Johnny Money Game From NFIB

The National Federation of Independent Business has a program called Entrepreneur-in-the-Classroom. The program is designed to help parents and teachers implement programs to teach kids about entrepreneurism and business managment.

Their latest creation is Johnny Money, a completely free online game that allows kids to start their own virtual business. The game introduces the basic factors of successful business managment, and allows users to adjust their decisions in order to improve cash-flow, pay off (or avoid) debt, and manage employees.

The game isn't just a teaching tool. It's also entertaining. In fact, you might find yourself playing a few rounds just for fun!

You can access the NFIB at www.NFIB.com. And the game is available at http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_38451.html

Organic or Not Organic - That is the Question

Nutritionally speaking, is there really a difference between Organic and Non-organic foods?

If you ask most people they would say that the Organic food is better for you, but according to this video, this may be an assumption that isn't necessarily the case.

We all know that vine-ripened tomatoes taste better, and fresh-squeezed orange juice tastes better than anything that comes from a can, carton, or bottle.

That said, does it make any difference if it was Organically grown? What does "Organic" mean anyway?

Turns out, much of it is really marketing hype. Some foods are always "organic". For others, it comes down how the foods are processed.

In the end, however, for many people price is the determining factor. Organic foods cost more, and that can cause fruits and vegetables to be priced right out of reach for poor and middle-income families.

Watch the video here: http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/asp/guests.asp?id=WhatsForLunch
Learn more about food biotechnology here: http://www.ific.org/food/biotechnology/index.cfm

Electric Might Not Be So Bad

I think Dusty’s (http://dustontheweb.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-bout-them-300-million-batteries.html) correct about his summary of the great electric cars that are coming available right now. Hopefully they are everything they are cracked up to be.

Wish McCain knew about them. We could save another $300 Million.

The problem with the Reva in India is that it is too expensive for most Indians to buy, so the government provides incentives to get people to buy them. Even with the incentives, few private individuals buy them. So, the government uses them for traffic cops, and other government fleet use.

Further, they are so small, and their range is limited. It has all the problems of all the traditional electric cars – and the reason most people are against them. I would imagine that if they ran on Li-ion batteries they would have better performance, but then the cost would probably double.

The cars already cost about $8,000 in India using the traditional NiMh batteries or whatever they are putting in them. If they put the Li-Ion in then it would probably be a $20,000 golf cart – I mean, car.

So, whatcha gonna do?

Social Networking, Video, Events

No, I’m not talking about Facebook. I’m talking about YOUR website.

There are all these great pre-built web applications. Most are cheap. A few are free.

Ning is free, and it has everything you need to get a social networking site up and running in just a few minutes.

You’ll pay a little to put up your own Adsense or use your own domain, but it’s small cheese in comparison to the functionality you’ll get. Plus, you can confidently wow all your friends and ex-coworkers with your success as an online entrepreneur once you have your very own social networking site!

Get signed up at http://www.ning.com/.

Running out of quality sites to visit?

Well, have we got a time-waster for you. The Onion (http://www.theonion.com/) provides a hilarious diversion from whatever you’re supposed to be doing at work. In fact, this site is so much fun, you might even load it up on your cell phone so you can check it out while you aren’t at work!

They even have a special section on the 2008 election. It’s called “The War for the White House”, and it’s sortof like Colbert Report, except … well, it’s kindof like that.

The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/War for the White House: http://www.theonion.com/content/whitehousewar