These past few days were very interesting here at Money Socket headquarters (my home office). We had a nasty storm, which is rare in San Francisco, that took out power for over 170,000 bay area residents. Our power was out for roughly 40 agonizing hours. Without the things that I’m used to, I was  bored [...]

The Simple Dollar Get Rich Slowly (my apologies) is holding a contest to find the reader with the best story of the lengths that people will go to in order to save money. In that spirit, I want to share a couple of family stories about thrifty living.
I was in middle school before I discovered [...]

When I was still in college, I worked the front desk. My job was mostly to call the appropriate person if some sort of emergency arose. One night, an accident happened on my watch — someone got hurt. I got up to call an ambulance.
Despite being in obvious pain, the kid asked me not to. [...]

2008 has barely begun, and already, I’ve heard from plenty of people about their financial goals for the new year. A common thread seems to be creating a new business.
There’s no questioning that the economy isn’t so great at the moment, though everyone has a theory on when it’s going to turn around. It doesn’t [...]