(ThyBlackMan.com) As a small business you really are like a small fish in a huge ocean and you must avoid a great many obstacles which have the ability to swallow you whole. It is exactly for this reason that so many new companies fail to make it past the 3 year ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you don’t know who Arnon Dror is then you really should, especially if you have any dreams of being successful in business. Dror is one of the best VPs in the business and used to work for industry giant Xerox as VP in Portland, Oregon, where he helped the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Depending on the background of the prospective customer and their previous experience with other contractors, your business may have an uphill battle to get them to trust you. Reaching that point is often necessary to secure the first order – whether a trial order for a smaller task or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sick of living paycheck to paycheck? If you’re sick of struggling through the month until payday over and over it’s time to break the cycle, it can be incredibly difficult getting your money under control but one of the best things you can do in your adult life. Whether you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you think the blues is dead, you are dead wrong. Sure, Muddy has been gone since I was a fetus. B.B. recorded his last track several years ago. Buddy Guy is still touring, holding the genre together as an elder—-at 82 years young. Giants and icons aside, the roots ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An examination of American Reconstruction reveals that southern plantation owners foremost fears revolved around the erosion of a biased and opportunistic Southern culture that supported their wealth and political interests. Southern aristocrats understood that it was their oppressive culture that was more important than their wealth. It was the maintenance of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I interviewed one of my readers who is a California physician. Let’s call her Dr. C. She is blessed with two very bright and beautiful children and kind enough to share her money management journey and lessons learned. I share this interview as an opportunity for my readers to learn ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Financial infidelity or keeping money secrets from your spouse can be dangerous for your marriage. It’s true that making significant moves without informing your partner can damage the communication and trust between you two. But what if you still want to keep money secrets? Find the answer here. The Bible ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you own a business, it is normal to want a wide reach, as much as possible. In that effort, you decide to open an Instagram account, and even hire an Instagram influencer to help you out. You may even decide to use a service that allows you to buy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the housing market meltdown that led to the Great Recession. Is another crisis looming around the corner? Hopefully not, but it is worrisome that a decade later Washington is engaged in the same derelict behavior that caused the crisis. Government agencies are still ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all want to live comfortably with some money left over for little luxuries when we retire. Chances are that you already have a 401K plan or pension account, and are hoping that the money you receive will be enough to cover your lifestyle and the inflation when you finally ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Years ago I worked for BP Oil and Gas. BP had the best 401-K plan I have contributed to, matching seven percent of my salary, IF I contributed my seven percent. Easy decision! But one thing I found interesting (the British usage) was the huge number of funds we had ...