How to Avoid a Hefty Tax Bill - BusinessWeek
Take credits for research and development: Are you spending money doing research to discover new business components or gain tech knowledge? You can take 20% of your excess expenses as a credit, says Jackson. “The trick is that you have to be able to document the research […]
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Smart Taxes
March 27, 2008 – 12:43 pm
The Falling Dollar
March 26, 2008 – 12:49 pm
Behind the Dollar’s Woes - BusinessWeek
Many factors, including the threat of deeper rate cuts at home and stronger economic performance elsewhere, are piling up against the U.S. dollar
I sure hope that the dollar stops falling against every other currency. We’re already paying 10% more for our products simply on currency rate changes. That […]
Accepting Criticism
March 25, 2008 – 12:03 pm
Why It’s In Our Own Interest to Acknowledge Criticism - BusinessWeek
What should we do when someone criticizes us? As long as the criticism isn’t petty, vicious, personal, or otherwise way off base, we should take it to heart. It’s only by carefully considering what a critic has to say that we’re able to become […]
Sweet Golf Simulation!
March 24, 2008 – 12:58 pm
Ultimate Golf Simulator - BusinessWeek
Beginning at $50,000, the Full Swing Golf simulator lets you play 50 of the world’s most famous courses
Full Swing has an impressive client install list, including Donald Trump, Michael Jordan and Curt Schilling. One day when I can spare the cash, I’m definitely going to invest in a […]
Wasteful Business Routines in a Growing Company
March 22, 2008 – 9:58 pm
The Problem with Business as Usual - BusinessWeek
It seems like a no-brainer, but taking the time to root out stupid routines can mean the difference between a company’s success and failure
Finding inefficiencies in my business is something that drives me nuts, but so often it doesn’t make sense to fix them. […]
Geek CEOs Reprised!
March 12, 2008 – 12:40 pm
Techies Need to Know the Business - BusinessWeek
Technical experts need to be viewed and developed as business professionals early in their careers; at the speed of business today, it’s essential to align every activity to strategy. Increasingly, areas such as information technology and R&D are moving from being cost centers to driving business strategy. […]
Facebook, IPOs and Turning Down Billions at 23
March 11, 2008 – 3:40 pm
Web 2.0’s Long Road to IPOs - BusinessWeek
LinkedIn is hewing closely to the Web economy’s new motto on initial public offerings: Easy does it. Founded in 2003, LinkedIn may not sell shares until some time next year. Likewise, social networking site Facebook, worth $15 billion on paper, may not go public until 2010, a company […]
Who’s Going to Sell Online By Teaching, not Price Slashing?
March 11, 2008 – 12:51 pm
Web retail sales to dodge effects of slowing economy - News.com
Despite a slowing U.S. economy, online retail sales will continue to grow at double-digit rates for the next several years, but it will begin to take a turn toward maturity by 2012, according to new research from JupiterResearch.
U.S. online retail sales are expected to reach […]
Looking Beyond Your Industry For New Ideas
March 10, 2008 – 12:46 pm
Wide-Angle Thinking - BusinessWeek.com
…advising that companies should roam far beyond their traditional bounds to better understand not just technology but myriad practices and processes. Say, for instance, a manufacturer needs to tap a team of top talent for a project that will be disbanded after a relatively brief period. Handy’s suggestion: Arrange a visit to […]
My Dad Has a Wikipedia Page!
March 9, 2008 – 9:21 pm
Anthony D. Perkins - Wikipedia
My dad is one of the coolest guys I know and I respect him a ton. That being said, I now know that he has ‘made it’, since he is the proud owner of a Wikipedia entry on himself. Wikipedia is incredible. Hopefully someday I will be worthy of my own […]
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