For readers in the States, the 4th of July is the anniversary of the day the U.S. signed the Declaration of Independence. ABC News celebrated Independence Day with an article yesterday to help wannabe freelancers declare their own independence! Michelle Goodman, the blogger behind Anti9to5Guide.com, asked in her Career Management column at ABCnews.com, “Ever Dreamed of Working at Home in [...]

Anyone who’s crazy about business books knows Tom Peters, the management guru who foresees an Inescapable White Collar Revolution that will transform business in the next ten years! (And if you don’t, you should read him!) Well, Tom is getting to be quite the old-timer. (Sorry, Tom.) Penelope Trunk is his engaging, competent, young replacement. ‘Nuff said there. The Work [...]

IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com has hosted the fourth interview in my Heroines of Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship series. Julie Jansen is a motivational speaker, career coach, and author. She has a great deal of experience helping everyone from CEOs to managers to entrepreneurs find gratifying work and she has some great thoughts on gender and business. Here are a few excerpts from my [...]

The Heroines of Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship series continues at IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com with Anya Kamenetz, a young author and columnist for the New York Times, Washington Post, Salon, Slate, and Village Voice. Her first book is Generation Debt: How Our Future Was Sold Out for Student Loans, Bad Jobs, No Benefits, and Tax Cuts for Rich Geezers — And How to [...]

I’ve been working hard the past two weeks on getting an interview series together for Ramit Sethi’s site IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com. We are hosting interviews with authors and experts on women and personal finance/entrepreneurship, so it’s been very interesting so far. The series starts this week, so keep an eye on IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com for more info. Also, I will link to each story [...]