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Travel Zen: How To Avoid Making Your Vacation Seem Like Work

By J B | Published: December 2, 2009

There’s a lot of work involved in planning a trip beyond your borders – that’s why being a travel agent is such a lucrative career. However, that doesn’t mean that the trip itself has to be work. In fact, plonking down a few grand for the privilege of traveling to a foreign land and being [...]

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Man Up! Everyone Hates Their Job

By J B | Published: December 2, 2009

Hate your job? Guess what – you’re not special. The wild popularity of Fight Club, Office Space, The Office, Clerks and other movies about hating your job serve as hard evidence that the “disgruntled working man” is not exactly a niche demographic. But when Peter Gibbons complains about TPS reports, it’s funny. When you drone [...]

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Pleasant and Not-so Pleasant Surprises from the First Few Months of Marriage

By J B | Published: October 14, 2009

So marriage is a few years off (at least), but every now and then some girl gets you thinking about it and you freeze up. Sure, we’ve all heard horror stories – and some of them are true. But it’s not all bad. Take it from Jack as he gives you the low down on [...]

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Six Things Unlikely to Happen While Obama is in Office

By J B | Published: October 14, 2009

There have been promises and prophecies, allegories and allegations, not to mention a lot of buzz around Barack Obama. Problem being, most of it is biased in one direction or the other. Here are six things, from the absurd to the practical, that both sides hope and/or fear for, that won’t be coming true by [...]

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The Science of Sexy: How Evolution Drives Our Lust

By J B | Published: October 14, 2009

Have you ever met a woman you were strangely attracted to but couldn’t figure out why? Animal instinct, my friend. Many of the physical cues we identify as ’sexy’ have descended from millions of years of evolution as a part of Nature’s way of propagating the species. It certainly gives more breadth to the term [...]

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Millionaire by 60: The Compounding Power of Index Funds

By J B | Published: October 14, 2009

So they’re saying it’s a buyer’s market but you, like most, are without a grocery list when it comes to stocks. Learn how to play it safe, relatively speaking, by focusing your attention and cash into one of the most consistent stock investments you can – index funds. (Oh, and make yourself rich in the [...]

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Entrepreneur 2.0 or How Does an Artist Become a CEO?

By J B | Published: October 14, 2009

If you think all CEO’s are synonymous with power suits and MBA’s, you’ve got some catching up to do. Check out how two CEO’s have merged their artistic personalities with solid, yet unconventional business sense to craft the next generation of businessmen.

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Indochino: A Story of Entrepreneurial Refinement

By J B | Published: October 14, 2009

What do you get when you combine the product enthusiasm and customer loyalty of Apple, Google’s compulsive drive towards improvement and the slick, urbane look of GQ? As over 7,000 (mostly repeat) customers can attest – the best bespoke quality suit you’ve ever worn for less than $500. This is the story of Indochino.

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