Business Thought for the Day: Getting Started 90% of the Battle – Getting Business 10%

One of the biggest mental hurdles we face when we start any business, website, project, DIY task: we always assume it has to be 100% perfect before we start to get customers. Examples abound of sites and business that spent hours building the perfect widget or wonderful forum only to find that it isn’t making…

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Don’t smoke in public places in Taiwan – PLEASE!

As a non-smoker, I’ve never been particularly bothered by smokers 2nd smoke until I contracted a form of asthma induced by a nasty bronchitis a few years ago. Ever since then, I have become vehemently anti-smoker even to the extent that I actually walk out of restaurants that openly flout the non-smokers’ rights. Why? Because…

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Diamonds Are ‘Forever’ – Gold Is Alloy – Where is the real wealth?

With Feb. 14th approaching fast, I’m sure many guys out there are thinking about what gift to buy their sweethearts. The thought of purchasing diamonds is invariably not far away, and the ladies have long had expectations that diamonds are a sign of betrothal. But one of my favorite online stories about the making of…