Friday, November 14, 2008

Recession Success Stories

There is always opportunity in every economy. A recession is no different. You can always make money in the stock market no matter how bad it is doing. You just have to know what youa re doing to do it. Whether you are making las vegas hotel reservations to try and get rich playing poker and win your financial freedom, or you are workign on a business, there is opportunity in a recession. It will end eventually. Then you become stronger than you were even in a recession.

Throughout American history there have been those that have found big profits when things go bad. That is because they understand what is needed at the time. That is because they run a good business and they know how to get things done. Take a look at the 17 Recession Success Stories outlined here for some examples.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

How to Lose a Deal in China

It is sort of part of business, and even movie lore now that learnign about foreign culture just enough to make a deal is always there. You see it when some business guy meets with a Japanese CEO to try and make a deal, in some restaurant with modern furniture, and then he accidently uses the wrong word to say something which totally offends the Japanese CEO. The deal goes south, and the guy is left scratching his head as to what he did wrong.

With the way the world is now you may be more inclined to be making a deal in China these days than anywhere else. A good article on how not to screw that deal up is here. They picked 3 things that should keep you from killing a deal in China. Things that will make you look like aq fool, or just plain offend someone.