More than once, while enviously eyeing a self-employed friend or neighbor, you've probably said to yourself, "What skills have they got that I don't have?" Like me, when visiting your local annual craft fair you may have also caught yourself ...
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4 Common Lawsuits that Can Ruin a Business — And How to Protect It
As a business owner, your top priority is to run a successful and profitable organization, which delivers for its customers and supports its employees. With marketing, selling and profit forecasts taking up most of your time, dealing with a lawsuit ...
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Consumer Rights: What to Do When You Get Defective or Dangerous Products
It happens to everyone: You open a box, only to find out that your shiny new object is defective. Or, you use it the first time and get hurt through no fault of your own. Here's what you should do if this happens to you:
What Happened? Is There ...
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4 Important Tax Tips For Small Business Owners
Decisions about your business tax return can have a huge impact on your company profit. If you do some planning, you can reduce the amount of taxes you need to pay. Planning also helps you avoid any penalties and interest on your tax return. Use ...
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5 Financial Lessons From the Past That Everyone Should Learn
Those who don't pay much attention to the past are doomed to repeat it. There are so many sayings in this vein, but they all revolve around the fact that you must learn from your past errors. So let's look at some key financial lessons we should all ...
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Why In-N-Out Burger Is Overrated
I know what I'm about to say is going to make more than a few people's heads explode, but it needs to be said: In-N-Out Burger ain't what it used to be.
No, really.
Trust me on this one, folks; I know what I'm talking about.
I've been eating ...
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How Poker Helps Entrepreneurs Make Better Business Decisions
Making business decisions is an easy task -- but making great business decisions that provide serious returns for your company is something else entirely.
Looking for the perfect skill set necessary to make you an office superstar? Try looking to ...
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Why Restaurant No-Tipping Policies Are a Bad Idea
In the United States, diners have been tipping their servers for more than a century. It's a time-honored practice that's as American as, well, baseball and apple pie.
Tipping was originally intended as an incentive for rewarding and encouraging ...
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Effective Negotiating Tactics Everyone Should Know (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a two-part series on negotiating tactics. If you missed it, here is Part 1.
I've always believed that one of the most important life skills that every person should have mastered before setting out on their own is the art of ...
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Check Out the Latest Gimmick for Disposing of Expired Credit Cards
Every once in awhile, I come across something that causes me to scratch my head in utter bewilderment and ask, "Was that really necessary?"
It usually happens when some company makes a change in the name of improved customer service, a better ...
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How a Content Service Can Boost Your Blog Income
As a blog owner, it is difficult to come up with fresh topics and fresh content for your readers at all times; a content creation service understands your needs as a blog owner. Content creation services have writers available that are well-versed in ...
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Credit or Debit? How the Wrong Choice Hurts Small Businesses (and You)
Hello all! My name is Mike. I'm a big time fan of Len Penzo, and it's a privilege to share some of my thoughts on his blog. I read Len's article on why choosing debit or credit is like picking salad dressing; in that post he mentioned that he always ...
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How A Lemonade Stand Taught My Daughter To Love Monopolies
Each Father's Day, I love to reminisce about the joys of fatherhood and the days when my teenage kids were younger. This year, I caught myself looking back upon the time several summers ago when my business-savvy daughter, Nina, set up a wildly ...
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What a $184 Cheese Sandwich Can Teach Us About Hype & Value
Last week, Britain's Daily Mail reported that celebrity chef Martin Blunos created a very unique sandwich with a menu price of $184.61.
According to Blunos, who happens to be a Michelin-starred chef, "We Brits are known to love our cheese ...
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My Blog Is Back! … But I’ve Still Got Some Work to Do
Yes, I'm still alive, folks.
In case you missed it ... my blog ended up crashing on Saturday morning after a major malfunction at my old web host (Yahoo).
I won't bore you with the technical details, but let's just say Yahoo's customer service ...
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A Fond Look Back at My 10 Most Popular Posts of 2013
All in all it was a successful year here at Len Penzo dot Com. In terms of traffic, the blog had almost one million visits and nearly two million page views in 2013.
I know. I don't understand why either -- but I'll take it!
Anyway, thank you ...
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Len Penzo dot Com Is Five Years Old Today!
I wrote my first blog post five years ago today.
Now I've got to be honest with you, folks: I only started Len Penzo dot Com as a way to try and keep myself from getting bored. It's true!
Hopefully, I haven't bored too many of you since ...
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Why Doing Lines on Black Friday Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Despite the conventional wisdom, Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day of the year. Most procrastinators know that honor belongs to the Saturday before Christmas.
Black Friday has changed over the past decade or two, and the Internet has a ...
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Financial Market Outlook: USA Versus UK
Both the United States and the United Kingdom's stock markets have had their share of ups and downs in the last few years, partly due to a shaky global world economy and the real estate bubble burst. While it's impossible to predict exactly how the ...
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Yet Another Reason Why I Hate Buying Tickets from Ticketmaster
Most of you know I've had a hate/hate relationship with Ticketmaster for a long time now.
After all, this is the company that wrote the book on ridiculous consumer fees that, many people argue, only serve to exploit their hapless customers; it's a ...
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