Everybody knows you need money to start a business. The amount required and how it’s obtained varies considerably depending on the owner, type of business, industry, strategy, advertising plan, and so forth. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you won’t need much at all, or you already have more […]
Cruises, Tours and Adventures – Family Vacations in Galapagos
Deciding on the perfect family vacation – and looking for an extraordinary adventure? The Galapagos Islands are a natural wonderland for adventurers of all ages. Enchanting and exotic, this is a land where giant tortoise reign supreme and up-close encounters with animals are an everyday event. Close to home – […]
The Montessori Education System and the Desire to Learn
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire talks about what he calls the banking system of education. In the banking system the student is seen as an object in which the teacher must place information. The student has no responsibility for cognition of any sort; the student must simply memorize […]
10 Steps to Economic and Educational Success – Facing Reality Versus the Fairness Myth
Here’s what the country faces: The confusion of do gooding and fairness with achievement and success. What ails the US economy and its education system is the constant desire to rationalize the idea of equal outcome. By the nature of being human, you will always have a pecking order. Some […]
Coursera: Top Universities Free Online
Last week, online education startup Coursera added twelve new university partners and raised an additional $6 million, bringing their venture funding to over $22 million. Coursera is a free online education platform offering interactive college courses. The intention of the one-year-old company is to bring classes from top-tier universities to […]
A Finance Approval Can Be a Moving Target
Financing equipment in all markets is always a slightly moving target. Hard credit rules are constantly changing because underwriters and credit teams are pressured to make the right decision; their jobs depend on it. The squeeze on one end for lenders is to minimize bad debt by avoiding financing clients […]
End-Of-Life Electronics
These various electronics are at the end of their usefulness and need to be recycled or disposed of safely. These electronics can include cell phones, batteries, computers, machines like ATM machines, televisions and more. Some of these electronics can be recycled or reused to make new products but they cannot […]
The Importance of Continuing Education
While these 23 million individuals represent the very core of an emerging society that is more inclined to studying and learning, the remaining individuals are excluded from these learning experiences due to reasons of time, cost, or even personal issues. Over the last few years, the number of adults who […]
The Financial Considerations: How Much Money You Need to Start a Catering Business
Your financial capability will determine the kind of catering business you are able to put up and maintain in the long run. When checking out your finances for the business, you have to consider the capital and startup costs as well as the required taxes. Startup Capital and Cost The […]
For Worry-Free Travel, Travel Agents Is the Solution
There are a plethora of full service travel agents who prepare the itinerary of the traveler from researching, planning to purchasing an entire trip to ‘Discover India’. The tour packages are at a discounted or subsidized rate due to channel partners that comprises of economic luxurious hotels, airlines, railways, transporters […]