My business operations are on hold right now and I'm looking for a safe place to park roughly $1-3 million.By safe I mean FDIC safe. And it has to allow BUSINESS accounts.Best I've seen so far is some online banks offering .7%. There are some banks offering 1% for personal accounts, but they are for personal accounts and don't accept businesses.Any help would be greatly appreciated!
What a wasteful brain drain. How much better off would our country be if more of those students went into engineering or became entrepreneurs?
http://www.wisebread.com/create-a-business-plan-by-answering-4-simple-questions
There are a lot of would be entrepreneurs out there with a great idea, but are afflicted with Business Plan Paralysis. Instead of shipping product, they're "working" on their plan, doing more "research", or "thinking about it". Right now, all you need is an internal working plan to get you going. And to get that working plan, all you need to do is answer these four simple questions.
Because success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.
I left the cocoon of Harvard, I left the cocoon of Saturday Night Live, I left the cocoon of The Simpsons. And each time it was bruising and tumultuous. And yet, every failure was freeing, and today I'm as nostalgic for the bad as I am for the good.
So, that's what I wish for all of you: the bad as well as the good. Fall down, make a mess, break something occasionally. And remember that the story is never over."
http://parentingsquad.com/easy-way-to-reset-your-sleep-cycle-stop-eating
Not eating for 16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can help people cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts. Scientists have long known that our circadian rhythm is regulated by our exposure to light. Now they have found a second "food" clock that takes over when we are hungry.
I'm interviewing a lot of startup ceo/founders in the next few weeks for my website. What are some great/insightful/funny startup questions you wish people would ask you?
http://www.wisebread.com/kevin-rose-supports-ron-paul-barack-obama
Some people may argue that this is why Digg's front page is dominated by Ron Paul stories. On the other hand, it is quite refreshing to see a media mogul openly declare his political preferences. If Rose has any bias at all, at least he is completely open about it.
http://www.wisebread.com/google-reader-invades-your-privacy-and-its-not-going-to-stop
This is not some random mistake by Google. Google is aggressively expanding its social apps and this is their way to force it down their users' throats. If they are not stopped now, this will be common practice for all other Google apps.
http://xkcd.com/361/?merrychristmas
Try not to bring your laptop to the dinner table.
I've had the opportunity to launch two successful small businesses in my life. Here are the ten things you should do before starting any sort of small business.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/OPINION03/712020312/1031
Wanting to be in college is not the same as wanting an education. Among the other reasons for wanting to be in college is that it is a social scene with large concentrations of people of the same age and the opposite sex.
This is why so many startups hit a wall after they get picked up by corporate giants. Group think kills.