This article is written specifically for artist and creative types, however it applies to a lot of small businesses. 

Summary: What you could do with a thousand dedicated customers, and how attainable that truly is. 

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Save the amount of your mortgage +50% for 24 months to test out the cost of home ownership.

As a financial adviser, I see very few cases of savers remorse, and they tend to be less sever then buyers remorse.

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This article has been on my mind almost every day since it came across my desk in early March of 2010. If your in the 43% who does not have $10k saved, or you know someone who is, talk to me. One of my life goals is to help people save money for retirement. 

“The percentage of workers who said they have less than $10,000 in savings grew to 43% in 2010, from 39% in 2009, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s annual Retirement Confidence Survey. That excludes the value of primary homes and defined-benefit pension plans

Workers who said they had less than $1,000 jumped to 27%, from 20% in 2009.”

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Ok Cupid (A free dating site) did some political analysis on their uses. The site is run by math geeks who do some really great statistical analysis. I thought it told an enlightening story, both regarding how our political minds change as we get older, and from a strategic planning perspective on what the donkeys will need to overcome to move their objective forward.

And for the record - I trend libertarian, which means I’m not represented by anyone ;-)

Make sure to check the link for the full article (5 min read)

These lines contain a neat little story:

• Both socially and economically, teenagers prefer an anything-goes type situation.
• But as these teenagers grow up a bit and enter the job market, they quickly develop progressive economic ideas: perhaps a bit of “levelling” seems pretty good when you’re staring up the professional ladder from the bottom rung. Meanwhile, their youthful live-and-let-live social philosophy begins to fade.
• In their late 20s, they start making real money. Economic progressivism goes out the window, preferably out the window of a building with a doorman. As the adult mind turns to more material matters, social views don’t change that much.
• Finally, after the mid-40s, retirement looms. Our former teenagers check their collective 401(k)s and think, you know what, let’s all get checks from the government. Social views take a hard turn for the more restrictive. At the end of the journey, economic and social views are again in agreement—only this time on the other side of the philosophical line!

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(the Link Above will take you through to the even on facebook where you can RSVP for the event.)

Our company is expanding from a regional company to a National Company - and as a result The Origen Genesis team has been tasked with building out our presence in LA. Were going to be hiring existing financial service professionals as well as people totally new to financial services.

Were looking at Silver lake for our first office. Phase two will roll out office in the Mid Wilshire district & the West Side.

Were looking for about 16 agents per office 

Existing agents can opt to use our products/ systems/ services/ infrastructure/ training in their own office if they prefer.

Bellow is the press release highlighting our national expansion, and a write up in INC magazine about Parsonex (our back in infrastructure company) & Heritage Union (Our new product partner)


Inc Magazine Write Up:
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091201/the-start-up-from-hell.html

Press Release: http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=802833

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(the Link Above will take you through to the even on facebook where you can RSVP for the event.)

Our company is expanding from a regional company to a National Company - and as a result The Origen Genesis team has been tasked with building out our presence in LA. Were going to be hiring existing financial service professionals as well as people totally new to financial services.

Were looking at Silver lake for our first office. Phase two will roll out office in the Mid Wilshire district & the West Side.

Were looking for about 16 agents per office 

Existing agents can opt to use our products/ systems/ services/ infrastructure/ training in their own office if they prefer.

Bellow is the press release highlighting our national expansion, and a write up in INC magazine about Parsonex (our back in infrastructure company) & Heritage Union (Our new product partner)


Inc Magazine Write Up:
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091201/the-start-up-from-hell.html

Press Release: http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=802833

View → tags / Parsonex / Inc Magazine / Press release / Campaign Week / National Expantion Comments