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For Start-ups, Lessons from the great depression — focus on customer needs by Ravit Lichtenberg How to make lots of money during a recession by Steve Pavlina OK Entrepreneurs, Time to Step Up by Brad Feld Downsized? Fired? Here are the new rules of finding a job by David Meerman Scott RIP Good Times? A [...]

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Reported by a reader (thanks for the tip!): It happened on Friday without any warning.  Cox Communications has been offering early retirement packages and getting the employees ready for layoffs for two months now (which it appears won’t happen) so Autotrader.com had plenty of time to know of the kill order. An estimated 300 people [...]

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"Every month, my pay check goes to 3 places: my mortgage payment, nanny for my kid, and Costco! " — a new mom. "The other day, I was at Costco. Someone asked me if I wanted to upgrade my membership to ‘Executive Membership’ — it’s $50 more, and they told me that I would get [...]

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I knew very little about how auto insurance company worked until very recently. During the labor day weekend, I took the kid to the park. We parked the car legally on the street near the park. A few hours later, when we returned, the entire rear end of the car was smashed. There was a [...]

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"I’m the usability guru. I have been doing this for the last 8 years. I’ve been reading a lot of books in usability and taking classes. I know what users want. You business people shouldn’t question my judgment". The UI designer in my company was quite upset as several business folks were criticizing his design. [...]

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A lot of folks are applying business school now. The first road block an MBA applicant will encounter is GMAT. Most top  business schools have average GMAT score of 700 or above. Some people are really good at standardized test, and they’ll get 700 or higher on their first try. It’s not that easy for [...]

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There was a scrum mania around me. The software development team had been missing deadlines and producing buggy code. The business team felt frustrated because they were not getting the features they wanted to market and sell. Let’s implement SCRUM! Let’s be iterative and get things out quickly! The company sent a few program managers [...]

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Are you employed but concerned about your job security? You’re not alone. And you should be concerned. According to Barron’s Tech Trader Daily, As Tech Job Cuts Mount, Layoff Rumors Pervade The Valley. And CEOs told Chicago Mayor They Plan Huge Layoff in November, December. I wish I have the crystal ball to tell folks [...]

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