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Learn to Read Financial Statements financialslacker.com/mba-tod…

Learn to Read Financial Statements

I earned my MBA over 20 years ago. I specialized in finance but when I started the program, I knew very little about finance in that I had an electrical engineering undergraduate degree and went st…

Financial Slacker · Jun 13, 2023 · 2:44 PM UTC

Private School Worth It, or Not? financialslacker.com/private…

Private School Worth It, or Not?

If you have children, it goes without saying that you want the best for them. But providing the best for your children, doesn’t always mean spending the most money. Are things that cost more,…

Financial Slacker · Jun 13, 2023 · 10:43 AM UTC

Is Innovation Only For the Big Guys? financialslacker.com/innovat…

Is Innovation Only For the Big Guys?

I was thinking the other day about innovation. The topic gets used often in the media especially when discussing technology companies. Innovation is often presented as an esoteric idea. People can&…

Financial Slacker · Jun 13, 2023 · 6:44 AM UTC

Ditch the Home Office For a Real Office financialslacker.com/ditch-t…

Ditch the Home Office For a Real Office

I’ve been thinking about whether or not I want a real office. I have a home office now. It’s shared space serving as a second family room/game room with my kids. It’s a fantastic …

Financial Slacker · Jun 13, 2023 · 2:45 AM UTC

Small Business Investing May Be Your Best Option financialslacker.com/small-b…

Small Business Investing May Be Your Best Option

I received word this morning that for the second time in as many weeks, a small business that I was looking at acquiring has agreed to a deal with another buyer. When I lose a deal like this, I am …

Financial Slacker · Jun 12, 2023 · 10:40 PM UTC

How Do Blogs Make Money? financialslacker.com/how-do-…

How Do Blogs Make Money?

I am a huge fan of Fred Wilson’s AVC blog and have mentioned it a few times here on Financial Slacker. Fred writes about venture capital, technology, and a little bit of everything else. And …

Financial Slacker · Jun 12, 2023 · 6:40 PM UTC

Making Money With An Online Business financialslacker.com/making-…

Making Money With An Online Business

In a prior post, I discussed the challenges in buying a business that I’ve encountered. But despite these setbacks, the feedback that I received from that post is encouraging. Many readers, i…

Financial Slacker · Jun 12, 2023 · 2:43 PM UTC

Where Do You Get Your News? financialslacker.com/where-d…

Where Do You Get Your News?

Coming off controversies surrounding coverage of the US presidential election and with the recent shooting incident at a pizza parlor that was named in a fake news story about the Clintons, I got t…

Financial Slacker · Jun 12, 2023 · 10:45 AM UTC

I Found the Perfect Mountain Cabin Vacation Home financialslacker.com/buying-…

I Found the Perfect Mountain Cabin Vacation Home

I’ve spent the last few weeks looking for a parcel of land to buy. And what started as a search for a multi-acre mountain property that we could use for camping, fishing, hiking, and other re…

Financial Slacker · Jun 12, 2023 · 6:40 AM UTC

Effective Interview Questions financialslacker.com/effecti…

Effective Interview Questions

Over the years, I have hired many people. And whether hiring a seasoned professional or entry-level staff, the most important part of the hiring process is the interview. To conduct a good intervie…

Financial Slacker · Jun 12, 2023 · 2:43 AM UTC

Regrets Can Become Opportunities financialslacker.com/regrets…

Regrets Can Become Opportunities

I have many regrets. Some are a bigger deal than others. I’m sure everyone can look back over their life and see things a little differently now than they did at the time. That’s the be…

Financial Slacker · Jun 11, 2023 · 10:45 PM UTC

Making Better Financial Decisions financialslacker.com/making-…

Making Better Financial Decisions

One of the benefits of running a site like Financial Slacker is being able to publicly set goals for yourself and then holding yourself accountable for achieving those goals. While the overall miss…

Financial Slacker · Jun 11, 2023 · 6:44 PM UTC

Retirement Pitfalls to Avoid financialslacker.com/retirem…

Retirement Pitfalls to Avoid

Are you prepared to navigate the maze of retirement pitfalls that you may encounter along your road to financial independence and early retirement? I understand that everyone wants to retire by the…

Financial Slacker · Jun 11, 2023 · 2:40 PM UTC

What Problem Is Motivating the Sale? financialslacker.com/motivat…

What Problem Is Motivating the Sale?

As I continue on my quest to buy a small business, I keep thinking back on my time in corporate mergers and acquisitions. One of the most important things I learned during that time was to connect …

Financial Slacker · Jun 11, 2023 · 10:43 AM UTC

Learn To Profit By Taking Risk financialslacker.com/learn-t…

Learn To Profit By Taking Risk

I was clicking through YouTube looking for a video to post this morning and I came across this TED Talk from Tom Sosnoff discussing the value of learning how to take risk. I don’t know anythi…

Financial Slacker · Jun 11, 2023 · 6:45 AM UTC

Using SlingBox to Watch Remotely financialslacker.com/quick-h…

Using SlingBox to Watch Remotely

It continues to be a great weekend of swimming. The kids are performing well and we’re having a great time. But I am frustrated with SlingBox. For those not familiar, the SlingBox is an older…

Financial Slacker · Jun 11, 2023 · 2:40 AM UTC

Refinance Analysis of a Commercial Mortgage financialslacker.com/refinan…

Refinance Analysis of a Commercial Mortgage

I love financial analysis. Whether it’s a mortgage refinance, an acquisition, or just looking at my own spending, the process of building a financial model and digging into the numbers to sol…

Financial Slacker@FinancialSlackr10 Jun 2023

Financial Slacker · Jun 10, 2023 · 10:43 PM UTC

How to Start a Business financialslacker.com/how-to-…

How to Start a Business

I was recently corresponding with an acquaintance who is out of work having been laid off due to mismanagement (by others) at his prior company. He has been having trouble finding a new role primar…

Financial Slacker@FinancialSlackr10 Jun 2023

Financial Slacker · Jun 10, 2023 · 6:40 PM UTC

Writer’s Block? Do This Morning Writing Exercise financialslacker.com/writers…

Writer’s Block? Do This Morning Writing Exercise

If you blog, you’ve probably experienced writer’s block at one time or another. I certainly have and I’m always on the lookout for strategies to deal with the issue. Here’s …

Financial Slacker@FinancialSlackr10 Jun 2023

Financial Slacker · Jun 10, 2023 · 2:43 PM UTC

Crowdsourced Thinking Leads to Better Answers financialslacker.com/crowdso…

Crowdsourced Thinking Leads to Better Answers

Good morning, Financial Slacker readers. As we ease into 2017, one of my initiatives for Financial Slacker is to increase support for others in the community. For this purpose, I am defining commun…