Archive for October, 2008
Advice to End Fraud and Credit Theft
October 31st, 2008. Published under UrbanSpeaker. No Comments.
Many people in the world today have been or will be victims of credit card or other types of fraud. Occasionally there is nothing that can be done about it, but more often the crimes and losses could have been prevented if a few precautionary measures had been taken.
Here are a few little bits of advice you should follow to lessen your chances of credit fraud.
1\\ Protect your checks.
Next time you order new checks, have your last name printed as normal, but have just the initial of your first name printed. That way, if someone takes your checkbook, they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will know how you sign your checks.
People Profile - Tony Hsieh, the young Zappos entrepreneur
October 31st, 2008. Published under UrbanSpeaker. No Comments.
Welcome to the first post of the UrbanSpeaker! To start off the first post I’m going to profile someone I think is an inspiration to the young and the old.
Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay)
Tony Hsieh is 34 years old. He is currently one of the youngest and wealthiest entrepreneurs multimillionaire in the world. In 1998, at the age of 24, Tony sold his internet advertising company LinkExchange to Microsoft, for 265 million. Then, in 1999, he joined a small company, specializing in shoe sales, then called ShoeSite.com. He invested $500,000, changed the name, and got to work at his new venture.