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- [Currency Codes for Google Finance](https://www.meshio.com/2026/01/currency-codes-for-google-finance/) - Below is the list of countries and their corresponding ISO currency codes. Here's an example of how you can reference these currency codes in Google Sheets =GOOGLEFINANCE("CURRENCY:USDMYR")
- [Gold ATH at $3,028.47](https://www.meshio.com/2025/03/gold-ath-3028-47/) - What did I tell you guys 3 years ago? On 24th Oct 2022, gold was at $1,644.30. An 84.18% increment. Now that I've got your attention, I'm going to tell you — gold is still cheap. Buy some with whatever you have.
- [Hua Seng Heng Outlets](https://www.meshio.com/2023/02/hua-seng-heng-outlets/) - If you're visiting Bangkok, specifically Yaowarat (Chinatown), you would discover that the street is lined with goldsmiths and gold shops. And nice Thai-Chinese delicacies too.I was introduced to the Hua Seng Heng brand a few years back by a friend who runs a goldsmith shop in Bangkok. He produces finished gold jewelleries for the big
- [Inflation is Not Rising Prices](https://www.meshio.com/2020/08/inflation-is-not-rising-prices/) - Inflation is one of the most pervasive and cunning tax that a government can impose on its people. You might be wondering how can I label the phenomenon of rising prices as a form of tax. To put it simply, I categorize every and any actions that a government undertakes which results in reducing the
- [A Short Review on Frederic Bastiat](https://www.meshio.com/2020/04/a-short-review-on-frederic-bastiat/) - Not more than 3 weeks ago, I came across the name Frederic Bastiat while I was discussing with some folks on Austrian school of economics. The first Bastiat material I read was ‘The Law‘, published a few months before his death in December 1850. And from there, I continued to read the ‘The Parable of
- [Unpopular Opinions on Government Interventions During COVID-19 Crisis](https://www.meshio.com/2020/05/unpopular-opinions-on-government-interventions-during-covid-19-crisis/) - It all started with an interview with 2 doctors from Bakersfield in US. Dr Dan Erickson and Dr Artin Massihi were briefing the press with the COVID-19 data they’ve collected from their clinic and using that as evidence why the lockdown is an over-exaggerated response which could be causing more damage than the virus itself.
- [New Rig Build List](https://www.meshio.com/2018/01/new-rig-build-list/) - Finally got some time to shop for my PC rig. Here’s the list of the core components: CPU Core i7 – 8700 Box – 3.2Ghz / 12MB Cache / LGA1151 *Coffee Lake MOBO Asus TUF Z370 Plus Gaming RAM Kingston DDR4-2400 16GB SSD WD Blue 250GB 3D NAND (Max Read Up To 545MB/s & Write
- [Mises: Inflation as a Monetary Policy](https://www.meshio.com/2020/09/mises-inflation-as-a-monetary-policy/) - Mises on inflation— page 428, Human Action. "First: Inflationary or expansionist policy must result in overconsumption on the one hand and malinvestment on the other. It thus squander capital and impairs the future state of want-satisfaction. Second: The inflationary process does not remove the necessity of adjusting production and reallocating resources. It merely postpones it
- [Why are Malaysians Divided on the Pandemic?](https://www.meshio.com/2021/02/why-are-malaysians-divided-on-the-pandemic/) - The most sinister part of the MCO is that not all businesses are equally affected by the measures. While some may continue to work from home, some would totally lose a majority of their customers or even a complete shutdown of their business due to the inconveniences caused. This in turn creates a divided populace
- [What Products Can I Sell?](https://www.meshio.com/2019/02/what-products-can-i-sell/) - This question gets asked a lot especially since anyone can now become an online seller simply by just opening a store using one of the many available marketplaces we have in Malaysia. However, the question that one should be asking is, "What would people want to buy from me?" Although it might seems like I'm
- [4 Essential Tools for Your e-Commerce Operation](https://www.meshio.com/2019/02/4-essential-tools-for-your-e-commerce-operation/) - As a small business, we don't have the luxury of hiring a team of developers to develop and customize the tools we really want. Fortunately, the app marketplace fills this void with lots of choices. The key is to ensure that these tools which are created by different developers are able to work seamlessly together
- [Understand Your Numbers](https://www.meshio.com/2018/07/understand-your-numbers/) - During the last few years of using Xero (a web-based accounting software), I have learned enough about accounting that I am able to do my own book-keeping. Of course, everyone have their own preferences for their own accounting software so I am not about to start evangelizing why Xero is better than your accounting software,
- [Fingers and Hands](https://www.meshio.com/2018/07/fingers-and-hands/) - I recently decided to challenge a slightly more complicated subject - the hands. I didn't go with colors, just shades of grey because it would add another layer of complexity which I might not have the motivation to finish. Acrylic on canvas.
