Some Anniversary Gifts for the 50th Wedding Anniversary – The Golden Anniversary Making it fifty years married is pretty amazing. Most people haven’t even lived that long. So, what do you get the couple who’s probably lived together for more years than we’ve been alive? Here’s a few relatively unique ideas for you. Family coat [...]

Once upon a time, way, way back, we used to dream of being happy. We dreamt of fire trucks, climbing trees, and hoping that we could just eat mac and cheese for dinner and get ice cream before bed time. Once upon a time, we weren’t stressed out about money. It’s been a long time [...]

In the past, I mentioned my love for projects. I still love them, but I’ve found two reluctancies creeping into my mindset in the past few months. 1. The management paradox The first issue I’m calling the management paradox. When we start a project, however big or small, we’re excited about the possibilities, the way [...]

A few weeks ago my business partner and I ended up at a pleasant establishment to celebrate the beginning of a new internal project for our web development company. It was no surprise we ran into one of the most prolific frequenters of the establishment, and good friend of mine, Ted O’Connor, a.k.a. @hober. We [...]

What Is Microfinance? Here’s the boring definition: A type of lending involving small, non-collateralized loans to low-income, typically self-employed, workers who do not have access to traditional financial lending services. The more interesting definition includes the belief that microfinance is one of the most powerful methods by which people can be assisted out of poverty. [...]

Advances in educational technology have made distance learning programs a viable alternative to attending bricks-and-mortar campuses. Here’s a (pretty long) list of schools you should consider when looking into online schools and programs. I’ve included the graduate degrees as well as the specific methods by which the online degree program is run. Aberdeen Business School [...]

Microfinance & International Development Degree Programs/Workshops American University – School of International Service The International Development Program of The School of International Service at American University offers an M.A. degree in international development and an M.S. degree in development management. Specializations include: business, community development, conflict and development, development management, democracy and governance, economic policy, [...]

It sounds like a scam. A tuition-free business school? If it’s not a scam, it certainly can’t be good. Right? Wrong. When you see the combination of experienced entrepreneurs, heads of some of the world’s top educational institutions, and the United Nations get together, it’s time to pay attention. Something big is changing.  In this [...]

In Patrick McKenzie’s recent post titled Running A Software Business on 5 Hours A Week (which is brilliant by the way), he believes in a different time management philosophy.  Rather than doing what most time management and self-help gurus tell us – giving us ways of being more efficient, squeezing more things into our 24 [...]

Since we like to rank things, here’s a list of the best 20 undergraduate business schools in the United States ranked by BusinessWeek magazine. If you’re interested in getting your business degree, a good place to start is by learning more about finding the right business school. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) University of Virginia [...]