Do you know what my dream job is? (this week) I venture capitalist. I would love to travel the world with my millions or billions of dollars listening to presentations from the young and eager people looking to be the next Google or Apple. There is at least one major hurdle to that: I don’t have millions or billions and I don’t know anybody who knows what a billion of anything looks like although I once read that a billion golf balls would fill a baseball stadium.

If you aren’t part of the investment world, you probably have never heard of an IPO.  Let me tell you what would probably be the most famous and successful IPO of the last couple of decades:  Google! Before we talk about Google, let’s look at what an IPO is.  Aren’t babies cute?  There are very [...]

Each year at tax time there is a rise in a certain type of crime: Phishing. If you don’t know what Phishing is it’s when criminals try to trick you in to giving them your personal information. This can include credit card and social security numbers, bank account information and other information that is exclusive to you. Having this information allows criminals to commit identity fraud against you. As most people know, identity theft can range from slightly annoying to financially devastating.