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Recommended Home Business Marketing Training

STUMBLING IN YOUR HOME OR SMALL BUSINESS? I became aware of an excellent free resource of online training available for those who have turned to building their own small business enterprise as an answer to the recession. If internet marketing is part of what your home business needs, read on.  Otherwise, get back to [...]

Is the Recession Over for Equipment Suppliers?

I always thought that at some point the name of my blog would become a liability. An anachronism.  At some point the high tech equipment industry would recover to the point that it would no longer be trying to survive a recession, and my blog title would be… be obsolete! Yahoo!

Is it Time to Take [...]

Having a purpose for life and work

Famous Quotes On “Business and Purpose”… Take the Quiz

Living and Working With Purpose

For the complete story, a bit long for this blog, see my article on HubPages here:

“Living and Working With Purpose”

One may need to look elsewhere for the sun

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A chunk of certified PBET instructors are no longer at Asyst Technologies; the company declared bankruptcy in April. On June 10 it was Aviza Technology, also based in hard-hit California, that declared bankruptcy.

In May, Axcelis Technologies, a company at which I used to work, sidelined about 235 workers, or [...]

“What can an older worker do?”

Being in my early 60s I could identify with a recent report in the Washington Business Journal. Using data from a recent survey, they say that “the recession has eroded older workers’ confidence about retiring comfortably.”

Well, yeah!  With IRA savings cut in half and worse, I would say that has eroded my confidence. Like many [...]

Learning from the Positives in the Recession Culture

Recession-proof.  It can mean a lot of different things to different people.  But it never means you are immune to the recession.  We all feel the impact.

At times we may experience the negative impact: job loss, reduced income, fear, anxiety/insecurity, loss of esteem, loss of home or retirement. 

To me, “recession-proof” means to [...]

How Training Helps Home Business Entrepreneurs

Yesterday, I described how developing a home business can be one way to recession-proof your family.  In addition, I tried to point out that many of my colleagues with a training background have a lot to offer this growing industry.  Finally, I provided a link to some sample training provided by Mike Klingler of the [...]

Training for Home Business Owners… and Home Business Trainers

As I have suggested elsewhere, one way to recession-proof is to develop additional income from a home business. In fact, while the creation of home businesses have been on the rise for years, interest is exploding right now. Whether it’s a hobby converted to a business (eg., photography, cooking, crafts), consulting (eg., in the [...]