terrible upbringing, a poor education, or a crippling inability to get over your last girlfriend that manifests as poetry you instantly regret (Laura why won’t you come back to me/I’ve changed I swear it/Just think how happy we could be/Why […]
