From the category archives:
My blogger pal Pinyo of moolanomy recently launched a pretty cool news and blog aggregator called Greatnexus.
If there are any Star Trek fans in the house, you’ll remember from “Generations” that “the nexus” was pretty sweet. So you can only imagine what a great nexus would be, right?
Greatnexus got me thinking: are side projects worth [...]
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I remember in college, in a business finance class, we did calculations on how to value a business.
They made it seem so stinking easy in that darn class. Take the net present value of future cash flows at a certain discount rate and viola! A nice tidy business valuation.
The reality is that a business, especially [...]
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My Big Hairy Goal for 2009…
Improve my net worth by 200K
Money Goals
Max out $12,000 in payback to Mother
Pay off IRS Debt ($30,000)
Pay off car ($10,500)
Settle old business debts (86,000)
Save $70,000 for house down payment (20% of 350,000)
Buyout old investors in my corp ($63,000)
Large emergency fund ($20,000)
Hire part-time employee to full-time ($55,000/yr)
Personal Goals
Get Private Pilot’s [...]
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Da-da, duh-da-da-duh…
Even though I haven’t played the original Zelda for at least 5 years, every once in a while a Zelda song pops into my head. Then yesterday, as I was walking out of my apartment, I realized my building layout was very similar to an underground dungeon. It got me thinking about all the [...]
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My first goal of saving up $1000 has been achevied. Thanks to a bunch of LC referrals and savings, I’ve been able to sock away $900 in long-term investments and $500 in my emigrant direct account in the past few months. I plan on continuing to try and save/invest around $400 a month. (this is [...]
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If I ever get out the mess that I’m in I know exactly what I will splurge on.
Newspapers.
Yep, I love real, crisp, newspapers.
I’m a huge news junkie, and while reading online content is great…there is just something about having that physical paper in your hand. Plus, it’s great for starting fire’s as well.
I already know [...]
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A few years ago I wanted to be rich now. Now as in yesterday now. That led to some really destructive behaviors and the resulting 300K+ of debt I find myself in now.
But I still want to be rich.
Is this a bad thing? I don’t think so. I was talking with my friend who knows [...]
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So, I’ve decided I need to motivate myself a little more. While one would think just getting out of debt would be enough motivation, it isn’t. It’s a big chunk of motivation, but lets face it, I need more. So, I’m going to profile some stuff I want, and the goals I have to hit [...]
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