Tip of the Week #216: Is that used car priced right?

Good morning! If you are looking for a used car, check out Kelly’s Blue Book.  My dad told be about this tip years ago.  Back then, there was still a book. These days, it’s all online.  Here it is: https://www.kbb.com/ If you are buying a used car, Kbb.com is a useful...

How to teach online: Part 4

If you are going to launch online, I think you should become a chicken entrepreneur.  This is an idea I picked up from Michael Masterson in his book, The Pledge.   What is a chicken entrepreneur?   A chicken entrepreneur is someone who keeps his full time job.  He...

Tip of the Week #214: Read

I once read that the average American reads one book a year. That statistic blows me away. If that’s true, think about this.  If you decided to read one book a month in your field, in just one or two years, you’d be light years ahead of most of your...

Public schools. Just say no.

From time to time, someone asks me to sign up as a vendor for a charter school. My reply is usually something like this. Unfortunately, no.  Too much paperwork.  Charter schools want background checks, insurance, licensing, and other bureaucratic paperwork filled out...