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Take Your Company Public: A Must Read Before You Do Anything! As a consultant in the business of structuring companies, setting up strategic alliances for clients, writing business plans and PPM’s and taking companies public on the OTCBB, I must admit I’ve seen my share of scams and swindling of uninformed clients. One sad issue that permeates the industry is clients who believe that their only option is to give up substantial equity while paying hefty fees to consultants who take your company public.

Here is the reality. When you are investigating the industry to find a consulting firm to work with to facilitate your ‘go public’ process, the first thing you need to do is make sure you are hiring a ‘turn-key’ solutions consulting group; meaning they need to offer everything soup to nuts in house because the second your consultant outsources anything, accountability is lost.

Next, on the issue of paying fees and also giving up equity, it should be either or, not both. If a company tells you that they want you to pay them in both upfront fees and in equity, you should laugh and walk away. In actuality the best deals for the client are those that are simply fee based, not equity based.

It’s better to pay 100k in a few easy installments than to pay millions in stock that will only be liquidated after the IPO which will completely obliterate your stock price and almost certainly ruin your company’s chances of success. It baffles me to see the scenarios that uninformed company owners accept. Currently there is a company that is promoting all over Google Adwords that they will take your company public for $25k and after a month of talking to the company, when you finally agree to use them they break the bad news that they are not going to charge you $25k or anything even close to that, they are, in fact, going to charge you $125k upfront, plus $10k to $20k for your initial SEC audit and on top of all of that they are going to take 30% of your company! It’s shocking but this group of consultants, because of their extensive advertising, has no problem bringing in clients and turning the tables on them at the last minute and sadly, because the client is uninformed, they accept the contract and pay the fees.

If you are going to give up any amount of equity in exchange for the process of going public, it should be with a licensed broker dealer and there should be zero out of pocket expenses from you. Your broker dealer should pay for the SEC audit, S-1 filing, SEC approval, FINRA approval, Symbol achievement and ongoing investor relations to keep your stock price solid. Unless your broker dealer is doing all of this, you need to find a new, full service broker.

Keep in mind, each consulting firm you talk to will give you a million reasons as to why their fee structure and process is the best but here are some comparable facts so that you can make the right decision on how to proceed. First of all, if you get an emotional consultant that acts like he is excited about your project and ‘can’t wait to get started’ this is bogus and you should walk away. The best consultants keep clients at arm’s length and never get emotional because it clouds the process and makes them ineffective. Besides, if they are acting so excited about your company it’s probably because they are trying to convince you of their legitimacy that won’t stand on its own merit.

Next you want to make sure that you are getting a quote on your specific company type which includes at a minimum: corporate structuring, strategic alliance facilitation, board of directors evaluation, business plan authoring built for IPO, investor finder service, SEC audit (the should be able to give you a general idea of the cost of the audit and have a company that you can use as most consultants don’t employ an auditor on staff), S-1 filing, SEC approval, FINRA approval, symbol achievement, market maker or broker dealer relationship/contract setup and investor relations for long term success.

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We have all seen them – the showy “Cash4Gold” commercials, some of these show people on the street dancing, or at other times, M.C. Hammer alleging that you will get quick cash in exchange for your old, unused jewelry. Although human nature makes us want to unconditionally trust the dancing person or even with his track record, M.C. Hammer, it turns out that Cash4Gold may not in fact be too legit to quit.

Recently Representative Anthony D. Weiner called out Cash4Gold on their bad business practices. Standing in front of legitimate jewelry appraisers, Weiner warned consumers to take their business to a place that they knew was valid as opposed to the shady mail in gold exchange.

Cash4Gold operates by sending out special envelopes to customors in order to mail jewelry and gold to the company’s offices in Florida. According to the commercials, the company will give customers with a quick appraisal of the value of the items they have sent, and then they will mail them a check for that amount.

In theory, customers will be given a twelve day period in which they are able to return their check and get the jewelry back. Yet according to research by Rep. Weiner and Consumer Reports, Cash4Gold paid out only 11 to 29 percent of the actual value of valuables sent to them, and sometimes they did not send jewelry back when it was asked to do so within the 12 day period.

Weiner urged the Federal Trade Commission to look into the whole Cash4Gold problem, adding that he planned to introduce legislation that could regulate companies that use mail to exchange cash and jewelry.

This legislation would put fines on companies that melt down gold without the owner’s permission or before a return period has been passed. It will make companies allow enough time for consumers to request a refund and make sure that companies actually insure the jewelry they are returning to consumers.

Mallory McGuinness works for a debt collection agency. Also she composes articles on business, finance, consumer spending and collection agencies. You can get a unique content version of this article from the Uber Article Directory.

