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• 10.30.08
  Learning Entrepreneurship From Kids Business | (3)

  This weekend my wife and I were traveling home from the tour of our backup hospital for the birth of our son when we stumbled across this little gem of a story from the folks at NPR. It was about two budding entrepreneurs who, (*enter deep and ominous voice*) in the midst of these very serious and very deep economic problems (*end deep and ominous voice*), have found the strength to begin a business together: Lucky Worms and Monster Worms. Enzo and Otto Fiore, age 6 and 4 respectively, represent something at the very center of the spirit that will ...

  Tagged: entrepreneurship, kids, lessons learned
  
• 06.27.08
  Money Management Problem – Credit Card Debt Money Management | (1)

  Madison over at My Dollar Plan invited her readers to comment on a question she received from a friend about how to get rid of $14,300 in debt. I have never faced debt like this, so what I have to offer is only theory crafting - but I like crunching numbers so I figured I'd give it a shot. According to Madison, the debt is distributed in this way: Personal Line: $3,500 balance @ 15% - $7,000 limit Credit Card #1: $2,300 balance @ 9.6% - $5,000 limit Credit Card #2: $6,600 balance @ 8.5% - $8,000 limit Credit Card #3: $1,900 ...

  Tagged: credit management, lessons learned
  
• 06.12.08
  Six Financial Lessons Learned From Going Poop Featured, Frugality | (7)

  Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood. Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a pretty wise guy. He gets quoted all the time by people trying to sound like they know what they are talking about, so when he says something (from beyond the grave!) I listen. But not only do I listen, I take his message to the max. So when I was dropping some bombs at work the other day my mind started clicking with all the ways that making a stinky relates to the good ol' personal finance. ...

  Tagged: credit management, lessons learned, life-style choices
  
• 04.15.08
  Credit Card Woes and Weird Banks & Credit Cards | (1)

  First the woes - I got hit with a $39 late fee yesterday because my due date was on a Sunday (why?) and when I made the payment on its due date it wouldn't except it until Monday, a day late. Talk about a bummer. I will try and call my credit card company and see if all the advice I've read about calling and asking them to waive a late fee for a loyal payer will work. Time will only tell. What makes it even a bigger bummer is that on Friday I knew that ...

  Tagged: credit, lessons learned
  

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