- [Top 17 Scams in Malaysia](https://www.meshio.com/2009/05/top-17-scams-in-malaysia/) - This is an interesting collection of scams from a forumer in LowYat- Stopscam007. He highlighted a few common scams that are constantly victimizing the innocent out there, but you can rest assure that these are just the tip of the iceberg. Some 'legit' pyramid schemes are even allowed to list on the Kuala Lumpur Stock
- [Building an 8th Gen Intel Core i-7 8700 Machine](https://www.meshio.com/2018/02/building-an-8th-gen-intel-core-i-7-8700-machine/) - I started building the rig with the motherboard and this ASUS TUF Gaming Z370-PLUS is my motherboard of choice, mainly because of the price tag. It's the most affordable board made for the latest 8th Gen Intel Coffee Lake chip. There's a lot of TUF components on this board, and TUF happens to stand for
- [On Diversification](https://www.meshio.com/2018/01/on-diversification/) - The whole point of diversification is to reduce risk, because if we are 100% sure of the gain in our choice, we wouldn't need to insure ourselves against the possibility of loss. Alas, there's not many events in our lives which we can be 100% sure we will come out positive and thus we employ
- [Signing Off for 2017](https://www.meshio.com/2017/12/signing-off-for-2017/) - Haven't wrote anything longer than a paragraph lately. No, I haven't been building furniture. I was busy closing this year's revenue with a bang. We attempted to double our revenue this year from 2016 and we are very close. There's still 5 days to go before 2017 runs out, anything can still happen. Also, I've
- [Pushing Your Luck](https://www.meshio.com/2017/11/pushing-your-luck/) - "Some people became too carried away by the air of excitement at the apparently unstoppable advance. An American war correspondent, determined to beat his rivals, turned up in Chartres so as to witness the capture of the city. Unfortunately, he was two days early. The German 6th Security Regiment promptly took him prisoner." Antony Beevor,
- [Project Leather Milk - Building Your Own Lighted Display Shelf](https://www.meshio.com/2017/09/project-leather-milk-building-your-own-lighted-display-shelf/) - I promised one of my US suppliers, Mr Snow that I will make a display shelf for him when his goods arrived in my retail store. My initial estimate for the completion of the shelf was a week but I soon learned that my optimism will always be the root of all the planning fallacies.
- [Be Careful with Your Ideas](https://www.meshio.com/2017/09/be-careful-with-your-ideas/) - [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=””
- [On Workstations](https://www.meshio.com/2017/05/on-workstations/) - I built my first PC circa 2002, almost 15 years ago. It was an AMD machine with an ASUS motherboard. I remembered it has 256MB of RAM which was a big deal, and a 2GB Maxtor hard drive. I have no idea what happened to that machine, but it really got me through lots of
- [Top Line vs Bottom Line](https://www.meshio.com/2017/04/top-line-vs-bottom-line/) - [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ spacing=”” center_content=”no” hover_type=”none” link=”” min_height=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”left top” background_repeat=”no-repeat” border_size=”0″ border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” padding=”” dimension_margin=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″
- [How You Should Be Managing Time?](https://www.meshio.com/2017/03/how-you-should-be-managing-time/) - [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=””
- [Entrepreneurs Are Risk-Takers?](https://www.meshio.com/2017/03/entrepreneurs-are-risk-takers/) - This pretty much sums up what I've always felt about running your own gig. When you've decided to stop living on the security of regular paycheck and charting out your own path into unknown, it's all too easy to let your adrenaline do the planning. A year or two ago I attended a university symposium
- [On Website Migration](https://www.meshio.com/2017/02/on-website-migration/) - If there's ever one tip I would give on website migration it's this- coffee. Lots of coffee.
