Category Archives: Believe

If you get scammed; you are damned

In the late 1980s the Internet ushered in the information age putting the very best information at the fingertips of the average computer user, but at the same time it also brought about a serious threat. Information on how to make money online lures new Internet users in like bait to Internet dwelling piranhas that…

Is being self-employed really that liberating?

A number of people get frustrated when they work in the employ of someone else, especially after raising a better way to solve a problem that could ultimately lead to greater profits, only to discover that their employer is not interested. They throw their arms up in the air and in a huff exclaim “If…

False hope and empty nests

Easter is here which is as good time as any to think about eggs… but, oh no,  I don’t mean colourful aluminium  foil wrapped, chocolaty eggs; I mean nest eggs. We work for some 40 odd years and then one day we get a chance to sit back and relax. We deserve it, after all…

Poor excuse: …But I don’t live in the United States

When starting a company with global reach it was typically always a bigger challenge if you were not living in the United States. The United States was the power house and the strongest economy in the world. But that has changed. In the last few decades we have seen a number of small changes that…

Read this at your own risk!

I hear it all the time “Starting a business is risky!!!” I guess that seems like a logical and fair statement. With the statistic spreading around like wildfire that more than 85% of new businesses will fail in their first 5 years,  but I must say that depending on who you talk to that stat…

4 nightmares that should trouble even the most successful of employees

Were you told to seek good grades at school and then seek the financial security that a job can give you? I was, as are many of us, but in recent times there have been four big blows to job security that have made even the most successful of employees ponder whether job security is…