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    Is it worth it to become an Accountant?

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    OP, only you can answer that question. I say, accounting will work for you if it is your passion! True story. I have a mentor in the Northern Virginia area. He was a classmate of my aunt's and a friend of my mom, so that puts him in his late sixties present day. He majored in...
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    What's your job ? What do you do?

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    Professional voice talent...yeah, it's what you think and what you would have no idea about unless someone in the business told you! We need to talk... ...you need to pm me... ...you have one of the coolest occupations on the internet... ...and you have the type of job I wanted when I was...
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    Is it possible to join the fastlane while in debt?

    Yep! Although there are examples of companies that carry debt free sheets, there are plenty of "successful" businesses/business persons that do.
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    Bist Stuck At The Moment Just Need Some Basic Income Ideas?

    IDEA 
    I don't really have any instant income ideas for you, that I would share, since you already have a gift/skill/trade. But in the future, especially as a freelancer myself, you MUST garner a deposit from potential suspects/prospects/customers/clients. Especially at this time of year, it will...
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    How a 15-year-old entrepreneur got her product into Nordstrom

    EXECUTION 
    I love these stories. Sure, there is a little salesmanship in the copy, but kids have more acccess to information and technology than ever before and those that want to do business can do it faster, leaner, and meaner than we could have because of the tools available to them. Yeah, a little. I...
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    What can be done with this?

    EXECUTION 
    I just scrolled down, not a handy man at all, and just intuitively was like, "This dude is on to "something". I live in Atlanta, home of Home Depot and a host of B-level and C-level outfits that would purchase this modeling from you, in my opinion for you, on a liscensing situation and you can...
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    Inc 5000

    EXECUTION 
    ...wow. That jump to be included from $100,000 in 2009 to $2 million in 2012 appears rather aggressive. I am not saying it is right or wrong, but that is a fast moving floor for inclusion. To answer the OP's question, for the first half dozen years of the 2000's, I used to go to the library...
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    How to respond - "Money doesn't buy happiness."

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    Yes and no. Depends on who is making the 30 and who is making the 3 mil.
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    I need advise from sellers who take their product's pics themselves, please

    MARKETING 
    Frankly, there are smartphones that take better pictures than a digital camera. Wal Mart, Target, Best Buy...whoever has the brand and/or pricing you want, you can get a camera sub $200 easy. I use a Kodak and my pictures come out crisp.
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    Mailing lists

    MARKETING 
    Simply put, pack a lunch and go to your nearest or largest library in your city. Become friends withe the reference section lady and ask for the SRDS. Once you find this book, every single list known to man, beast, and extraterrestials will be revealed in this, normally, 3 book volume. Find your...
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    Direct mail campaigns.

    MARKETING 
    Hands down, it still works. Virtually everything I have made money in has been internet based. However, I differentiate myself by good old fashioned snail mail. Something still speaks to each person in this country in an emotional vein when one opens their mailbox and something has been sent...
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    6 months report with Everyday Luxury!

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    I liked the page just off the simple fact that I have been going to LuxuryRealEstate.com for years just to look at all the beautiful dwellings all over the world. And yes, Wordpress IS just that important to use over any other blogging service. The sooner you switch it, the better.
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    Top 3 Business/Finance books that are worth every penny :)

    MINDSET 
    I would like to add Automatic Wealth by Michael Masterson and the Alchemy of Finance by George Soros as honorable mention for top reading.
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    Is a College degree worth it? Ask these people.

    Hell, more has changed in the college landscape between my sister graduating 5 years AFTER me and my mother graduating 40+ years BEFORE me! Think about that... I think Mark Cuban said it best when he likened the student loan crisis. When you are offering money, for something that is diminishing...
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    The Death Cycle of the Middle Class

    Ben's quote is very telling, in any generation, but especially this one. Since the turn of the millenium, I was always a firm believer that it is better to KNOW you are poor or KNOW you are rich. That way, you either know you have to hustle to get it in OR you hustle the means you have to...
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    Bill Gates: Being a billionaire is overrated

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Did not read the entire thread but skimmed enough answers to get a gist and offer a substantive opinion. I did my first speech on Bill Gates in my Public Speaking class in college. Followed him rather closely in the mid to late 90's, so I may be a bit biased. For the most part he is right...
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    Forget Creating An App. Make Money Flipping Them Instead!

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    I tend to concur with this. I work with a little less than half a dozen web designers and I have college classmates that work at MAJOR tech firms and there is money in the app game just as in the web game. Let's face it, a lukewarm idea/app marketed correctly will ALWAYS out perform a great...
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    Occupy Wallstreet Thoughts

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    What many don't understand, whether they side with the protestors or not, is that it is not a battle against capitalism. That is what we have been led to believe. It's corporatism...and that is an animal that no one individual is going to be able to alter.
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    Which host do you use for your site??

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I use 1&1.com and Go Daddy, with my preference being the former. I see HostGator mentioned many times in this thread. Have heard nothing but good things about them, as well.
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    Question about Direct Mailing lists

    Well, they will send you the amount of names you want on the list or in it's entirety. The list is usually spoken of as the "universe". For example, rc car collectors. There could be a list with a universe of 2 million. You have the option of getting the list partially or in its entirety. You...

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