http://www.moneymatador.com Entrepreneurship, get rich, and a bit of fun. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:19:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Desperate times calls for desperate measures, huh? A post from 2 years ago outlined some ideas on how credit card debt could finance your startup. One of the comments to that post outlines another idea: Getting rich on weed. Here's the tip: Take a cash advance from a credit card to buy $5000 ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2008/04/03/use-your-credit-card-to-become-a-drug-lord/  1. It is the only day of the year when it is difficult to get a table at a fancy restaurant. 2. Only fools need the excuse "because it is Valentine's day" to do something nice to show their appreciation of their partner. 3. Whatever you do, it will be judged against what ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2007/02/14/8-reasons-to-boycott-valentines-day/ This guy was really down and out, but he managed to stay positive and had an extraordinary imagination Read over 20 tips here. http://www.moneymatador.com/2007/02/08/how-to-eat-for-a-month-on-10/ You can earn a great amount of money by begging. As long as you do not waste it on alcohol and drugs you can live a pretty nice life. This family makes $300 daily by begging and sometimes as much as $800, they refer to themselves as "affluent beggars."  http://www.moneymatador.com/2007/02/08/affluent-beggars/   - No mom! Do you want to be a rockstar? Practice, write songs, tour, have your mother and grandma offer you class A drugs. Oh yes, this game really lets you explore the reality of life in the pop business. Rockstar was created by Wizard Games of Scotland and released in 1989. It gives you ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2007/02/07/business-games-part-3-rockstar/ The matador is back after a lenghty injury after being gored by a bull. http://www.moneymatador.com/2007/02/07/back/ Lots of good links at the Carnival of the Capitalists as usual. I am honoured to have my post about beggars mentioned among so many quality posts. Besides the quality links in the carnival, the host of this week's carnival contributes with an interesting post about urging advertisers to be a ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/08/21/carnival-of-the-capitalists-and-vacation/ Link carnivals are a nice source for finding a few quality posts from the blogosphere. Carnival of Vanity points to "Waiting for things to get better", a post about how a struggling small business owner can pull his head out of his ass and change the situation.  Atheist Frank hosted Carnival of Personal Finance this ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/08/17/interesting-links/ When a book is more than 100 years old the copyright expires. That is why P.T Barnum's masterpiece from 1880 is freely available for reading online. The book is known under two names: "Art of Money Getting" and "Golden Rules for Making Money." I've browsed through some of the chapters and ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/08/11/golden-rules-for-making-money/ Greed is good. Slip into the suit of Gordon Gekko and play this addictive business simulation game. Operating in the US economy you are an investor with $100-1000 millions in starting capital. Capital growth is your goal. The tools used to reach it can range from the honest to the dirty. Spreadsheet ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/08/05/business-games-part-3-wall-street-raider/ The penny pincher of the year award discussed at getrichslowly Ahh.. gas prices.. "Can I help you?"  "33 cents a gallon? No, you can't!" Is your job boring? Never return from your vacation on a Monday. Budget conscious bloggers answer the question: "If you had to give up one thing because you could ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/08/02/interesting-links-penny-pinching-budgeting-macho-men/ Giving to charity is important for MyMoneyForest. I do not give money to charities myself. I do not think I would feel better (the main reason many people give I assume?). Also, I find most of the causes hopelessly naive. I agree, this is a bit sad, if you do ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/27/giving-to-charity/ Interesting question from a woman who wants her brother in law to find work. He is a felon and is having a hard time getting a job:  "This person is 24 years old and is under medical treatment for bipolar disorder and ADD. He is a high school graduate, but has not ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/27/help-a-felon-find-employment/ Get something for doing nothing. After walking around in big cities in Europe I have discovered the 5 habits of successful beggars. 1. Keep your voice down Ask for some change, but do not be loud! Be soft spoken, almost silent. By keeping your voice down you force the unlucky by-passer to stop ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/26/good-to-great-5-reasons-why-some-beggars-earn-more-money-than-you/ WaiterRant is probably the best place for inside stories from the restaurant business. He writes exciting and (at least it seems so!) true stories about his life as a waiter in a bistro. If you don't believe me, just read this piece about "Daddy's Little Girl."  Strenghts of the blog: Really good ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/22/money-making-idea-for-a-waiter-with-a-170-monthly-webhosting-bill/ This is the stats over unique visitors to this blog the last month. The big spikes are due to the post about the "from mailroom clerk to CEO game from 1982." This post was submitted by myself to fark, reddit, digg, shoutwire, joystiq and other PR & buzz sites and received some attention. If you ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/20/the-traffic-volatility-of-a-start-up-blog/ Get rich quick schemes is one thing, to think yourself rich is another. There are countless variations out there. The owner of the blog Towards Better Life has recently jumped on a new idea: "Recently I have come a cross four very important words: Easy, Relax, Healthy, Positive. I encounter these words ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/19/get-rich-mumbo-jumbo/ Yaro Starak is recruiting two bloggers for his Small Business Branding blog. The recruits will not get paid anything to start with, but if they prove their value he is willing to share the profits of the blog with them. The blog has a page rank of 6 and good ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/18/opportunity-for-bloggers-with-a-long-term-horizon-short-term-profits-suicides-can-sign-up-at-payperpost/ I got inspired by these 5 reasons about why "The customer is always right" is wrong. I have thought about 3 reasons why customer service representatives who complain about their customers are crap. 1. You have failed to acknowledge your place in the system Your job is to help the customer. Not to go ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/17/3-reasons-why-customer-reps-who-complain-about-their-customers-are-crap/ Downloading money songs from AllofMP3 at the moment. Inspiration from Guardian's "Readers tip us about the best songs about money." The 10 songs listed in the article are: 1 How to Be a Millionaire ABC 2 Money (That's What I Want) Flying Lizards 3 Funky Dollar Bill Funkadelic 4 Money Money Horace Andy 5 Bills, Bills, Bills ... http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/17/10-pop-songs-about-money/