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The United States national debt has reached nearly 11 trillion dollars and counting. I have been tracking the government’s mindless intervention into the private markets like most of you.

What is truly astounding is how trivial a trillion dollars has become in reference to a normal denomination. A trillion is the new billion in [...]

Anyone who has inquired about getting into the drop shipping arena has probably asked themselves about Doba vs Shopster. Many of you may remember the four-part series I did on Doba not long ago.
Both companies aggregate hundreds of wholesalers and allow you (as the entrepreneur) to sell products of your choosing. So let’s jump [...]

Turning around a failing business is one of Startup Addict Musings more popular posts and a few folks commented it was a bit too qualitative for their needs. I decided to write a part II to the article and add more tangible solutions.
If your business is failing it’s most likely due to one of these [...]

Buying a second business is an appropriate topic in these tumultuous economic times. The savvy entrepreneur should view the economic downturn as an opportunity to go shopping for future prosperity.
Key components necessary when evaluating a second business play is the following:
* Key Personnel
* Key Customer relationships
* Competitive edge with suppliers / vendors
* Valuation [...]

The top ten traffic generation tips is one of the more popular requests from readers (actually traffic generation in general, I just chose to make it a top ten). I find this list can be about 10% subjective but will work for 90% of the blogging crowd who wish to drive more traffic. These are [...]

Do hedge funds control the market?
Selling continues as the market starts to feel more like 1929 than 1987 with the wide spread panic instilled across the global markets. Although the loss of confidence in the financial markets is a component of the sell-off the real culprit may be the financial titans known as hedge funds. [...]

First there was the housing crisis, which was not unlike the dot com blow-out. Over indulgence eventually will take its toll. Then we experienced the credit crisis and now we are all in a full blown financial crisis. Will the stock market ever stop dropping? Will the Federal government ever give us back the $700 [...]

Capital markets become socialist… I try to salvage the good in every situation, rose colored glasses, the glass is half full, all mantras that stem from the entrepreneur within. I especially call upon my optimism when I watch the demise of the capital markets of the United States. As the evolution of the former financial [...]

Steve Ballmer thought otherwise, but all I have to say after watching these two clips is
Laughter, Laughter, Laughter….

For more info on why developers are giving Vista the cold shoulder head on over to CNET

For those of you subscribed to the Startup Addict Musings RSS Feed — I thank you. For those of you who stayed with the RSS feed after a nasty bout of spam injection — I commend you. I know what your thinking, spam injection sounds like a bad case of the clap but I assure [...]