Archive for February, 2009

How to Succeed in the Recession by Building Your Own High-Tech Start-Up

February 24th, 2009 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

The economic news is truly gruesome out there.  Companies are laying off workers by the thousands.  The unemployment rate has reached the highest level in decades and continues to rise.  Companies that are not cutting headcount may be cutting benefits from 401K match to profit sharing plans to much more.  In essence, you should feel [...]

Teenager Entrepreneurs Become Millionaires

February 19th, 2009 • • 3 comments • Related • Filed Under

Becoming a self-made millionaire by bootstrapping you own business is a great accomplishment – doing so before you are old enough to vote is absolutely amazing.  Cameron Johnson, the author of the book You Call the Shots: Succeed Your Way– and Live the Life You Want– with the 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship started his [...]

Common Traits of Successful People

February 14th, 2009 • • 3 comments • Related • Filed Under

You want to be successful.  You wish you could achieve the same level of success as many of the people you admire.   But how can you get there?  The answer is surprisingly simple.  Study the traits of successful people and develop those traits yourself.  But what exactly are the traits of successful people?  We will [...]

Twitter Goes Mainstream

February 9th, 2009 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

When it comes to internet entrepreneurship the key is experimentation.  Twitter is point proof that is it very difficult to know whether your idea is going to be the next web sensation or a complete dud.  To many people’s surprise, Twitter has gone mainstream and is completely entrenched in today’s web culture.  Twitter has become [...]

Super Bowl Doritos Ad Creators Win a Million Dollars

February 4th, 2009 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

The brothers Dave and Joe Herbert were awarded $1 million by the snack maker Frito-Lay for winning the USA Today’s Super Bowl Ad Meter contest, being rated by consumers as the most popular Super Bowl ad. Both Dave and Joe, who are 32 and 33 years old respectively, are married with kids, and unemployed.  They [...]