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Do the Rich Use Debt Differently?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I was a mainframe computer programmer and project manager, we used a relational database product from IBM called DB2. For example, in How to Become a Millionaire by Age 30 the author claims that: “Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. It depends on risk tolerance.

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Book review of Marshall Sponder’s Social Media Analytics

Simply CVS

I’ve worked with Marshall off and on for many years, hiring him on my analytics team at IBM ten years ago and working with him on client projects since. He gives real-world examples of companies grappling with those issues, along with the tools and techniques that they use. Image by mima_flickr via Flickr.

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Are You Asking Life for What You Want?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example: She used her bonus to put in a new laundry room, even while worrying about sending her high school senior to college. She used frequent flyer miles from her business travel for one leg of the airfare. Maybe most of us don’t even know what it is that we want from life. Sometimes I wonder.

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