Starting a Small Business? Four Ways to Fund It
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but the economy hasn’t been doing so well. After the crash of 2008, employers laid off record numbers of employees world wide, and many people have reacted accordingly:...
View ArticlePenny Pinching 2 – Never Pay the Fools Price
Continuing in my series on how to stretch out every bit of your take home pay, today we’ll discuss how paying full price is for suckers, and how you too can avoid paying the fools price. Below I’ll...
View ArticleIn Mexico, Applauding Government Efforts to Create More Terrifying Animals
I have held a crocodile in my hands. I have felt it’s ancient design, the muscles programmed to kill and crush, squirm underneath the domination of my hands. I owned that modern dinosaur, I made it...
View ArticlePenny Wise, Pound Stupid – When NOT to be Frugal
With my short history here at Unfinished Man, I’ve made it a point to be as frugal as possible, and to help you all be as frugal as possible. What can I say, other than I don’t want to just give my...
View ArticleQatar Travel: The Richest Country You Never Heard of
Located just south of Saudi Arabia, on a peninsula sticking out into the Persian Gulf is the world fastest growing and biggest up-an-coming travel destinations that you have never heard of. The nation...
View ArticleRedefining Education – What Exactly is Learning?
Once upon a time, in a province far, far away… I was a student. Like most people growing up in the 1st world, I had access to modern schooling… what some would call an education. I went to school each...
View ArticleDeath to the Dinosaur – The Rise of MEGA
As many of you have undoubtedly heard, Mega – the long awaited successor to Mega Upload – has finally launched. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the original site, Kim Docom, and the whole...
View ArticleThe Credit Card Crunch – Comparing Cards, Using Wisely
In today’s world it seems as if you’ve got to have a credit card for everything. If you want to rent a car, a hotel room, or any sort of reservation. Hell, my cellphone company asks for a credit card...
View ArticleYoung Money – Beating “The Man” by Spending Less
Though I try and avoid the news as much as possible (it rots your brain), sometimes bits and pieces trickle through. You know, the really important trends and events that are affecting us as a...
View ArticleSimpleTax – The Next Generation of Canadian Tax Software
Note: We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to talk about something unique to our fellow Canadians: taxes. I mean, you know… Canadian taxes. So if you’re outside Canada, and have no...
View ArticleNew Job? Mo’ Money, Mo’ Investments
Hello ladies and gents, I know it has been a while but I am back and bring good news. I have received a substantial increase in pay. Yes, a new job opportunity opened up for me and I pounced on it as...
View ArticleSports Betting Lingo – Even Underwater Boxing has a Silver Lining
I’m not much of a betting man. I’ve been to a casino only once in my life, and even then it was only for the free drinks. But where I lack in “betting” knowledge, I have ample curiosity. So after...
View ArticleBitcoin – The Currency of the Future?
Money, in one form or another, has been around for a long, long time. We’ve used sea shells, gold and silver coins, and more recently, even worthless pieces of paper – made valuable only by our...
View ArticleStupid Warning Labels – The Death of Personal Responsibility
So, I was chatting on Skype with a friend, and we were talking about how stupid warning labels have gotten. He mentioned the “Coffee may be hot” warning labels on coffee, and I mentioned seeing a CD...
View ArticleCredit Card Mastery – Because $1,000 Bar Tabs = Bad News
Have you ever noticed how stupid people are when it comes to credit cards? Ask someone to pay for goods or services in cash, and they often spend wisely. But when you let them know they can use a...
View ArticleDo Your Business Cards Suck? Don’t Fall Into The Hipster Trap
The times may be changing, but despite how many times I get someone’s contact by humping our smartphones together, or how often I chant a company’s name over and over until I can get out of the car to...
View ArticleOpting Out of PRISM – Using Anonymous VPNs and Email to Secure your Online...
I’m not sure which fact is more terrifying, the reality that we now have unarguable proof of large blanket internet surveillance programs, or the notion that many people reading this are currently...
View ArticleAn Interview with Simon Persson – Founder of Secure Email Provider CounterMail
Over the past few months, the world has watched as Edward Snowden – a now ex-employee of NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton – leaked information that confirmed what we all assumed; that the government...
View ArticleThe Obamacare Trail – Navigating Job Opportunities
With the roll out of the Affordable Care Act, a lot of feathers have been ruffled on my home turf. People complain that it costs the taxpayer too much. Others complain about an “encroachment” of...
View ArticleBudgeting your Wireless: Minutes and Dollars
The state of wireless providers is really truly something to behold. Every time you turn on the television, a new phone is out, they’ve got just the new deal for you, but the terms of service have...
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