Many people can’t believe that they can become a speed reader in 11 minutes. Dr. Jay Polmars 11 minute speed reading course (from www.11minutespeedreading.com) will teach you how to be a speed reader in 11 minutes flat. No Bull! He’s taught over 100,000 people around the world the techniques and you also can learn them in 11 minutes.

It’s truly an amazing method, but how did they do it? First, they explained how the method worked and why. Then Dr. Polmar, demonstrates to you the fastest speed reading techniques ever invented. You will start to use the methods immediately after you start studying, it all takes — 11 minutes flat and you are a speed reader.

Plus, you’ll also learn the correct way to read books. You’ll quickly discover how to organize your reading tasks, what to look for when you read, and you’ll learn how to remember and recall what you read.

Now you can learn all the secrets on how to write your own term paper, any report, or any type of paper including research, organization, writing, reviewing, and the formal presentation. The methods are easy, even a 9 year old can learn to use them.

A little practice, after studying the methods for 11 minutes, you read 50% to 75% faster and daily practice for a month-you’ll double your reading speed.

Dr. Polmar is famous for speed reading and accelerated learning courses since 1977. He is the only speed reading teacher and author who has incorporated several different techniques of speed reading along with visualization and relaxation techniques to help people, from every country, to read faster and have a better and more productive life.

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The financial world of the last eighteen months has not been too trusting. It has made the average investor reluctant to make any changes in their portfolio, if they have anything left. Many don’t. Those who do have monies left to invest are not so sure they want to go with a new idea that may sound wonderful, but could collapse in a year or so. Trust is a big issue in today’s investment world. Tax lien certificate sales may sound like a possibility for a young couple, maybe in their early thirties with some money to put away. But as they read about it, they get confused and do not know where to begin.

Tax lien certificate sales basically comes in two forms: 1) Tax Deed OTC Lists and Tax Lien OTC Lists. If there are homes that have gone into foreclosure, the county takes possession of the title to the deed and puts the home up for auction. If the home does not sell at auction, you can purchase the Tax Lien after the redemption period has started. You can ultimately foreclose on the home if the lien is not paid. If the lien is paid, you get your money back plus interest.

Tax Deed certificate sales can be purchased from the county for the delinquent taxes after the redemption has expired. You are free to sell it, fix it up and sell, etc.

Reputable organizations will have lists of properties in foreclosure all over this country and the world. Since this sort of investment is pretty mind boggling, they are here to help you. Of course, you have to pay an entry fee to join their organization, but the promise of high returns on your investment is pretty high. One organization promises a trial return profit of 1000% on your $200 investment. Others promise that some land goes for as low as $1000 and houses for as low as $5000. The Internet is full of organizations and clubs who offer to help you to invest your money. Others insist you go to someplace like Schwab, or to a local investor. It is your money, you have worked hard to earn it.

Tax lien certificate sales is a good way to make some good money, but be cautions, and be sure you are confident with your investor before you invest all of your money into one fund. Good Luck.

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Nowadays, many people are looking for domestic helper jobs due to the advantages that the jobs offer. As a domestic helper, you are assured of a home, a roof over your head, regular salary, and many other benefits from your employer. Many duties of a domestic helper are also not as strenuous, such as preparing meals, looking after kids, and cleaning the rooms.

While the Internet has made it easier for domestic help applicants to find jobs whether locally or overseas, it is still important to find legitimate employers. In order to do this, seeking the assistance of reliable agencies is essential. Agencies have a list of available vacancies, so you can easily find the job that fits your specifications and qualifications. Also you can find jobs according to skills and even in different countries overseas.

It can be pretty difficult having to find domestic helper jobs on your own, which is why agencies can be a great help. A good agency can help you find the right employer, by matching your skills with the specifications and requirements of the employers. Oftentimes, employers will contact agencies if they need domestic workers, so the agency will always have a list of interested employers.

It is important that you find a domestic job that suits your skills and qualifications so as to be able to sufficiently deliver the work assigned to you. This will help you sustain a good relationship between you and your employer. Whether you are good in housekeeping duties, cooking, gardening, or baby sitting, you have to find the right domestic job for you.

You can easily find domestic helper jobs online, but you still need to be smart with your choices. Always look into the legitimacy of the agency first, before making any transactions. This will help you find a secure job with a reliable employer.

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Any time prospective customers locate your article the first thing they will see is your headline. As a result you will need to make certain that it will be something that will obtain their attention in order that they will continue to keep reading to determine what you may have for them. It just has to be something which is likely to fascinate them enough.

The color red usually symbolizes urgency or importance. If you don’t like using the color red you could try black or text with yellow highlight in the background if red doesn’t suit your sales page’s color theme. I think it is a better choice to go with red as they create effective headlines easily. It is a color that can easily fit in with almost any color theme and blend in very well.

