Escaping the walls of the cubicle farm to the land of milk and honey is full of all sorts of booby traps. You can, however, help guarantee the success of your journey to entrepreneurship by acknowledging this simple fact: A business success or failure is largely determined by the individual who starts it, and since you are an individual looking to start a business, its success largely depends on you. Having a business is almost as simple as wanting a business, but if you’re embedded in the unfortunate reality of the rat race how can you prepare yourself while you are still slaving away at that 9-to-5?
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Coming up with a good name for your website is harder than naming a baby. That’s why when I’m pondering over how to uniquely identify my latest creation I don’t take this step very lightly. If your name doesn’t reflect the nature and vision of your website or you don’t build a branding strategy to back it up, you’re likely to confuse and lose visitors. Don’t make the fatal mistake of arbitrarily picking a name.
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Scouring the columns of Craiglist you might discover, that yes, rental prices just aint what they used to be. But no matter where you’re located, finding the right place to live is as daunting as buying a car. There are so many factors to consider — traffic, crime, proximity to loved ones, and prices — that your judgment can be easily sideswiped by a shifty landlord. Moving is undoubtedly a pain in the culo. But on the journey to finding the perfect neighborhood there’s one score that you definitely won’t want to be without.
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You never miss the water until the well runs dry. No, in the Internets we seldom appreciate the amount of work and dedication that goes into creating our beloved blogs until of course something goes wrong. And let me not be an exception to that rule. Recently Millionster ran into it’s own headaches with one of the world’s worst web host slash domain registrar’s notorious for AOLing their customers to the point of tears and insanity. In hindsight there are some steps we should’ve/could’ve taken to cover our asse(t)s, and now here I am to share this wisdom with you.
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Ah yes.. Just needed a place holder =) But I’m glad it got your attention!

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I’m exasperated at the cost of living in California, really. Even though I make descent money and live quite comfortably within my means my recent adventure in finding a new apartment has brought a certain reality to my outlook on life in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s for people who like to waste money — seriously. So what the hell am I doing here?
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Hello world!

I feel like I’m starting all over again after a couple months of not posting anything. *sad face* Suffice it to say I’ve learned and grown a lot in these few weeks, but still have many daunting questions and trying to unravel the mysteries of money.
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Yes I do! and very much so!

But you wouldn’t believe me I told you I still haven’t found an apartment yet.

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Yes I’m alive! But in between settling life down, getting addicted to myspace and getting the next version of MIL up I refuse to post anything! r-e-f-u-s-e.. Bear with me. I know you love me!

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Over the last 4 weeks or so, I’ve spent about $450 between two different girls (If you recall I was dating a hot Italian girl, but I’ve recently upgraded to the Persian express.) Call me crazy… For some reason this new girl I’m dating just really freaking like going to the movies, and last night was no exception. She just HAD to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 — and I just had to take her. I didn’t really mind to be quite honest, afterall she did make me dinner, and you know, when I’m sprung money is no object.
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