The success stories and start up business ideas of the most famous entrepreneurs .
About the Currency Converter Money exchange rates are really important, especially if you pay, or get paid from abroad. As you know, they are constantly changing. That’s why having a reliable currency converter near at hand is a must. For this purpose, we developed this widget, which can make currency conversions in real-time using quotes from yahoo finance – a very reliable source. however, please note that the exchange rates from Yahoo are not the exact ones your broker would work with or your change will exchange your money at. This tool works with international rates that are used on...
The FruitGuys.com and their fresh fruits delivery service A common US company is a combination of the owner’s efforts and entrepreneurship and his employee’s work; together with the sweat and all the time, both sides can give they can create a successful business. Chris Mittelstaedt is the man behind the FruitGuys (www.fruitguys.com) – a company delivering fresh, organic fruits and fruit baskets around the United States in order to help the people live a healthier and more blossoming life. The FruitGuys was started back in 1998 when the urge to stop employees stuff themselves with cheap snacks and unhealthy fast...
Trading is a great business! You don’t need equipment, machines, or even an office. Today, you can practically trade from any place with an available Internet connection. You are not tied to a location, which means you can travel around the world while trading. And at the same time, you can earn a pretty good income, if you are good at it. There are so many things you can trade… You can trade on any capital market – currencies on the FOREX market, stocks on the NYSE, commodities on the CBOT,… you name it. Trading is almost the same everywhere...
You don’t need to be a genius if you want to be a good investor. Actually, investing is boring and a dummy thing, and everyone can do it! You need to stick to some rules and have some discipline, but it’s not rocket science at all. Here are some basic tips, that can significantly improve the performance of your portfolio. They are so simple and trivial, that many people would ignore them thinking they are too obvious to be true. But they are and can have some substantial effect on your returns. Don’t forget about the fees! Investors often don’t...
When Facebook is not allowed… Facebook is the biggest social network the world has ever witnessed so far. It has spread all around the globe and there is nothing that can stop it… Except for the Great Wall of China, which in this case can be easily renamed to the Great Firewall of China. After Facebook was banned within the online space in the Asian country back in 2009, many local businesses began taking in the empty slot for a social network. Qzone (also called just QQ) was one of them. Unlike the others, Qzone provides its users with a...
Most of us pay mortgages and all of us that do know what a burden such a loan could be. This is why it’s extremely important to plan thoroughly your payments in the future and try taking into account all potential risks and difficulties you may occur. First of all, you need a detailed look at your mortgage repayment plan. This amazing calculator below can show you in very detail how your loan and payments would look over time. It provides some wonderful charts that will give you a visual idea of the interest payments, principle, and the remaining balance...
How Zumba Was Born Four travels between Colombia and Miami were necessary for Beto Perez to find a place, where he could teach people the beautiful and healthy ways of Zumba. Yes, the newest fashion in the world came from this Columbian man who, through hard work and not giving up, managed to find a manager to help him get his own class in the United States. The one final trip when Perez got his place in Miami was a rather funny situation. In 1999, the manager, whom Perez was trying to convince that his workout class was going to...
Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) is one of the greatest Internet companies in the world. I can proudly say, that I am very happy to be a client of theirs and many other people would tell you the same. Not surprisingly, Goddady’s first competitor is far behind and its business is 4 times smaller (impressive). Having this in mind, I can say that the Daddy is the king in the domain name business, as in 2014 more than 50 million names are under their supervision. This makes the company the biggest registrar in the world. Except for domain names, you can buy...
This one is another interesting and lucrative investment strategy. The so-called dividend aristocrats are a group of stocks from the S&P 500 index, that have increased the dividends they pay to shareholders for at least 25 consecutive years. Sounds good, isn’t it? Not only these companies have paid dividends for a quarter of a century, but also they increased them every single year. For the last 25 years, a portfolio containing all Dividend Aristocrats would have beaten the SP500 index big time. If you invested $1 000 in the index 25 years ago, you would have made around $7 990...
How some of the brightest business ideas were born? How have some entrepreneurs invented things that have changed our lives forever? Well, actually the answers to these questions are quite simple. You will be even amazed by how simple they are… It’s actually one simple thing all successful entrepreneurs did well to get to where they are. Have you already guessed what it is? It’s finding a solution to a problem and building a business around it. That’s all, as simple as that. Most of the great ideas of our time were born because they solve a very common problem...
