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by nsimpson 11y ago
One of the better pieces of financial advice I ever got from a mentor was: if you have a business or are self employed, get disability insurance. I ended up enrolling in California's Disability Insurance Elective Coverage (DIEC) - htt
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by nsimpson 13y ago
Ah, so you're a waffle man...
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by nsimpson 14y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER: We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm in Sunnyvale, CA. The platform is Intalio BPMS ( http://int
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by nsimpson 16y ago
We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm in Sunnyvale, CA. The platform is Intalio BPMS ( http://intalio.com ) and skill
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by nsimpson 16y ago
We're hiring a part time (up to 20hr/wk), remote web application developer to support a BPM project for one of our clients, a high technology manufacturing firm in Sunnyvale, CA. The platform is Intalio BPMS ( http://intalio.com ) and skil
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by nsimpson 17y ago
One of the hardest things to do when hiring a consultant is to figure out what they're like to work with ... will they have a good attitude, work well with people, understand and listen to requirements etc. Surprisingly to some, many compa
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by nsimpson 18y ago
Does anyone else see this as a thinly veiled partisan rant along the lines of, "Democrats are Ivory Tower elitists who hate Joe the Plumber and will destroy free enterprise in the USA"? In what sense does this article have any practical val
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by nsimpson 18y ago
Ripped directly from Wikipedia: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (sometimes known as the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act)[1] was an act signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels. In the Uni
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Leadership & The Economy - (in)decisionmaking(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 18y ago|0 comments
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by nsimpson 18y ago
I don't know why this was modded down ... it's a fascinating subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression Every entrepreneur knows that those who choose to ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
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by nsimpson 18y ago
For people seeking an informed and academic perspective, you may find this PDF on Liquidation Cycles during the Great Depression to be of interest: http://econ161.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/Liquidation_Cycles.pdf
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MobClix: offers stats on iPhone apps(techcrunch.com)
1 points by nsimpson 18y ago|0 comments
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by nsimpson 18y ago
You have to take into consideration the author is a sales guy and not an operations guy. The problem for a sales guy is, "how do I get my prospective customer to take a risk and shake things up by buying my product?" An operations guy woul
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by nsimpson 18y ago
To prevent this from degenerating into partisan political BS, let me say that if anyone is interested in the macro environment and the economy, check out the Economist. This paper was established to advance free market and free trade princi
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by nsimpson 18y ago
I'm all for positive thinking, but it's a little early for partisan hacks to start crowing about how excellently the economy is functioning right now. Show me the data in 6 months time. I nearly fell off my chair on the part where they cla
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by nsimpson 18y ago
I know I'm going to get downmodded for this but I have to agree with Captain-M. The attitude that "we're doing better than our competitors so we don't need to improve" is toxic, and usually fatal for a company in the long run (... the other
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How good is your title?(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 18y ago|0 comments
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Three mistakes your employees should avoid if you get acquired (Humor)(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 18y ago|0 comments
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Fun out of the box thinking exercise(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 18y ago|0 comments
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Startup Success Depends on Your Industry?(smallbiztrends.com)
4 points by nsimpson 18y ago|0 comments
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by nsimpson 18y ago
A lot of the biz types would be surprised at how truly unoriginal their "ideas" are. It takes deep technical insight to come up with something truly groundbreaking. I would rather talk about the opposite case: i.e. A hacker has a brilliant
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Do or DO(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
2 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Presentations: when is the right time to pull the rabbit out of the hat?(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Sharpen your Axe (Cartoon)(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Leadership: A conversation with "God"(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Does my Company Love Me?(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Empowerment without Discipline(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Persuasion: Facts don't sway people, feelings do. And stories are the best way to evoke feelings.(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Communication Bypass(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
1 points by nsimpson 19y ago|0 comments
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Any intelligent fool can make things more complex(fridayreflections.typepad.com)
5 points by nsimpson 19y ago|1 comments

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