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ShareThisTwo Hunks and a Bunch of Junk
Hunks. A word that has forever tantalized the female gender and will forever embitter every male on the planet until the day he shall pass. I can remember eating my lunch at Fallbrook High, and nearly everyday watching the “hunks” of my local high school stroll by with their trail of Abercrombie cologne and ninety-eight [...]
Cornbread Nation: One Recipe to Rule Them All
One Georgia-woman has had enough. She’s lost her house to foreclosure and is fighting back. Not with fists, bullets or grenades however, with cornbread. Her name is Beverly Davis and she is one tough woman.
Beverly purchased her first home in April 2006, after about eight years of preparation. Her three bedroom, two-bath, two-car garage [...]
Couch, Cave or Castle, Airbnb Has You Covered
I absolutely love to travel. Whether it’s backpacking with friends or relaxing on the beach with the family, I love to encounter different surroundings, cultures, food, and lifestyles. As with most hobbies, the greatest restraint to traveling is money, at least for me. Traveling can be expensive and even when you go cheap, it’s still [...]
Unemployment: A Jolt of Freedom
Perhaps our largest interest here at Payoff is freedom by passion. That is, attaining freedom by doing what you love. We call this “entrepreneurship”. While many of you may consider only iconic businessmen such as Steve Jobs or Donald Trump entrepreneurs, the truth is that entrepreneurship is best defined as the pursuit of that which [...]
Slumdog Entrepreneurs: Millionaires in Spirit
You will encounter few cities on the planet with slums like RIo de Janeiro’s “favelas”. They are essentially war zones between drug kingpins and local police, often corrupt and acting on behalf of their own interests. The result is essentially a slum in which thousands of people live where gang violence is prevalent and where [...]
Cookieluscious: For the Love of Cookies
Zena Martin is the kind of woman Payoff loves to hear about. As a marketing communications consultant by day, baker by night, Zena is doing whatever it takes to transform her passion for baking into her full-time job. With over ten years of experience as a baker and a few gallons of encouragement from friends [...]
“Biz in a Boxx” Gives Kids a Reason to Put Down the Controller
Its been a few weeks since we discussed the infamous notion as to whether entrepreneurs are made or born. Our conclusion was that indeed entrepreneurs are born, just like every other human being on planet earth. Sarcasm aside, the highlights from the study we referenced lent themselves to the idea that indeed there are particular [...]
What the Third-World Can Teach the First
The Western world has for the past few hundred years been acknowledged as the leader in entrepreneurship, that is, the development of new and innovative products and services. Most of the great leaps in modern medicine, technology, banking, and engineering can be attributed to the Western world, it’s competitive environment and distinguished universities. Though it [...]
The InVenture Prize: Georgia Tech’s Entrepreneur Showdown
What do you get when you mix a reality television stage and eight mad scientists? No, not Bill Nye to the eighth power. It’s called the InVenture Prize and it is Georgia Tech’s very own entrepreneurial showdown. Complete with a judges panel, quirky host, and the occasional explosion, the real kicker is the $15,000 first [...]