- [The Focus Dilemma](https://www.meshio.com/2017/01/the-focus-dilemma/) - That's one piece of advice I am sure you have been given many times by successful entrepreneurs and in many business books- stay focus. I am saying it's good or bad advice but allow me to elaborate a bit on that advice. Telling someone to focus is like telling someone to work hard. It's a very
- [Chart of Purpose](https://www.meshio.com/2016/12/chart-of-purpose/) - Was listening to a podcast on AoC a few days back where the host Jordan Harbinger was Jeff Goins, author of The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do. In their conversation, I discovered something that could be very useful for that million dollar question, "What should I
- [This versus That](https://www.meshio.com/2016/11/this-versus-that/) - Ever since we started setting up e-commerce stores 6 years ago, we've been using OpenCart - one of the most popular open-source shopping cart systems. And the more we use OpenCart, the better we get at maximizing the features it has to offer. We also realized some of the stuff that OpenCart doesn't do very
- [Not Good Enough](https://www.meshio.com/2016/11/not-good-enough/) - We can never be good enough. The bar gets higher all the time. The moment I published a post or submitted the final draft for a product description, I always get that annoying feeling that there are better ways to write it. Each time we sent the product catalog to print, I always felt that I could
- [Experts are Dangerous](https://www.meshio.com/2016/11/experts-are-dangerous/) - [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ border_style=”solid”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=””][fusion_imageframe image_id=”4105″ style_type=”none” hover_type=”none” align=”none” lightbox=”no” alt=”Certified Logo” linktarget=”_self” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″]http://www.meshio.com/img/2015/certified-logo.jpg[/fusion_imageframe][fusion_text] Experts connotes superiority
- [Reboot](https://www.meshio.com/2016/11/reboot/) - [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ border_style=”solid” padding_top=”20px” padding_bottom=”20px”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ spacing=”” center_content=”no” hover_type=”none” link=”” min_height=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”left top” background_repeat=”no-repeat” border_size=”0″ border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” padding=”” dimension_margin=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_offset=”” last=”no”][fusion_text] It’s been quite a while since I wrote anything on this
- [Charting the Future](https://www.meshio.com/2016/01/charting-the-future/) - Though not much of a business plan writer, I recently realized the importance of having a plan for what you want to achieve in your entrepreneurship journey. While it's true that we cannot predict what will happen tomorrow, that doesn't mean we can use it as an excuse not to chart the path of where
- [Malaysia Online Marketplaces](https://www.meshio.com/2015/10/malaysia-online-marketplaces/) - It seems everyone wants to play the markeplace game. Who doesn't? A marketplace is extremely scalable. You don't own inventories, you don't need to spend money on warehouses and security. You don't need to hire people to pick and pack. A wonderful business model. But like any businesses, if what you offer is pretty much
- [Training vs Education](https://www.meshio.com/2015/10/training-vs-education/) - It's easy and actually quite common to interpret that both training and education means the same thing. But as we shall read it from Thomas E. Ricks, the author of The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, training and education is 2 very different things: Training tends to prepare one for
- [OpenCart Extension: Total Import Pro & Special Characters](https://www.meshio.com/2015/09/opencart-extension-total-import-pro-special-characters/) - If you are using OpenCart and you have like 1000+ inventories, you will do yourself a great favor by using this tool called "Total Import Pro" written by these great people @ HostJars.com. You can thank me later. As with all great piece of software, you also get your share of annoying little bugs that
- [Amazon's Customer Metrics](https://www.meshio.com/2015/09/amazons-customer-metrics/) - If you are selling on Amazon, you would be familiar with the following metrics Amazon uses to benchmark your customer service. Customer Metrics Customer satisfaction is one of the most important performance measures we use to determine how well you are doing as a seller on Amazon. The Customer Metrics page provides reports that give
- [Stop Blaming the World](https://www.meshio.com/2015/07/stop-blaming-the-world/) - Came across a great quote from one my random reading adventures: “A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause
