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Ben Lopatin There must be two Mark Cuban blog posts being discussed; the one I read does not slam attorneys, accountants, their fees, or taxes, but matter of factly recognizes them as overhead. It's core thesis is a critique of *policy* that seeks objective X by policy A, which creates more bureaucratic conditions instead of policy B which merely removes existing bureaucratic impediments. I know of no businesses, my own or clients, which go out of their way to spend money on legal and accounting fees.

stanweddle Ryan, I totally agree with your suggestions. Mark Cuban's post, however, I find to be total nonsense. I have operated numerous businesses and the most I have ever paid in prof. fees would not have added one employee. I can see how someone who started his first business with his former employer's business plan and clients, and who has been charged with insider trading could have higher than normal legal and accounting costs. A billionaire would get a good rate of return from professionals I think

Ryan Healy Love this post by Mark Cuban http://bit.ly/beKsEb. The simplest way to create more jobs is to allow entrepreneurs to spend less on lawyers and accountants. Ill take it a step further and say the government should provide incentives for entrepreneurs that go beyond this. What if anyone who creates a successful business receives a break on student loans or even full forgiveness? Of course you define what "success" is, but imagine the innovation that could take place with a small incentive!

Sami Paju I've been way too inactive here, and this is long overdue, but here's the list of 10 best books I read in 2009: http://bit.ly/5PcDiv And the books are: The Vegetarian Myth, The 4-Hour Workweek, Influence: The psychology of persuasion, Mistakes were made (but not by me), The Game, The E-Myth Revisited, Lila, Less Is More, Tricks of the Mind, The Seven-Day Weekend. More info about each on the link above. Cheerios! :-)

Zack Zaban Any advice for a college student looking to start a Wordpress.org blog? I want to move away from my past blog on tumblr and use the Wordpress platform for more flexibility. However, I am on a small budget and need to find a host that won't eat away at my milk money (sorry for the bad humor).

Jeremiah Bourque Hello, if I may ask, does anyone here have advice on what to do with a book on Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" (expanding on the book and making it more accessible to the modern reader)? I've finished such a book, but the rest is uncharted territory and I'm not at all decided what to do with it exactly. Thanks, appreciated.

stanweddle Google Voice has eliminated my long distance fees. It works great.

stanweddle I have been starting and building businesses since 1970. Some have failed, but most served their purpose and led to better opportunities.

@kirstin Evernote is a very handy clipping tool. there is even a firefox extension

Do any of you guys use Evernote? I downloaded it but haven't really gotten into using it regularly yet.