Let me say up front that I don’t know when the next recession will begin. They say you only know a recession happened after the fact because there must be 2 quarters of lost productivity. Most recessions are short enough that we get through them without much suffering. But everyone alive now remembers the Great Recession. That was a really rough time for my family. Three of us were out of work for a few months. When you run into financial problems they say you should turn to your family but that wasn’t an option for us. We had to look for other ways to get by. Not long ago…

If you want to become an entrepreneur it helps to study the careers of successful entrepreneurs.  Some of the best-known entrepreneurs had help getting started.  And though we can certainly learn good business lessons from them, we want to pay special attention to those people who managed to launch successful businesses without the advantage of a helping hand. You have to create your own advantages by building networks of reliable contacts, gathering resources, even arranging financing.  But you also need a rapid-fire business plan.  The critical component to the success of any business is cash flow.  You need to keep the money coming in faster than it is going out.…

It has been way too long since I have written anything for this site.  I am sorry about that but I got very, very busy and just never found time to write something new.  But I have been keeping an eye on other sites that share ideas for making money or managing money.  Here is a short list of sites that I think are pretty interesting. Ben Thomas Budgeting with the Bushmans David Akeman Dream Horizon Edward Curzon Fit’n’Poor Frank’s Haven Journey to Saving The Local-invest Rotation Strategy Blog My Trust Fund Dreams The Paradox Blog The Pinchback Rags to Riches The Single Dollar Young Money While I cannot promise…