Simon Lui likes to be self-sufficient. He says, "If I need it, I develop it." The 28-year old computer science instructor needed faster information about the MTR (Hong Kong's subway) so he simply designed an app for his iPod Touch.The app - called ecMTR - gave him data on each stop, the fares and the arrival time of the next train. Turns out other commuters wanted the same information and downloaded his 99 cent app more than 35,000 times.(The...more
Vollara is a name people are hearing and want to know if money can be made with this business venture. Vollara.com offers the average person a chance to start a business from home. How well does it work and are people actually making money with Vollara? Lets find out!Vollara / EcoQuest / Electrolux - A Quick HistoryThe original name of Vollara was Ecoquest. Ecoquest sold ionic air purifiers and water purifiers. The company expanded...more
It takes a lot of business planning to set goals and generate good sales leads for your business. On the other hand, if a business person fails to have specific business goals, his Company would be weak and would not grow.I was sitting in Starbucks one Wednesday morning, sipping on a cappuccino and I started thinking: I appreciate those small moments in my life when I can sit back and STOP, no thinking, no talking, just STOP. I took a deep sip and closed my eyes for just a minute. It started raining which just made me want to go home and crawl under the covers. WOW….Life is Good. I turned off my cell phone for just a minute so that I wouldn't get calls about work. By this time, it was really pouring down rain, hard, which is why I couldn't understand what was about to happen next. As I was looking around at the different customers, I noticed football paraphernalia on the walls,chairs,windows…everywhere. Ya think this is football season?! All of a sudden, a whole band of people came rushing in with wet umbrellas and wet hair. There were short people, tall people; where did all these people come from?! The football game isn't until Saturday. Is there a...more
What Business Can Learn From Doctors: It's All In How You Treat PeopleBy M. Penny Levin, Ph.D. and Judith Lindenberger, MBA Recently, medical literature has caught up with conventional wisdom. People are less likely to sue doctors whom they believe have acted in their best interest and who communicate with them clearly and...more
Recession Proof Business IdeasThe recession has hit every one pretty hard with more and more people looking for different ways to earn money and some recession proof business ideas.Many people are turning to the Internet in the hope of finding a solution to their problems.Why the Internet? well for starters there are no overheads to...more
If you're trying to get more visitors to your site, you have no doubt already used some of the better known methods like pay per click ads and search engine optimization. These are of course great things to do, but they're not the only way to increase your traffic - and they can be quite time consuming and expensive. Hiring an email service to help you spread the word about your site with a branded email blast can help you to reach the visitors you're looking for at a low cost.With a typical email service, you'll just pay a onetime fee for their services. You can then create custom email messages and decide which category of consumers you want to receive your message. If all goes well, all you need to do from there is to wait for the visitors to come streaming in to your website.One thing to be aware of when you advertise with an email blast is that you need to be cautious about problems like complaints about spam, emails which bounce back to you and so on. However, when you use an email service, your messages will originate from their servers rather than your own; and a good quality service will run their business in an ethical manner to avoid complaints and will...more
As a intelligent CEO, you know that there are moments when you need to come up with some cash and you need it quick. Going to the bank may be your first thought, but with a merchant cash advance, you are more than likely to get the money you want,...more
It sure is fun to travel. The places a person reaches, the people he gets to meet and the culture he gets to sample are all but priceless fruits of braving it out to make the adventure. But being stuck in a foreign land with no cash in...more
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If there is a newbie player at your table, these Texas Hold Em tricks will help you get as much money as possible out of him.No matter what stage of development in poker you are at, it is vitally important to understand how to take...more
The long running saga of who lies behind the helmet of The Stig was finally revealed today after the BBC lost their High Court battle to protect the secret identity of one of their top assets. The victors in the case, publishers Harper Collins claim...more
The business leaders of today face many challenges, especially small business leaders this is why a business leadership coaching program could make all the difference in the success of a company, regardless of its size. With such fierce...more