- [Am End Cees](https://www.meshio.com/2015/07/am-end-cees/) - First, we read that JVC is quiting Malaysia and relocating to Thailand. About 500 workers from consumer and professional electronics devices corporation — JVCKENWOOD Malaysia Sdn Bhd — were laid off as part of the Japanese company’s plans to relocate its operations, shutting down its plant here. News of the factory’s official closure today had
- [A Marketing Experiment while Getting My FujiXerox Machine](https://www.meshio.com/2015/06/a-marketing-experiment-while-getting-my-fujixerox-machine/) - There was this computer hardware company (we will call them Company AT) where I bought a few entry level Xerox printers 5 years ago. And ever since I checked the 'Subscribe me to the latest promotion...' check box, I have been receiving their newsletters. And I did not opt-out of the mailing list, which probably
- [OpenCart and Journal Theme](https://www.meshio.com/2015/06/opencart-and-journal-theme/) - If you are familiar with how OpenCart works, you would have realized by now that getting your OpenCart up-to-date can be a very overwhelming task. Each time the folks at OpenCart announces a new release, everyone starts popping champagne because someone's finally going to fix the critical bugs, but lo and behold, each new releases
- [WooCommerce Now Part of WordPress](https://www.meshio.com/2015/05/woocommerce-now-part-of-wordpress/) - On 19th May, one of the most popular e-commerce WordPress plugins - WooCommerce becomes officially part of the WordPress family. Some fast facts on WooCommmerce as of May 2015. Founders: Mark Forrester & Magnus Jepson Number of Employees: 55 Downloads: 7 million with approximately 1 million active installed base Market Share: 30% of All Online
- [Attachments](https://www.meshio.com/2014/11/attachments/) - E-mail attachments can sometimes be a very damaging thing- not referring to the virus and scams that you get everyday. It's the fact that once your attachment is sent out, there's no way you can 'undo' it. You can definitely remember the time when your attachment is sent to the wrong intended recipient... All the embarrassing
- [The 37signals Manifesto](https://www.meshio.com/2015/02/the-37signals-manifesto/) - Some gold nuggets written back in 1999. Only came across it recently: 37signals.com/manifesto Never too late.
- [The Only Handheld Device That You Should Let Your Kids Play](https://www.meshio.com/2014/12/the-only-handheld-device-that-you-should-let-your-kids-play/) - A Kindle or any e-Book Readers that can only be used for reading, without any of those media playback capability and games. Any other devices should be restricted, because no matter how beneficial those handheld devices promise, I am still not convinced that the kids who interact with these devices would have any idea how
- [Magical Thinking](https://www.meshio.com/2014/11/magical-thinking/) - There's a term that I keep coming across: 'magical thinking'. Original articles here: (i)Â How to Avoid Delusional Thinking in Start-up Growth Strategy (ii)Â Why It's Better to Have a System Than a Goal It reaffirms my believe about projections and forecasts- the overly optimistic types. It goes something like, "If we just get 1% share of
- [Growing](https://www.meshio.com/2014/05/growing/) - At Twelve Volts Technologies, we bootstrapped from Day One. And if you've any experience with bootstrapping, you would understand the crazy hours and insane amount of coffee. All efforts were focused on survival. And then the storms and blizzard began to calm. The burn-out is real. And for a long time, there's finally some room
- [Is the Dengue Infection Out of Control?](https://www.meshio.com/2014/06/is-the-dengue-infection-out-of-control/) - A close friend's mother recently passed away due to dengue fever. There are friends who I know personally admitted to hospital due to dengue. Too many reports of dengue cases, and all these incidents are directly from the people I know. The regularity of these dengue reports are frightening. At this rate, I really think
- [Shana Fisher at Startup School](https://www.meshio.com/2014/06/shana-fisher-at-startup-school/) - Great insights into funding, startup cultures and finding your competitive advantages.
- [eBay Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine](https://www.meshio.com/2014/05/ebay-gets-a-taste-of-its-own-medicine/) - If you've been a seller on eBay for some years, you would have experienced eBay's notoriety in protecting their buyers, often at the expenses of the sellers. Not only that, policies and algorithms changes in eBay has always been kept secret and it's always up to the sellers to figure out before their sales vanish
- [Purchasing and Sourcing](https://www.meshio.com/2014/05/purchasing-and-sourcing/) - Both activities get products into your store. One should be automated, the other one needs a bit more intervention from you. Purchasing is a formula built using a few variables- stock status, historical purchase, sale's growth (or decline) etc. You should have a system that tells you this automatically. Your time is better spent elsewhere.