Make sure that your headline ultimately shows what it has to do with your prospect and how it can benefit them even if you are referring to someone else. It should often refer to your prospect and not anybody else.

Considering that we all know that the main objective will be to acquire your prospective customers interest and maintain their attention through out the article it is rather crucial that your headline stand out from the rest of your font. It should be fairly easy to understand that if you can maintain their interest then it’s going to mean more money in your pocket.

The overall length of your headline should be in between 20 to 25 words and 4-6 lines. If you were to make it any longer than that it could end up causing your customer to get disinterested and drive them from the site. That would be a waste of everybody’s time.

Regardless of what your trying to sell if you can manage to get their interest with your headline the higher your chances are that you will be able to keep their attention and now have a chance to be able to sell to them. If you’re able to implement these ideas, you ought to be able to develop exceptional headlines in a short period of time.

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Kitchen in the world of Feng Shui epitomizes nourishment and prosperity. How you arrange things in your kitchen can greatly affect your health and your wealth. In this article we will discuss the different Feng Shui points that you can apply whether you are just about to design your kitchen or if you are about to do renovation.

1. Kitchen Location. When applying Feng Shui in your kitchen, the first thing you need to think about is the location of the kitchen. Ideally, the optimal position for the kitchen is a space that you don’t see when you enter the house, this would of course be the back of your house.

A sight of the kitchen upon entering the house would make your life revolve around food which most often than not can lead to eating problems.

If you already have your kitchen located near the entrance of your house, you can implement certain renovation and designing techniques that would divert the attention of any person entering into your house away from your kitchen. A good idea would be to hang curtains that would hide your kitchen.

2. Kitchen layout. You should design the layout in such a way that the cook can distinctly see the doorway. Feng Shui consultants also suggests that it is good to have a something reflective in the kitchen. So utensils that are stainless are the way to go. It is also recommended to add mirrors behind the burner, as Chinese think that by adding a reflective burner, you are in away doubling your wealth.

3. Kitchen Lighting. Incandescent bulbs or halogen lights are the most advisable for kitchen. A well lighted kitchen is good for Feng Shui. Lights must be situated such that no shadows are casted while preparing and cooking food.

4. Kitchen appliances and utensils. There must be a grouping among the appliances and utensils in the kitchen. You need to isolate fire elements from water elements.

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Businesses increased investment, helping out GDP, and the economy grew at a 5.9% interest helping reinforce the idea that the recession is coming to an end. As goes the nation, so goes the Boise real estate market, so this news is good to local industry insiders.

It was estimated that Gross Domestic Product would increase at a clip of 5.7%, instead it grew at a rate of 5.9% according to the Commerce Department, based on fourth quarter financial numbers. It was still the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003. In the third quarter alone the economy increased by another 2.2%. If we go back to the 2003 number the Boise real estate market would be on solid footing.

Major news agencies had indicated that the latter portion of 2009 posted a projected growth of 5.7%, including a total of all products and services inside United States borders. With the recovery seemingly in full swing in the last few months of 2009, our nation seemed to be emerging from the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression, but that growth has been stymied somewhat in the first quarter of 2010. A sharp brake in the pace at which businesses liquidated inventories combined with increased spending on equipment and software to boost growth in the fourth quarter, offsetting lackluster consumer spending and residential investment. As the nation goes, so goes Boise real estate.

Demand remains low as indicated by the reduction in actual growth of 1.9% from the projected growth of 2.2%, which reduced inventories and brought some balance back. Business inventories fell only $16.9 billion in fourth quarter instead of $33.5 billion estimated last month. Throughout the latter portion of the summer, inventory sales plummeted to $139 billion. In that same quarter, the changes in inventory stimulated a 3.88% increase in GDP by themselves. This was the biggest percentage contribution since the fourth quarter of 1987. As home materials companies liquidated inventory, Boise real estate reaped some benefit from that.

Not since the U.S. economy was recovering from World War II, in 1946, has it experienced the substantial drop in GDP of 2.4%. Even consumer spending projections had to be adjusted downward from 2% in January to the actual number of 1.7% increase. That was below the 2.8% rate in the prior quarter when consumption got a boost from the government’s “cash for clunkers” auto purchase program. A huge block of our economy normally comes from consumer spending, around 70%, but in the fourth quarter of 2009 it only added a minuscule 1.23%. With the rest of the nation still ironing out the best way to deal with the chaos, the Boise real estate market is dealing with it as well.

