Entrepreneurship and the Fear of Failure

I walked into my office recently and gave my two weeks notice. My bosses assumed I was leaving for another company. When I told them I was leaving to start my own business, they appeared pretty shocked. Sure, I make some decent side-money from my freelance writing...

From Debt Payer to Stupid Cents

The purpose of this post is mostly to introduce myself–or reintroduce myself, as the case may be.  My name is Chris Thomas, and to many of you, my story may be completely new.  Other readers may know me from my past projects, such as BrokeProfessionals.com,...

Borders To Be Liquidated

According to this CNN article, earlier today Borders announced that it will be liquidated.  A lot of companies go bankrupt and survive.  When a company liquidates, however, that basically means it is completely finished.  Think Circuit City. I have a really close...

Debt Payer Challenge Is a Failure

I have to concede that the DebtPayer Challenge is a failure.  I thank those of you that supported the effort, but I’m pulling the plug.  The moral of the story: there’s no easy way out of debt.  It’s going to take years for my wife and I to get out...