- [Go with the Flow](https://www.meshio.com/2014/05/go-with-the-flow/) - When confronted with the myriad of choices and challenges, we tend to slow down the pace and tell ourselves just to go with the flow. In fact, it's sometimes the best solution given the situation. However, it's also important to take note of where you are flowing. Like Bruce Lee's famous quote, "Be water, my
- [Platforms](https://www.meshio.com/2014/03/platforms/) - They are generally 2 types of online selling platforms. Type A: One that allow others to sell on it (eBay, Lelong, Rakuten, Mudah.my, Taobao) and , Type B: One that sells directly to customers (Amazon, Home Depot). Note to merchants (sellers) who are offered both platforms from the same company. If you don't manufacture your
- [Success is Overrated, Endorse Failure Instead](https://www.meshio.com/2014/01/success-is-overrated-endorse-failure-instead/) - We always like to hear about the success stories of a business, or an entrepreneur who struck jackpot on his first start up. Or a killer product that spread like wildfire on Facebook. But be careful with all these sweet glossy stories of 'success', because if you really notice, most of these success stories don't
- [Stock What You Sell](https://www.meshio.com/2014/01/stock-what-you-sell/) - Selling your products online may sound easy, but if you are going to make it a full time job, then be prepared to go through the same survival-of-the-fittest challenges that will be thrown upon you. The reality is much tougher than it looks. You may have heard of the term 'drop-ship', where you actually sell
- [How to Build Traffic to Your New e-Commerce Store](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/how-to-build-traffic-to-your-new-e-commerce-store/) - Also, take into account that you are not the only one offering the products/services. In fact, the odds are very much against you on the web. But fear not, if you are very confident with your products and customer service, in the long run, you are going to win. In the short run, run as
- [No More Whipping the Llama's Ass](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/no-more-whipping-the-llamas-ass/) - The first ever MP3 player we had back then. There was really lots of awesome skins and visualizations effects you could play with. On WinAmp.com's homepage: "Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest
- [How to Make Your Family Rich](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/how-to-make-your-family-rich/) - “No one who can rise before dawn 360 days a year fails to make his family rich.” That's a very interesting quote I keep referring to from Gladwell's Outliers. It's a saying originated by Chinese paddy farmers, which literally means, wealth comes to those who works hard with consistency and perseverance. In the book, this
- [Nuke Blips](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/nuke-blips/) - It's got a Daff Punk feel to it. And there'll be a blip that wipes the slate clean...
- [The Google Killer-App](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/the-google-killer-app/) - Literally. “Google, while it is a great service that has done wonderful things for the Web, is showing some troubling signs,” Cook told me. “Their shutdown of Google Reader earlier this year means that none of the services [we] rely upon are sacrosanct if they are not profitable enough for them." Read full article at
- [Talk with Your Throat](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/talk-with-your-throat/) - Motorola takes wearable technology to the next level with their neck tattoo.
- [How Much Should You Spend on Google AdWords?](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/how-much-should-you-spend-on-google-adwords/) - From one of the best article I've read on the subject- the formula to calculate the maximum bid for your keywords: Max CPC = (profit per customer) x (1 – profit margin) x (website conversion rate) Read the full article at Kissmetrics.com
- [How to Kick Amazon's Ass](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/how-to-kick-amazons-ass/) - Easier said than done, but here's a place to start: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131025184425-40729475-so-you-want-to-compete-against-amazon
- [Kindle is awesome!](https://www.meshio.com/2013/11/kindle-is-awesome/) - Never tried some serious reading on the Kindle, until I purchased the first book. And then I purchased another one. And another one... At the time of this post, I've just read 4 books in a span of 3 weeks on the Kindle. And I can say it's one of the best gadget investment after
- [6 Reasons Why You Should Build a Business for Retirement](https://www.meshio.com/2013/09/6-reasons-why-you-should-build-a-business-for-retirement/) - Some people believe that running a business is risky. And if someone tells you to start a business as part of your retirement strategy, it's probably bad advice. The odds are overwhelming- only 2 out of 10 businesses will survives in the first 3 years. Paul Graham cites 18 mistakes that can crash all your