Businesses continued to invest in equipment and necessary software at such a rate that the commercial real estate slump was not a cause of negative number in the Gross Domestic Product in the fourth quarter. Increases in business investment, from a projected 2.9% to a 6.5% actual pace helped out a lot. In the preceding three months, it had slid by about 5.9%. With everyone watching the housing markets, projections of 5.7% were down graded to about 5% in the fourth quarter. With growth as high as 18.9%, the third quarter was a busy one. On the back of stronger exports and imports, which left a trade gap adding .3% to the GDP, the fourth quarter boasted better numbers than otherwise anticipated. With GDP factoring in to nearly every facet of business, Boise real estate is not independent.

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With the rise in demand for online bachelor degrees, many bogus learning institutions have mushroomed over the internet with the sole intention of taking advantage of innocent students seeking for a genuine degree. These so-called “Colleges” often attract applicants with their attractive degree programs which are boasts of easy graduation, low tuition fees, no examinations and credit given for life experience, all of which just sound too good to be true. Some of them even go to the extent of prospecting for customers by sending out bulk email citing university degrees for sale.

So, how do prospective students determine whether an online college is accredited or only offering bogus online Bachelor degrees? Especially for International students, it can be very difficult to determine a school’s validity. In most cases it is impossible for distance learners to visit the campus, so the website is the only point of contact before making the choice and enrolling, which makes it hard to determine credibility.

The first thing to do is to verify the type of accreditation the college claims to have. Only 6 government agencies have been given the authority by the U.S. Department of Education, to award accreditation to colleges and universities offering online Bachelor degrees. Therefore, if a site brags about worldwide or nationwide accreditation, beware. Unless they specifically name the agency, chances are they are not a legitimate institution of higher education.

Six accreditation agencies have been given the authority to award college accreditation. The agencies are divided by geographic location, so it is possible to contact the appropriate office to determine whether a college or university has legitimate standing and been registered in that district. The agencies are all appointed by the National Board of Education and include: New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), North Central Association of Schools and Colleges (NCA), Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges (MSA), Southern Association of Schools and Colleges (SACS), Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (NWCCU).

If a university sends out mass e-mailings offering on online Bachelor degrees, Master’s Degree, and even Doctorate degrees for a fixed rate, it is a sure sign the result will be a bogus degree. Course credits for such a degree may include such strange elements as: credit for life experiences, work experience, previous educational background, workshops, community services, travel, and books read in the past. To further confuse the issue, fake accrediting URLS are set up to prove accreditation, but unless it is from one of the 6 agencies endorsed by the Department of Education, the award is most likely phony. The unscrupulous institutions depend on the desperation of people who do not have the time, or the money, to earn a valid degree. Nevertheless, without that all-important diploma, good jobs are impossible to find.

In conclusion, as the awareness on bogus degrees increases amongst prospective employers, degrees obtained through a legitimate avenue of education can sometimes be mistaken for bogus online bachelor degrees too. Therefore, the best approach to select a college would ideally be based on legitimate college accreditation awarded by the appointed authorities to the respective colleges.

Mary Jackson provides information about accredited online degrees and programs including information on online bachelor degrees colleges to choose from.

Water heater is an appliance whose functioning is something that keeps the entire house running and in action. Breakdown of a water heater can literally bring things to a standstill in any residential or commercial set up. Especially when you talk of colder regions, there is no way that you can do without hot water. Electric water heaters and gas water heaters are two of its type that is primarily used. However, both have a pressure relief valve to remove high-pressure water from the hot water tank.

If the pressure relief valve is not working properly, the tank might burst out that could be hazardous. Make sure this valve is working correctly, if not, get it replaced without any delay. Learn some basic steps to replace the valve rightly.

Disconnect the power if the heater runs on electricity or turn off the gas valve if you have a gas water heater. Shut the water off at the tank by turning the cold water pipe to “Off”.

Release the water pressure from the water tank by raising the lever on the pressure relief valve. This will drain all the water from the tank. Once, water stops flowing, close the pressure relief valve.

Having drained the water, detach the drain pipe from the relief valve using the wrench. This valve is located on top of the tank and often is threaded directly into the tank top itself.

Detach the pressure relief valve from the heater using a large pipe wrench and turning the valve counterclockwise. Prepare the new relief valve by covering the threads of the valve with the Teflon tape.

Place back the drain pipe once the new valve is attached. Also, put in the drain spigot. Turn the water supply back on to water heater. Make sure water is running from the open faucet before turning the power back on. Make sure, no leaks are there.

Though replacing the pressure valve is not a tough job but if someone is lacking knowledge, should take the help from expert plumber. Also, one should take care while handling scorching water inside the heater’s tank.

John Robbins, specializes in plumbing situations and problems. Plumbers look to his articles for expert and extensive information. If you are also interested in a leaking water heater relief valve and oil furnace issues, visit eLocalPlumbers.com.