<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296271632717432744</id><updated>2011-04-22T04:56:52.945+08:00</updated><category term='scam'/><category term='protection'/><title type='text'>ShadouBiz</title><subtitle type='html'>His business forays</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shadoubusiness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1296271632717432744/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shadoubusiness.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lorgen Shadoufang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03238484591164562607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_66ZUBsfkh9s/SNYDa5X_5zI/AAAAAAAAAEA/skmn-aGe6eo/S220/LorgenShhadoufang-blueyes-small-71x71.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296271632717432744.post-5631951994963130120</id><published>2008-11-20T01:20:00.012+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T18:50:55.065+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protection'/><title type='text'>Avoid scams--Research!</title><content type='html'>No brainer.&lt;br /&gt;Before you delve into a business with some entity, you need to know if that entity is trustworthy. Here are a few sites to get you started on that research:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SITES/ORGANIZATIONS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://welcome.bbb.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Better Business Bureau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - "Start with Trust"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ftc.gov/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Federal Trade Commission&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - "Protecting America's Consumers"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scamtypes.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scamtypes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - not only about business scams -- what to avoid and how to avoid them -- but also about e-mail hoaxes, humor, MLM, security, and a lot more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ARTICLES:&lt;br /&gt;(Most of these article pages have further resources hyperlinked)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://homebusiness.about.com/od/onlinehomebusiness/a/legitonlinebiz.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How To Find A Proven Legitimate Online Business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - About.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://homeparents.about.com/cs/homebusiness/f/faq_scam.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How Can I Find Out If A Home Business Opportunity Is Legitimate Or A Scam?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - About.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2295518_determine-online-business-legitimate.html?ref=fuel&amp;amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;amp;utm_medium=ssp&amp;amp;utm_campaign=yssp_art"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How to Determine if an Online Business is Legitimate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - eHow - "How To Do Just About Everything"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_15314_check-companys-legitimacy.html?ref=fuel&amp;amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;amp;utm_medium=ssp&amp;amp;utm_campaign=yssp_art"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How to Check a Company's Legitimacy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - eHow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dontbeavictim.org/background-checks/how-to-conduct-a-business-background-check.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How to Conduct a Business Background Check&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - Don't Be A Victim.org - "life saving[sic] information at your fingertips" [&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;This last one has got a real problem with it's site. I can't visit any of the links provided on this one page. A shame; there are a lot of other useful re/sources in there&lt;/span&gt;].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;________________________&lt;br /&gt;You may bookmark the websites above for convenience (I suggest you get a &lt;a href="http://delicious.com/"&gt;delicious&lt;/a&gt; account) or, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;better&lt;/span&gt; yet, *ehem* bookmark this post. =')&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Businessing! ='p&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1296271632717432744-5631951994963130120?l=shadoubusiness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shadoubusiness.blogspot.com/feeds/5631951994963130120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1296271632717432744&amp;postID=5631951994963130120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1296271632717432744/posts/default/5631951994963130120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1296271632717432744/posts/default/5631951994963130120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shadoubusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/avoid-scams-research.html' title='Avoid scams--Research!'/><author><name>Lorgen Shadoufang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03238484591164562607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_66ZUBsfkh9s/SNYDa5X_5zI/AAAAAAAAAEA/skmn-aGe6eo/S220/LorgenShhadoufang-blueyes-small-71x71.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296271632717432744.post-487942096418840227</id><published>2008-11-19T23:06:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:25:06.555+08:00</updated><title type='text'>ShadouBusiness created!</title><content type='html'>I've decided that the best way to organize myself in the web-world is to create different blogs for my widely different interests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This particular one, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;ShadouBusiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, was conceived with my decision to organize and be able to share my journey in the business arena. I've always talked with my buddy Raymond Lazaro* about business. He's always wanted to get research done on business. I've always been researching about business stuff. What bothered me was how disorganized I was at it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one step towards easing my bothers :'p&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck.&lt;br /&gt;No, wait... I don't believe in sheer luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Wish me the best.&lt;/span&gt;**&lt;br /&gt;______&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Who has a Friendster account&lt;/span&gt; :'p&lt;br /&gt;**&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Thanks, Sir David Smithers&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1296271632717432744-487942096418840227?l=shadoubusiness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shadoubusiness.blogspot.com/feeds/487942096418840227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1296271632717432744&amp;postID=487942096418840227' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1296271632717432744/posts/default/487942096418840227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1296271632717432744/posts/default/487942096418840227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shadoubusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/shadoubusiness-created.html' title='ShadouBusiness created!'/><author><name>Lorgen Shadoufang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03238484591164562607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_66ZUBsfkh9s/SNYDa5X_5zI/AAAAAAAAAEA/skmn-aGe6eo/S220/LorgenShhadoufang-blueyes-small-71x71.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
