Author Archives: Daniel Hoang

The path to personal wealth follows a simple equation: Wealth (Income) = Revenues – Expenses There’s only two ways to change this equation. First, increase your revenues or sources of income. Second, reduce your expenses. If you live above your means, you are in debt. If you live below your means, you have savings. LivingContinue reading “Personal Finance Strategies for Life Long Prosperity”

This is a beautiful video made by Tanya Davis on how to be alone. I personally have a fear of watching a movie at the theater alone or eat along at a restaurant. The first I haven’t done yet but the latter I have.

If you’re wondering how all these young people are always on and always connected, here are a few ways they do that. Using mobile devices – They use their smartphones that come with social media apps. This makes updating, uploading photos, and sharing much faster, especially on the go. By text message – They useContinue reading “I Don’t Have Time for Social Media – How They Do It”

Gamestorming, a set of best practices compiled from innovative approaches authored by Dave Grey, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. The book contains 80 different “games” that can be played to develop new ideas, innovate, and create. My new project is to take each of these games and create a playing card or self-contained kit.

We can’t pay for everything on our cell phones, yet. Today, Starbucks announces that it has launched nationwide its mobile payment system. Using a smart phone app, a bar code shows up on the phone’s screen and the user holds it under a scanner. I’ve personally used the payment method at a trial Starbucks inContinue reading “Starbucks Debuts Mobile Payments”

Cycle Chic Manifesto

Gordon Gekko is a fictional character. For most, he’s known for his Greed is Good speech. However, he never literally says that greed IS good. Below is the speech in its entirety. It’s a shame to take it out of context and say that greed is good. Instead, I believe that Mr. Gekko is pointingContinue reading “Greed is Good”