- [10 E-Commerce Do's and Don'ts](https://www.meshio.com/2013/09/10-e-commerce-dos-and-donts/) - By ILYA POZIN 1. DO test your product. 2. DON'T assume that people will just find your site. 3. DO set aside a budget to test marketing. 4. DON'T bank on raising more money. 5. DO listen to your customers. 6. DON'T try to be everything at once. 7. DO build a solid foundation before
- [9 Data Sets for Your Ecommerce Store](https://www.meshio.com/2013/08/9-data-sets-for-your-ecommerce-store/) - Just a few days back, I wrote on the metrics that you should focus on when running your online business. And Scott Gerber (via Mashable) has got 9 data sets from 9 different entrepreneurs: 1. User Acquisition Costs 2. Abandoned Carts 3. Google Analytics Experiments 4. Visitor Value 5. Lifetime Value 6. Traffic 7. Lead
- [E-Commerce Platforms with Hidden Agendas](https://www.meshio.com/2013/08/e-commerce-platforms-with-hidden-agendas/) - On one fine morning, you get a phone call from XYZ company telling you why you should sell your wares with their up and coming e-commerce platform. And they tell you all the astronomical traffic they have (which you will take a lifetime to build) and the merchants that are already selling with them. And
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- [The One Best Tip before You Start Your e-Commerce Store](https://www.meshio.com/2013/07/the-one-best-tip-before-you-start-your-e-commerce-store/) - Okie, so you are all geared up to the teeth to slaughter your way through the cyber marketplace and make your presence known to your competitors who're already on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and all the latest mumbo-jumbos of the latest internet technologies. Even if you do not have the resources, you at least want to
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- [To SEO or Not to SEO](https://www.meshio.com/2013/07/to-seo-or-not-to-seo/) - Having experienced the rise of Yahoo! to the mainly Google-dominated search engine era, I've seen how search engines can make or break your online marketing strategy. Let's face it, unless your mother-in-law is able to type your domain name right into her favorite browser, you are still going to rely pretty much on the search
- [Ultimate Tax Relief Guide for Malaysians](https://www.meshio.com/2013/04/ultimate-tax-relief-guide-for-malaysians/) - A friend from imoney.my shared with me the following 'Ultimate Tax Relief Guide for Malaysians'. Enjoy!
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- [Priority or Focus](https://www.meshio.com/2012/08/priority-or-focus/) - There's only so many things you can do today. Yes, it's a good idea to prioritize, but I feel it still leaves too much room for distractions. What if you limit yourself to only ONE assignment today? I bet you can do it really well, today. What's that one thing that cannot wait? If you
- [Traffic, Philosophy of](https://www.meshio.com/2012/06/traffic-philosophy-of/) - Just some analogies I observed while driving... Round About A traffic system with round-abouts is a huge no-no. It creates unnecessarily delay and congestion. I've read somewhere that round-abouts were designed to 'slow-down' traffic. Likewise, when trying to arrive at a decision, having round-abouts are like indecisiveness. Resign to the fact that you cannot make
- [The Essence of Wealth Accumulation](https://www.meshio.com/2010/08/the-essence-of-wealth-accumulation/) - Financial consultants and investment product brokers work very hard every day to drill into their clients' mind the importance of wealth accumulation. However, a disproportionate amount of that drilling and hammering is focused on the types of wealth accumulation products, rather than the strategies. Last week, a very successful 'wealth accumulator', a school teacher from
- [Sir Richard Branson is Coming to Town!](https://www.meshio.com/2010/08/sir-richard-branson-is-coming-to-town/) - Sir Richard Branson, the renowned British industrialist is coming to KL next month for the Dawn of the New Decade – Alternative Investments in Asia forum. Here's the press release on the event, thanks to Elya of GoComm.com.my on the note. KL TO WELCOME SIR RICHARD BRANSON FOR LANDMARK FORUM Kuala Lumpur, Monday, 9 August
- [How Money is Created](https://www.meshio.com/2010/08/how-money-is-created/) - A good read for the weekend, enjoy! How Money is Created in Australia.
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- [Offer a Ride, and Make Some Money!](https://www.meshio.com/2009/10/offer-a-ride-and-make-some-money/) - I've always wanted to develop a car pooling platform. There are a few reasons why car pooling would work very well in Malaysia: 1) Most city people are getting quite environmental conscious. 2) Car pooling is way better than taking an express bus or train. 3) Depending on who you are hitching the ride with
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- [Terry Fox Ran](https://www.meshio.com/2007/11/terry-fox-ran/) - Okie, here's a quick post-up on this morning's Terry Fox Run. I arrived there with my man-powered bike, and there was no sign showing where the Assembly Area is until you actually reach the Assembly Area (duh!), and the marshals I asked obviously had no idea either. Wasted about 10 minutes just to find the

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