I love hearing stories about people who undergo radical career and lifestyle changes to follow their dreams and desires for a change of pace, or simply just to survive and put food on the table. Some go from desk jobs to become rescue workers, others leave legal jobs to teach children, and a few go from working behind a computer to helping save animals. Whatever the case, it … [Read more...]
Adaptu Closes Its Doors: Business Lessons And Alternatives
When Adaptu's co-founder Mark Brundage left in May 2012 to become Salesforce.com's "Director Of Customer Success," perhaps this was the first clue that Adaptu was losing steam. It's hard to pass up a job at San Francisco-based Salesforce.com given its record revenues and multiple six figure salary packages. Adaptu is owned by StanCorp, a $1.7 billion market cap publicly listed … [Read more...]
The Best Foreign Languages To Learn For An Untemplate Lifestyle
In the public school system where I grew up, we were required to learn a foreign language starting in the 7th grade. I remember looking forward to middle school for this very reason because I've always found linguistics fascinating! Perhaps it was also my nerdy nature and fascination with travel and trying to understand how people communicate abroad. While my friends were … [Read more...]
Being A Late Stage Buyer Of Technology Has Everything To Do With Building Wealth
You'd think as a blogger, I'd be at the forefront of buying every single latest gadget. Goodness knows I spend more time on a laptop writing than 99% of the population. Furthermore, given my business is writing online, all expenditures that enable me to write online are business expenses! Yet, despite my situation, I write this post on a six year old Macbook. It's not the … [Read more...]
Millionaire Blogger Interview: Tips On How To Sell A Business
* The Plan For The Sale product is no longer available, but I thought it would be a good idea to keep this 2,000 word post up as a great source of information from a blogger who sold his site Bargaineering for millions and for those who want to sell a business. Have you ever wanted to know how to sell a business? What do entrepreneurs do when they want to get out and to … [Read more...]