When I started my online business, I did everything myself. The planning, programming, graphics design, database management, server maintenance, marketing, customer support, billing, accounting, taxe...
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Christmas has been very different for us since we moved abroad, in more ways than just being far from extended family. Even before we left, we became disenchanted with certain aspects of the holiday, ...
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I've put off reading Chris Guillebeau's book, The Art of Non-Conformity, for far too long. I won a copy of the book in a writing contest several months ago, and I figured now would be a good time to finish it, so I don't have to carry it around to our next location. Fortunately, this book was interesting enough...
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Recently, I've been entertaining the idea of starting up a farm. For an entrepreneur with a successful on-line business, you might wonder why I'd want to consider tying myself down to a location-dependent business in an industry I know almost nothing about, especially when I said I plan to be leaving Costa Rica later this year. I have two main reasons:
I believe it's wise to have multi...
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I recently received a comment in response to a Twitter/Facebook post I made about considering the possibility of buying a rental condo in Costa Rica. (Lately, I've been thinking about the importance of diversifying my investments rather than keeping what little money I have in U.S. based mutual funds). The comment went like this:
"hey i may not know you very well or seen you in awhile...
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