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Tracey Solomon is Changing How We Buy Our Basic Needs

5/25/12 1:05pm by KathrynFinney
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Tracey Solomon, Co-founder of HoseAnna.com

Tracey Solomon is the co-founder and co-president of Hoseanna.com, a popular automated delivery service of all of life's messy necessities (pantyhose, razors, tampons, and the like). Formerly a successful business consultant and a brand strategy engagement leader, Solomon made the leap to e-commerce in 2010 with co-founder Katrina Carroll-Foster, and hasn't looked back.  Read more >

Want to Start an Etsy Shop? How to Plan for the Year

3/29/12 7:15am by Rita Arens
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Etsy jewelry

Even though I've never run a business with inventory, I spent several years as a contractor for a large corporation. While doing that, I learned a lot about estimated taxes, expenses, budgeting, etc. I remember thinking it would be way worse if I had material costs and inventory -- things get really complicated then.  Read more

Debt Consolidation & Settlement: Worth It?

2/16/12 2:10pm by wellheeledblog
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Debt Consolidation Sign

Debt consolidators and debt settlement companies will charge you a monthly fee or a one-time fee (or both) to administer your loan and help you work out a deal with creditors. Want to know if they're worth it?  Read more >

What Not to Do While Traveling

12/20/11 8:21am by Rita Arens
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Taxi Sign

On my last trip to New York City, I almost missed my plane due to stupidly going to the street to hail a cab instead of walking to a nice hotel and getting one there. When you're not used to big city lines or big city prices, you could have a big city shock while traveling if you don't do your research.  Read more

Your Beliefs About Money

12/12/11 8:37am by Linda Hunt
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Spaghetti Sauce

Over the weekend some newer friends of mine who just moved to the States called last minute to see if we could join them for dinner. She was going to throw together some salad and order pizza. I responded and said let’s make pizza, I just finished making my gravy. There was dead silence on the phone and my friend finally said, “We don’t put gravy on our pizza.” I busted out laughing! I had forgotten not everyone calls tomato sauce gravy or even knows that is another term used for it!  Read more >

Do Mean People Make More Money?

11/29/11 8:14am by Rita Arens
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Female Executive

Do nice girls really finish last? Money experts Jean Chatzky and Maggie McGrath pull together the research to answer that question.  Read more

The Haves and Have-Nots

11/8/11 8:07am by georgerede
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Occupy Wall Street Protester

Monday was my regular day off from work. Among the errands I had that day was dropping off a couple bags of books and videos at the Goodwill store in my neighborhood. That same afternoon, I headed down to my wireless carrier and finally got an upgrade for my iPhone. Moving up to the 3GS for free left me feeling pretty good about my choice. I didn't have a compelling reason to invest in the just-released 4S, which came with a hefty price tag and quite a bit more cultural cachet.  Read more >

Things That Make You Earn Less Money

10/31/11 6:14am by Rita Arens
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Naked Job INterview

Perhaps you've seen the Time article or heard the buzz about Daniel Hamermesh's new book, Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful. Or perhaps you've just glanced sidelong at the extremely attractive people in your office who always seem to come out on top and wondered, "is it really because they're hot? Am I imagining it?" I'm not sure I want to debate hotness, but the comments in human resources blogger Laurie's post point out some more disturbing allegations regarding how hiring decisions get made.  Read more

Swipe Fee Changes Equal Goodbye, Free Checking

10/28/11 10:39am by Rita Arens
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Bank Advertisement

[Updated 10/28: Banks appear to be caving left and right on adding additional debit card fees following the backlash on Bank of America. This editor still plans to leave Bank of America, because, people, please.]  Read more >

Do Businesses Really Like Groupon?

10/17/11 6:05am by Janssen
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Groupon Towels

[Editor's Note: Janssen is what every business should hope for: an ethical consumer. Here she questions if Groupon is really helping businesses and what she, as a consumer, wants to get out of trying something new. -Rita]  Read more