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Investor Crap Games

Investor Crap GamesByWilliam CateAsk not how much money you'll make from a speculative investment. Instead, ask how likely you are to lose your risk capital. Most investors will find better odds wagering their money in Las Vegas, Macao or Monte ...

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Avoiding Double Taxation

Many people who buy mutual funds and other stocks often end up paying tax twice when they finally sell the security. This is because they do not keep track of their "average cost base" per share. This problem is very prevalent on investments when the...

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Raising Money for Your Company

Raising Money for Your CompanyBy William CateSeptember 2004[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/][http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]It's never been easy to find risk capital for any busin...

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Mail Order A Great Home Business Idea

While the world continues to go catatonic over the Internet and its endless possibilities, there's another industry quietly going about its business, racking up billions of dollars in profits, year after profitable year after profitable year. W...

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Tame the Interruption Beast

Interruptions. Arghhh. One of the biggest problems for ushome-based business types is the relentless stream of thingsthat disrupt our train of thought. Unexpected phone calls,children that need attention, the dog needs to go out, thecat needs to come...

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Double Your Income With This Best Kept Business Secret

What is the one element that your business can't survive without? Here's a clue. Without effective implementation of this one element, your business is sure to fail. Is it a great business plan? Is it dynamite web copy that sells? Is it sup...

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How To Double, Even Triple Your Sales Instantly

Everyone from pizza chains to video stores have used theprincipals of positioning to explode their business. And now, youtoo can use this strategy regardless of the size of yourbusiness to catapult sales.Remember the pizza chain that had franchises...

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Real Estate Investing Deals That Increase Your Net Worth By $20,000 to $100,000

Consider these parameters for a real estate deal:Property Value: $250,000Purchase Price: $160,000Repairs: $2,500If you analyze the numbers, you see that the equity available in this deal is $87,500 (Property Value minus Purchase Price minus Repairs)....

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota to Host PRONTO North America Users Conference May 3 - 5

Peggy Smedley is the editor of Start Magazine and will be addressing the first annual PRONTO North America Users Conference on Thursday, May 5th. Smedley was recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal and authored Mending Manufacturing, How America...

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Business Opportunities Success and Failure Statistics as Well as Possible Prevention

Let's face it, business opportunities are a rather quick, easy way to start a business. They are usually "turnkey" operations, where someone that buys into a program either online or offline is provided with all the necessary elements of immedia...

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