This month’s Entrepreneur has an interesting article about starting a home-based franchise business. While most of the franchises in their top 101 list seem to be cleaning businesses and overall, the list did little entice me into jump-starting my own franchise-specific savings account, it does beg the question if working in your skivvies is ultimately [...]
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May 25, 2009
Career Advice You can Swallow from the 2 Hot Dudes from “Y tu mama tambien”
I happened to catch the newly released soccer flick, “Rudo Y Cursi,” this weekend and while I’m no fan of soccer (much to the chagrin of my husband), I’m usually up for some Gael Bernal Garcia with a twist of Diego Luna. The former more than the latter, but no need to get choosy here.
The [...]
May 13, 2009
Words I Wished Someone Told Me When I Got Fired Laid Off
Last week I had a short email exchange with a former co-worker whom I had just learned recently “resigned” from a former employer. Reading between the lines her version of “resigned” sounded like it might be more synonymous with another person’s “laid off.”
Either way she was out and onto better things, she assured me. The [...]
October 14, 2008
The Checklist is Not Really A Pros & Cons Game
Last week was a marathon interview week for me. In fact, it was so intense it seems to have gone by in one big blur of a nanosecond. Long story short I had two job offers on the table and ended up deciding on one of the places. How did I arrive at my decision? [...]
