Here’s an opportunity that any twenty-something should be checking out… Ramit Sethi is giving away $2500 to a twenty-something with an entrepreneurial idea.   I started reading Ramit about a month ago.   He’s a genuine guy that is truly interested in helping others reach their dreams.   This scholarship is looking for someone with past entreprenurial [...]

Yesterday was a rough day at work.  We had to let 550 people go… Yuck.  For those that haven’t experienced this type of environment, take it from me… It sucks.  A lot of us had heard rumors that “cuts will be coming Tuesday morning.”  But none of us knew what to expect.  These RIFs (Reduction In Force) [...]

There is one message that was pounded into my head all throughout college. It’s the same message that any marketing professional has heard 1,000 times… Never try to be all things to all people. Here are the typical examples people use time and time again: Winners                   [...]

Analytics.  Blogger.  iGoogle.  Gmail.  Picassa.  Docs.  Alerts.  Reader.  Desktop. See the trend in the naming of Google products?  Simplicity. They haven’t come up with brilliant names… they’ve taken simple words and put “Google” in front of them.  And it works because of the brand Google has built. Today Google will release “Google Chrome.” What’s Google [...]

Iowa – you have a problem… You have a too many jobs and not enough qualified people to fill them. Right now, there’s a surplus of roughly 48,000 jobs; that number is expected to go to nearly 200,000 within six years. This is what we commonly refer to as “The Brain Drain.” So why is [...]

College encompasses many things… classes, parties, friendships, internships, and numerous other activities that might come your way. Sometimes when we are so caught up in the day to day activities, we forget about the one common goal that every student shares…The ultimate goal of college is to get a job. It isn’t about how good [...]

If you’re thinking of consolidating loans, don’t do it. First, because many lenders have dropped their consolidation programs. Iowa Student Loan used to have a program that would reduce your rate by a point if you made your first 12 payments on time…. Now they don’t even have a consolidation program. According to an article [...]