Why Mothers are Targets for Work-At-Home Scams
Profiting from Cultural Inequality Employment opportunities for many Americans have disappeared during one of the worst recession since the Depression, as companies outsource their manufacturing capabilities to Asian countries where wages are 60 cents an hour. As a result, you can find street peddlers in Mexico selling straw hats made in China. In the U.S., […]
Hidden Talents
Aptitudes of Louis Armstrong & Theodore Geisel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong is known internationally as a renowned jazz musician, but perhaps only diehard fans are aware that, despite his lack of formal schooling, he was a gifted writer, too. He penned his autobiography solo, without the use of the usual ghost writer or collaborator. Armstrong’s book is regarded as […]
Einstein’s Smart Refrigerator
Killer Appliances Although many people know Albert Einstein as a scientist, many are probably not aware that he was also an inventor. After winning the Nobel Prize in the 1920s, he began looking for a solution to a deadly problem. Entire families were being poisoned to death in their sleep by the toxic ammonia coolant […]
Gadget Trouble
Pitfalls of Product Invention A meat probe allows a home chef to moniter cooking temperature to avoid serving undercooked or dried, tough, overcooked food. However, when the PBS program America’s Test Kitchen reviewed different brands of thermometers on the market, many had serious design flaws. For instance, one model had a cord which was too […]
Why Teacher Jamal Roberts is the New American Idol
Updated June 3, 2025…originally published May 2012. This update also underscores two key issues: the importance of proper fact-checking and how faulty information can needlessly inflame… Good supplemental lesson for high school students. It’s not easy being green… On May 18, 2025, the second African American male to win American Idol in 22 years was […]
Taking Entrepreneurial Classes Online
E-Learning & the World of Business Some of the countless good resources on the Web for learning entrepreneurial topics include UCLA’s Extension Department. However, a comprehensive list of online institutions are available through U.S. News and World Report. References https://www.uclaextension.edu/fos/Business.aspx http://www.usnews.com/education Views: 37
Shark Tank
Just When you Thought it was Safe to Startup ABC TV’s Shark Tank returned to the airwaves. When this show debuted, I had misgivings about the concept because it seemed as if billionaires were profiting from the work of cash-strapped entrepreneurs, cornered into giving up large portions of their companies for operating capital or face […]
Money Matters & Business Start-Up
Avoiding Financial Pitfalls Traveling salesman Ray Albert Kroc started the McDonald’s empire after buying the name and concept from the McDonald brothers in the 1950s, but turning a profit proved to be a challenge, despite the popularity of the hamburgers. Although Kroc sold 200 franchises within five years and the unit’s were grossing $37 million […]
Growing Power
Will Allen Many ventures are largely inspired by a single idea, but the founder of the nonprofit Growing Power used several diverse sources of inspiration in order to develop his international organization. After leaving the corporate world, Will Allen began growing, selling, and teaching others how to grow produce in an urban setting. These activities […]
Adele’s Talent for Business
Updated 5/21/2025 Originally published in May 2012, this post is so outdated it’s laugh-out-loud funny…original title…Adele…eep. Some fans without using AI may be able to answer the following question: What information in this post changed? Note that the underlying theme of this post is evergreen. She doesn’t have runway model looks, doesn’t dress provocatively, and […]