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If you haven’t noticed, the brave new, digital world has arrived. All I have to do is gauge the activity in my own household as confirmation. My children, ages 14 through 19, have never purchased a single CD (they download music on their iPods). They communicate with friends through a series of text messages and iChats instead of phone calls and watch their favorite programs on laptops instead of television.
For professionals looking to advance their career, earning a certificate or even an advanced degree could be the catalyst needed to move up the ranks. Although work and life constraints can make it hard to pursue academic endeavors, more and more working professionals are taking online classes allowing them to better coordinate their schedules around work responsibilities and their personal life.
If you’re among the young adults who have just graduated from college and landed their first job, you’re probably excited about being on your own for the first time. Visions of the places you’ll go, the people you’ll meet, and the things you’ll buy are dancing in your head. Not so fast. First, take time to create a financial plan. Yoli Marie, author of Financial Fitness for Young Adults (Financial Fitness Media; $17.99), is on a mission to help young people get their finances in order. In her book, she offers key pieces of advice on how to get financially fit early on:
This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Quick-service food franchise mogul Ulysses Bridgeman Jr., founder and CEO of Manna Inc.; Money expert Kelvin Boston; tax tips for entrepreneurs.
Husbands and wives need to create rules that they stand by before they get the business up and running, says Jane Hilburt-Davis, founder of Key Resources, L.L.C., a Cambridge, Mass.–based family business consulting company. Here are five things copreneurs can do before they start.
