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- Entrepreneurial Goal Setting - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardThe importance of setting goals when you start your own venture will play a critical role in determining whether the business you are launching succeeds or fails. It’s the same for top athletes, people that are successful in business and anyone else that has reached the top of their field. In ...
Views: 676 - Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Contracting Industries - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardThe changes being forced on to our economy via the recession and globalization are creating and destroying jobs. The job destruction aspect tends to dominate the headlines due to the fact that there are a many industries where it appears that the jobs that have left are not coming back any time ...
Views: 411 - File Transfer Security - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardIn the vast majority of cases, corporate data breaches are caused inadvertently by well-meaning employees as they exchange data with customers, vendors, and partners. As a result, ad hoc file transfer security has become a critical concern for Information Security departments at leading ...
Views: 462 - Five Questions to Ask Before Setting Your Goals - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardSo you’re ready to start a business and it’s exciting and daunting at the same time. Here’s a way to handle on whether your goals are reachable and whether you can experience the level of success you desire. Setting your short and long term goals is going to be an essential element in your ...
Views: 463 - Four Industries Where China has Passed the U.S. (by a lot) - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAmerica was known for the better part of the last century as the single greatest producer of just about everything in the world. It was during the 70’s that we started to cede our dominance in major industries to other areas of the world. Oil production went to the Middle East, automobile ...
Views: 475 - Geriatrics to the Rescue - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardOne of the main issues for health care in general and for the survival of the Medicare system is caring for our fast-aging population. Most middle-aged Americans can now expect to live into their 80's and even 90's. This is good news for the baby boomers but with that added longevity often comes ...
Views: 810 - Guaranteeing Success by Knowing Your Customer - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardThe success that comes to any business is a direct result of finding people that want to buy from you. If this sounds simple, it’s just the “Know your customer” rule and nothing more. Finding your ideal customer may take a little research but the fact is the foundation of your success is ...
Views: 418 - Handicapping the China versus India Race - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAs Europe and America struggle with their economies, economic growth is humming along in the East. Which one will be the next superpower? The current bets would have China as the favorite with India as the dark horse but some of the current trends indicate that India could make a race. Here ...
Views: 486 - How Can Socialized Medicine Be Worse Than This? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardHere’s a list of healthcare stats that may make you wonder why we’re so attached to our healthcare system. Obamacare isn’t going to fix it and the Republicans don’t have an answer either. By the way, if you’re taking any meds for high blood pressure, you may not want to read this: A CNN ...
Views: 526 - How to Innovate your own Business into Existence - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardInnovation isn’t the province of a select few. It exists in everyone waiting to be discovered. Learning any new skill always takes time and it's the same with developing an innovative mindset. Don’t be disappointed if you’re not innovating 24/7 immediately. It will take a bit of practice and ...
Views: 380 - How to Start a Business with a Couple Bucks and Some Elbow Grease - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardThe internet is changing just about everything it touches including starting a business. If you’ve lost a job recently or are just trying to make some extra money, starting a business on the internet may provide an answer. The great thing is starting a business on the internet is can be done ...
Views: 776 - If Tensions in the Middle East Increase, These Oil Shipping Chokepoints Could Become a Focus - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAs tensions, demonstrations, and unrest play out across the Middle East, the possibility of oil related terrorism has increased. Here are the three biggest choke points in the region. Any violent activity at any of these locations could send oil prices soaring. The Strait of Hormuz – Located ...
Views: 739 - Is an Ice-Free Arctic Ocean a Possibility? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAccording to a report from Reuters News Service the North Atlantic current, which delivers warm water to the Arctic Ocean, is recording high temperatures at levels not seen in the last 2000 years. The finding is another signpost of global warming as the temperature change is now likely to result ...
Views: 716 - Is Your Job Killing You? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardWe work more hours than ever it seems, with few breaks and even less vacation time. Under these stresses, your job may be killing you. Too many hours – The chances for a heart attack spike after working for more than 10 hours per day. At 11 hours, European researchers found that people have 60% ...
Views: 473 - Know Your Customer Through the Data - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardWithout understanding your customers and their needs, your business has little chance of satisfying either. In the past, business owners simply got to know their customer over the counter of their brick-and-mortar stores as they conducted business. Although online sales have opened up a whole ...
Views: 449 - Laissez Faire in Hi Tech - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardWith an economy burdened by a slow recovery from the great recession and the government hamstrung by skyrocketing deficits, the suggested solutions for getting us back on track seem to be coming from all directions. The thing is, the answer for hi-tech lies in the same model it has operated on ...
Views: 449 - Making the Connection Between the Environment and Our Health - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardRaising awareness in terms of how pollutants in our environment can come back to bite us is starting to gain traction as more people are now connecting the effect our immediate environment has on our health. Much like the anti-tobacco ads which draw a clear connection between smoking cigarettes ...
Views: 634 - Managing your Time for Success - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardTime management is more than just setting a schedule and then sticking to it. Many people see time management as the setting of a list of rules that involve scheduling of appointments, goal setting, thorough planning, creating to-do lists and prioritizing activities. While these would be ...
