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Using 529 Funds to Start a Business

What if you were allowed to use your 529 fund money to start a business instead of going to college? This is an idea I have been thinking about for the last day or so.  It was sparked by a conversation I had where I was told that a local private university costs $56,000 a […]

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The Road Ahead For Education

About a year ago I had lunch with Henry Kaestner of Bandwidth.com about micro finance in developing countries. As a part of that lunch, I shared with Henry my ideas around changing education for the better in the next 5-10 years. My ideas during the lunch were based primarily on the book ‘Four Hour Workweek’ […]

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