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A to Z list of the most popular idioms A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush "Dan has asked me to go to a party with him. What if my boyfriend finds out?" Reply: "Don't go. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." A Blessing In Disguise "My car broke down again, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise; I've been wasting too much time driving around anyway." A Chip On Your Shoulder "What's bothering that guy?" Answer: "Nothing; he's just got a chip on the shoulder." A Dime A Dozen "I don't need friends like him; they are a dime a dozen." Comment on this article \| Views:63
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Goodbye, Cubicle. Hello, Startup!

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Goodbye, Cubicle. Hello, Startup! Author Michelle Goodman offers women irreverent yet practical advice on making the leap from corporate job to independent venture Getting Started May 2, 2007, 1:48PM EST Author Michelle Goodman, a self-described former "wage slave," left her cubicle in 1992 to work for herself, and never looked back. But the transition wasn't easy for her. Indeed, although women make up one of the fastest growing segments of entrepreneurship, Goodman discovered that most find it difficult to make the leap (see BW Online, 1/31/07, "The Face of Entrepreneurship in 2017"). So Goodman culled the lessons from her own trials and errors along the way to solvent self-employment and compiled them in her practical and irreverent guidebook, The Anti 9 to 5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside of the Cube (Seal Press, 2007). BusinessWeek staff writer This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it recently spoke with Goodman about getting out of the cube and on your own. Edited excerpts of their conversation follow. You called yourself a wage slave. Why? Comment on this article \| Views:64
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Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School

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Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School By Mark Coker 03.26.07 Here's a summary of the more compelling tips given by several tech industry luminaries — including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Gmail creator Paul Buchheit, Sequoia Capital venture capitalist Greg McAdoo — at the Y Combinator Startup School event at Stanford this weekend. The event attracted more than 650 aspiring entrepreneurs. Mark Coker, a VentureBeat contributing writer, was on hand and here are his notes. FaceBook's Mark Zuckerberg: Hire only young technical people FaceBook's founder and CEO, 22-year old Mark Zuckerberg, believes his social networking platform will push the world to be a more open place. Without doubt, FaceBook is a true phenomena. According to Zuckerberg, FaceBook has over 20 million registered users, serving 1.5 billion page views daily. Comment on this article \| Views:37
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Flame on: Hateful discourse in blogs scare some users away

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Flame on: Hateful discourse in blogs scare some users away

By Mark Boslet / Mercury News
Article Launched:05/07/2007 01:34:38 AM PDT

When disagreements flare up, Nick Wilson isn't afraid to hurl insults at his fellow bloggers.

"I've been unkind to people for sure," said Wilson, who publishes ClickInfluence from Denmark. If an Internet site is "complete rubbish," responses get highly charged, he said. "It's easy to go just a little bit further than you would if you were face to face."

Wilson has plenty of company. The free-for-all world of the Internet has never been constrained by the conventions of polite speech. Speaking up is part of the culture, and fiery comments won't disappear anytime soon. But in this anything-goes environment, sharp-edged retorts are showing they can easily become threatening and filled with hate.

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Scientists plan 300 million page website on all life on Earth

Associated Press
Article Launched: 05/08/2007 02:20:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON - In a whale-sized project, the world's scientists plan to compile everything they know about all of Earth's 1.8 million known species and put it all on one Web site, open to everyone.

The effort, called the Encyclopedia of Life, will include species descriptions, pictures, maps, videos, sound, sightings by amateurs, and links to entire genomes and scientific journal papers. Its first pages of information will be shown Wednesday in Washington where the massive effort is being announced by some of the world's leading scientific institutions and universities. The project will take about 10 years to complete.

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Startup / Entrepreneurship
Moms seeking for online videos to navigate through motherhood May 7, 2007 at 11:56 am by Minic Rivera - In a recent study of moms nationwide, 80% of mothers are watching videos online, with 43% preferring videos that provide expert advice and solutions suggesting that moms want to be able to find what they want when they want it. In response to moms' increasing preference for 2.0 applications, NewBaby.com, has launched the first online video resource designed specifically for new and expectant moms. In addition to housing the largest library of highly relevant videos in NewbabyTV, the content-rich site also offers moms information via podcasts, expert blogs, RSS feeds as well as opportunities to connect with other new and veteran moms through social networks. Comment on this article \| Views:32
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8 people living the REAL American dream through the Internet

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8 people living the REAL American dream through the Internet 1: Markus Frind: PlentyOfFish.com - $300,000 per month Markus Frind the founder of the up and coming free dating site Plentyoffish.com is the biggest free dating site on the Internet. Plentyoffish.com. The site reportedly has traffic up to 500 million page views per month. This translates into over $10,000 per day. Here is a check posted from two months of adsense earnings: Comment on this article \| Views:32
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