Views: 768(1 vote) - More Scary Healthcare Stats - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAs the affordability of healthcare spins away from most Americans the statistics surrounding the healthcare industry paint a couple of pictures; one of a populace that increasingly requires healthcare, the other of institutionalized care designed to generate immense profits while impoverishing ...
Views: 1027 - Our Children and the Business of Pharmaceuticals - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAs reported recently in the Wall Street Journal, a study of prescription patterns in 2009, conducted by IMS Health, showed that 25 percent of children in the U.S. were on regular medication. According to the study, 45 million children are taking asthma medications, 24 million are taking ADHD ...
Views: 639 - Should you Mine for Gold or Sell the Pick-axes? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardDuring the California gold rush there were essentially two type businesses; the people who flocked to the state to discover gold and the businesses that supported them. Mining for gold was considered to be the more exciting of the two and provided the possibility for overnight riches, which drew ...
Views: 461 - Smoke, Mirrors, and Unemployment - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAccording to U.S. government calculations, the unemployment rate had a huge drop down to 9% in January. The headline number indicated that maybe the worst is over and that America is hiring again. A look at a couple of numbers inside the report took the air out of the report pretty quickly and ...
Views: 677 - Swimming in Chemicals - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardWe are literally swimming in toxins. As evidence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found flame retardant PBDE’s, long thought to be a group of neurotoxicants, in the bloodstreams, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk of over 95 percent of Americans that have been tested. A ...
Views: 555 - The Entrepreneur’s Work Day - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardThe greatest benefit of starting your own business is that it’s all yours. You have the freedom to work the hours you want, decide on the work to be done each day, and run your schedule to your choosing. A second substantial benefit of starting an your own business is that, like many successful ...
Views: 739 - The Entrepreneurial a Fresh Start - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardIf you starting a new business, the beginning of a new venture that provides a fantastic opportunity should be accompanied by a bunch of excitement and anticipation, right? Setting your goals, developing your strategy, an imagining your life once you’ve achieved what you set out do should have ...
Views: 657 - The EPA Chooses Political Expediency over Doing the Right Thing - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardIn exempting up to twenty industrial facilities from new federal controls on air pollution and the gases blamed for global warming, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled that the Obama administration does not have the political will to move aggressively on any kind of global ...
Views: 669 - The Evidence Rolls In - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardWithin days of each other, two extreme events occurred on opposite sides of the planet; the 2000 mile wide snowstorm that saw 25 foot waves in Lake Michigan and a monster cyclone that smacked into Australia. It increasingly appears that 200 years of burning coal, oil and gas and dumping their ...
Views: 405 - The Innocents Fight a Life Sentence - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardIn President Obama’s weekly address, he mentioned a visit he made to Penn State this week to learn about energy-efficient technologies at the school's Energy Innovation Hub. He specifically mentioned how researchers and students are designing more energy-efficient buildings as they move toward a ...
Views: 724 - The Jobs That are Disappearing for Good - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardThe job landscape in the US has been in the process of dramatic change, even prior the start of the recession. Two of the main reasons that these jobs are disappearing are advances in technology and the opportunity for companies to outsource work to offshore locales where labor costs are a ...
Views: 766 - Three Takeaways from the Deepwater Horizon Committee’s Findings - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardAlmost six months after the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon was capped, a commission tasked with analyzing what exactly happened has come out with a report that won’t satisfy those on either side of the issue. While it didn’t ask for a ban on offshore drilling neither did it provide a return to ...
Views: 615 - Trusting Corporate America to not Pull a “Lucy” - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardPresident Obama, continuing to stump for messages put forth in the “State of the Union” address, is calling out corporate America for outsourcing jobs. In his recent Saturday morning address, Obama stated, “Government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do ...
Views: 365 - Wanted: Global Warming Deniers - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardFox News hit the “want ads” the other day seeking someone that would take up the debate on global warming with Al Gore. Fox News science columnist Gene Koprowski recently posted the want ad on ProfNet requesting help and commentary from sources who would be able to "point out the ridiculousness" ...
Views: 472 - What do Protests and Violence in Egypt and Tunisia Signify? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardProtests have been growing in size and violence for the last several days in Egypt, led on the street by people in their twenties suffering from inflation, exaggerated unemployment, and institutionalized corruption. Additionally, protests against entrenched governments aren’t limited to Cairo. ...
Views: 600 - What happened to our Health Care System? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardIn the movies an actor gets hit on the head or survives an accident and wakes up saying “What happened?” In reality, a person walks out to the mailbox and looks at a medical bill that wipes out years of savings and asks the same thing. “What happened?” It’s the same for any American that ...
Views: 624 - Where We Were, Where Are, and Where We Need to Be - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardQuantifying the global warming problem is as easy as understanding three numbers; 275, 388, and 350. 275 – During all of human history, up until about 200 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 parts per million of carbon dioxide. Measuring in parts per million is a standard method of ...
Views: 571 - Why are we Subsidizing Big Oil? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2011 from Kieran PollardPresident Obama must be asking the same thing as he proposes cutting out approximately $36.5 billion a year in oil and gas company subsidies and tax breaks in his new budget, which is set to be released at the end of February. "We will not continue costly tax cuts for oil companies," president ...
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