Leaving Work and Going Entrepreneur
My friend, (who I’ll code name “Pink”), resigned her job recently to become her own boss, handle her own time and truly be an entrepreneur. We, her buddies, told her that entrepreneurship wasn’t as merry as it may seem. Your bosses are, in fact, the clients now. Still she persisted. Ahh stubbornness… you love that about entrepreneurs. I recall my first foray into...
Read MoreThis Entrepreneur Earns 5 Times More Than His Previous Job
Eligio considers himself a freelancer. He is part-programmer and part-blogger. Since he found his own little business niche, he’s now an inspiring entrepreneur. I interviewed him to get a brief glimpse into his life: Do you earn online? How would you compare your earnings to your daily salary/allowance (is it more, less)? How would you compare it to an the average Filipino worker? Eli: I...
Read MoreWhat To Do When No One Reads Your Blog
Last week I was uninspired. I was on vacation – with plenty of time to write an article. The hot weather, however, was too distracting. Also – my regular sources of newsworthy topics seemed irrelevant. I peeked amidst the noise of my blog feeds. After the first 20 or so titles, I didn’t even bother anymore. The noise, it seems, has simply gotten louder. Those few noteworthy...
Read MoreStory Of A Stolen Mac Book Pro
In October 2008, Marc and Sharm, a newly-married couple, found their apartment ransacked. A game-console and two laptops were stolen. One item was a relatively-new Mac book Pro. At the office, we received his text message “Not coming to work. We were robbed.” He emailed photos of the incident. Even pictures of the police as they investigated the matter. There were foot marks on the...
Read MoreWhen IT Blocks Facebook, Multiply, Youtube
I heard about that NASCAR April Fool’s joke that backfired. Being (somewhat) in the Automotive industry, I promptly searched Google to see what had happened. As I clicked on the news story link, I was welcomed by our dreaded office IT blocking filter. It said: The URL you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it is blacklisted by your system...
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