Start a company... and sell it for a dollar?!?

Or a Pound, Euro or whatever your local currency might be.

Penelope Trunk has an amazing tip for building your career portfolio. Start a company and sell it for next to nothing. Instead of looking at the company as a way to make money look at it as a way to boost your value to the next person that considers hiring you. I will leave it to her to go into the details but it makes sense in a weird sort of way.

Penelope's Post: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2011/07/28/do-this-for-your-career-right-now-start-a-company-and-sell-it-for-a-dollar/

Penelope Trunk on finding satisfying work

Penelope Trunk has her take on finding satisfying work on her blog. She is an Aspie and has founded a few different companies in her time (Brazen Careerist is the most notable).  Check here out: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2011/06/02/how-to-find-satisfying-work/