Archive for June, 2010

• What Is Your Yacht?

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 31, 2010

  I have a subscription to Yachting Magazine, as well as Money. Most of the Money Magazine articles are online so I often read them before I get my monthly subscription, but I still scan it for something interesting I missed.  As far as Yachting goes, they stack up for months before I read them. [...]

  Motivation

• Crazy Town – Thank You Jason Aldean

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 30, 2010

  We just got back from Nashville, Tennessee, where we learned that it’s a Crazy Town for people who want to break into the music business. My daughter is a songwriter and played her songs nightly at the different venues. We were at the Commodore one night, the Bluebird Cafe the next, and Douglas [...]

  Starting A Business

• Jesse James Robs Our Innocence, Not Sandra Bullock's

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 29, 2010

  Jesse James is yet another celebrity that stumbled into scandal.  Why is Jesse different? Most people thought of him as a scumbag… but somehow he rebranded himself as a good guy. Married to Sandra Bullock, America’s Sweetheart, and going on The Apprentice, he somehow fooled the public into believing he was a good guy. Then [...]

  Advertising, Image

• How To Dress For Work by Dilbert

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 28, 2010

  Here’s today’s Dilbert… enjoy!

  Sunday Dilbert

• Fast Enough – Poetry Saturday

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 27, 2010

  Fast Enough – by Brian Satterlee
  Time’s not moving by that clock on the wall
  Telephone’s ringing, gotta pick up this call
  At the end of the day, don’t feel nothing at all
  It’s not happening fast enough
  Work day’s over, yet another day
  My check’s on Friday, more money made
  For my creditors to take, not a dime is saved
  It’s not [...]

  Poetry Saturday

• The Week That Was 3/26/2010 by CNBC

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 26, 2010

  Special Report: Here is a review of this week by CNBC

  Business News

• What You Need To Know Before Starting A Business

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 26, 2010

  My short answer is nothing.  There is nothing you need to know before taking the leap and saying “I am in business”.  You can do it, say it now… Now you are in business.  That wasn’t so hard was it?
  Everything else you need to know you can learn as you go.  You just need to [...]

  Starting A Business

• Business Ethics by The Office – Video Thursday

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 25, 2010

  Here is a video on Business Ethics (i.e. things not to do) from The Office on NBC:

  Ethics

• So How's All Of This Going To Make Me Rich?

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 24, 2010

  The first rule of business is that there is only one reason to be in business: profit.  If you are in business for any other reason, you should consider it a hobby or a non-profit.  Now we don’t want to make a profit at the expense of everything else but we do want to make [...]

  Starting A Business

• The Basics Of Cash Flow

  Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on March 23, 2010

  If you have a checking or savings account, you deal with cash flow on a personal level. Start a small business, open a checking account, and now you are dealing with business cash flow. When you are just starting a business, the game is easy. Spend as little as possible and make [...]

  Money Management, Starting A Business