Brilliant!
A website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people post online.
The Dutch developers told BBC News the site was designed to prove a point about the dangers of sharing precise location information on the internet.
The site scrutinises players of online game Foursquare, which is based on a person’s […]

Taken from Inc.com a very good read to see even the big players can get it worng! Very wrong!
Top 10 Awkward Social Media Moments

 
Happy New Year readers! As a little gift to my most loyal of readers I am giving away a great read, my best read of 2008, the book Sex.com. If you want a chance at winning this, simply leave a comment on this post about what you think about UKpreneur!  
Ok so this book was brought out […]

An 11-year-old township boy became a millionaire Friday.
But Kyle Mayer’s sudden windfall was short-lived, as the Myers Elementary School fifth-grader had to give the money back at the end of the school day.
“He didn’t mind,” said his dad, Scott, adding his son got to keep the $20 in interest the million earned.
Kyle’s million was the […]

 
Here is a great story that is said to be true!
A man walked into a bank in New York City one day and asked for the loan officer.
He told the loan officer that he was going to Philippines on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000. The bank officer told him that the […]

 
After meeting up with a friend this weekend the conversation turned to business, my friend runs a facilities management company and although he has been going only 2 years has 4 blue chip clients he looks after.
His business has just gone through quite a tough expansion phase over the past 6 months and to keep […]

 
Thought i would publish a few money related facts - this comes after a conversation between a couple i know this weekend after some ale. These are based on American facts:

More of our fantasies are about money… than sex.
65% of Americans would live on a deserted island all by themselves for an entire year for […]

 
Ok - bit of a joke website but business related as firing is part of the process i guess! SimplyFired.com is a website with stories of people who got fired for what they do!
Here is one, “Fired For Wearing Shorts”
“Last summer my boss approached me about a problem with an employee we’ll call “Will.” My […]

A great quote i heard today from a lad who has been turned down by over 40 investors!:
There are two reasons investors say no to your idea:
“It’s been done before”
“It’s never been done before”
My advice is to be prepared for both!

CLIENT: I’m about to talk to the pharma client, I need a computer graphics budget for an interactive CD-ROM.
ME: Great, email me the project details, how many screens, client deadlines, etc.
CLIENT: Well, can’t you just give me a ballpark figure?
ME: A ballpark figure? But, I don’t know any of specs, nor any […]