Monthly Archives: December 2009

Tweet-Links for 12/18/2009

Houston Business Journal | ERF Wireless inks $4.7 million broadband contract http://bit.ly/6KV5jJ Houston Biz Blog | Houston tow truck owners sued for shady practices http://bit.ly/7S1VN3 Austin Business Journal | Chasco Constructors ...

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Wage and Hour Lawsuits Are On the Rise

Rush Nigut, author of Rush On Business, recently posted Wage and Hour Lawsuits: Your Business Could Be Next.  Rush points out that big businesses are not the only ones at risk for these types of law suits.  I would agree that wage and hour issues are even more prevalent ...

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Esther Dyson discusses Angel Investing

Here is a video from Forbes.com showing an excerpt of Steve Forbes's interview with Esther Dyson. She discusses the role of angel investors in helping small businesses, including the rewards of being an angel investor and some of the things an investor should be concerned about when deciding when and how to invest. You ...

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Testing out the video functions…

One of the reasons I moved this blog is because the new hosting software allows me to use some interesting features more easily.  One of these is video and since I wanted to try it out, I thought I'd share a little shocking/humorous video.  This is an officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff's office literally ...

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5th Circuit Says Court Cannot Force a Party to Pay Arbitration Fees and Why Arbitration Is Not Always The Best Option

You have to wonder if this recent ruling might cause some companies to pause over the recent craze to automatically include arbitration clauses in their contracts. In Dealer Computer Svc v. Old Colony Motors the 5th Circuit ruled that a trial court did not have the authority to compel a party to pay an arbitration ...

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Tweet-Links for 12/14/2009

How to get Paid on International Transactions http://bit.ly/8hrXAr Want to create jobs? Import entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/4wb7LZ Which is more expensive, litigation or arbitration? http://bit.ly/6rsoL1 RT @sklservices: Congress ...

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New blog, new host, what a mess…

For those of you who read this blog regularly, you'll notice some big changes.  I've moved the blog "in house" so to speak with my own Wordpress hosting.  Hopefully this gives me the capability to do some new things as we go along. Unfortunately, things are going to look a little odd for a while and ...

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Texas Business Tools Announcement

I want to let you know I've put together some new resources that reside on my website.  I've tried to put together a solid list of business resources at several different levels but this is an ongoing process.  This resource will grow over time.  You can access these tools through the link below: Texas ...

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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Tweet-Links for 12/18/2009

Houston Business Journal | ERF Wireless inks $4.7 million broadband contract http://bit.ly/6KV5jJ Houston Biz Blog | Houston tow truck owners sued for shady practices http://bit.ly/7S1VN3 Austin Business Journal | Chasco Constructors ...

Continue Reading »

Wage and Hour Lawsuits Are On the Rise

Rush Nigut, author of Rush On Business, recently posted Wage and Hour Lawsuits: Your Business Could Be Next.  Rush points out that big businesses are not the only ones at risk for these types of law suits.  I would agree that wage and hour issues are even more prevalent ...

Continue Reading »

Esther Dyson discusses Angel Investing

Here is a video from Forbes.com showing an excerpt of Steve Forbes's interview with Esther Dyson. She discusses the role of angel investors in helping small businesses, including the rewards of being an angel investor and some of the things an investor should be concerned about when deciding when and how to invest. You ...

Continue Reading »

Testing out the video functions…

One of the reasons I moved this blog is because the new hosting software allows me to use some interesting features more easily.  One of these is video and since I wanted to try it out, I thought I'd share a little shocking/humorous video.  This is an officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff's office literally ...

Continue Reading »

5th Circuit Says Court Cannot Force a Party to Pay Arbitration Fees and Why Arbitration Is Not Always The Best Option

You have to wonder if this recent ruling might cause some companies to pause over the recent craze to automatically include arbitration clauses in their contracts. In Dealer Computer Svc v. Old Colony Motors the 5th Circuit ruled that a trial court did not have the authority to compel a party to pay an arbitration ...

Continue Reading »

Tweet-Links for 12/14/2009

How to get Paid on International Transactions http://bit.ly/8hrXAr Want to create jobs? Import entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/4wb7LZ Which is more expensive, litigation or arbitration? http://bit.ly/6rsoL1 RT @sklservices: Congress ...

Continue Reading »

New blog, new host, what a mess…

For those of you who read this blog regularly, you'll notice some big changes.  I've moved the blog "in house" so to speak with my own Wordpress hosting.  Hopefully this gives me the capability to do some new things as we go along. Unfortunately, things are going to look a little odd for a while and ...

Continue Reading »

Texas Business Tools Announcement

I want to let you know I've put together some new resources that reside on my website.  I've tried to put together a solid list of business resources at several different levels but this is an ongoing process.  This resource will grow over time.  You can access these tools through the link below: Texas ...

Continue Reading »