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Roundup of my favorite recent posts

If you’re coming here from today’s AP story, or you’ve been reading a long time, here are some of my favorite recent posts that you may have missed:
How I’m saving $25,000 in 2009. What to do when you make major purchases, keeping account information in one place, negotiating down service providers (cable, cellphone) once per [...]

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40-minute video on mentoring, writing effective emails, and the financial crisis

I talk to my friend Ben Casnocha (who wrote My Startup Life) a few times every week. About a month ago, he came up with a great idea: to record our conversation so, maybe, other people could get something valuable out of it.
Here’s our first try. Imagine a pilot episode — it’s not completely smooth, [...]

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Announcing the I Will Teach You To Be Rich scholarship for $2,500

Today I’m THRILLED to announce the I Will Teach You To Be Rich Scholarship for Social Innovation.

You can read the details at the scholarship site, but I want to take a few minutes to talk about giving back.
Why wait for a mythical day?
When I first launched this scholarship in 2006, people thought it was ridiculous [...]

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Sometimes, you just need to make more money

Dee writes in:
I just wanted to let you know that I MADE $156 last week thanks to your advice. I have been on the frugality stuff for a while now, but your words that at some point, you just need to make more money finally echoed in my head enough to urge me to apply [...]

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Behind the Curtain: How Silicon Valley companies are handling the downturn

Silicon Valley is buzzing with recent activity from several notable investors, who’ve told their portfolio companies to batten down the hatches for an impending recession that will be extremely challenging. For example, Sequoia, one of the premiere venture capital firms out here, held an emergency meeting with its portfolio CEOs last week. Below is the [...]

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My post on J.D.’s blog: The best $20 You’ll Ever Spend

J.D. Roth from Get Rich Slowly asked me to make a guest post on his blog about entrepreneurship, so I wrote The Best $20 You’ll Ever Spend.
I use this technique all the time to meet interesting people — it really works — so check out the post.
Btw, check out J.D.’s blog, Get Rich Slowly. It’s [...]

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