Startup Nation

Spent a few minutes looking at some of the forums out there for start u businesses.  I like the one at Startup Nation…

Independant Contractors or Employee?

Looks like the Senate has decided that IC’s might be part of the “underground” economy. 

“You say the worker is in an independent contractor. The IRS says he or she is an employee.”

Read. Weep. Follow the money.

Bezos and the Booksellers

Key graf from this AP story:

“Bezos continued his advocacy of the Kindle e-book reader, billed as “revolutionary” by the retailer, although at this point more as a concept than as a way of life. His talk disappointed many attendees, who had hoped that he would announce some major news, but it did continue the ongoing discussion of the e-future. “

Book sellers are dying and the proposed solution from the biggest player seems to be to hand them an anchor.  The Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device is not being well received.  I haven’t picked one up yet to try it but I must admit that I like the feel of a book, the sound of the pages turning and textures to the type.  Don’t think that the Kindle will deliver that.  We’ll see.

 

 

Finishing Trump 101, Starting “The World is Flat”

I’ll have a post up in the next day or two about Trump’s book, Trump 101: The Way to Success.

For now, the short version is that this book is not going to teach you a dozen different methods for building opulent towers, getting tons of free publicity or how to manage a bad comb-over.

It will give you the mind tools to develop specific strageties for success. 

Definitely not a how-to-do book; more a how-to-think book.

More later.