{"id":186,"date":"2011-05-28T20:34:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T23:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2017-10-21T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T14:17:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/about","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My vision is to help individuals and families manage their finances as effectively as possible through workshops, presentations, seminars, publications and personal example.<\/p>\n<p>I created this blog as a way to share simple but effective ways to save money.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was to create an environment where tips and ideas from my experience in addition to those from visitors would be combined to create a &#8220;how to save money guide&#8221; for all.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that this blog gets you faster to the point where you can proudly say that you have:<\/p>\n<p>No Mortgage payments<\/p>\n<p>No Student Loans<\/p>\n<p>No Car Payments<\/p>\n<p>No Credit Card Debt<\/p>\n<p>No debt what so ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I also want to thank the following people for helping to make this blog a reality:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 My wife and daughter for being patient with me as I jumped head-first into getting this blog up and running.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 My parents back in the day, for not letting me go out to play until I finished writing a 5 page essay. \u00a0 I thought I couldn&#8217;t do it and cried as I watched my friends play outside\u00a0 (hey.. I was a kid back then !!! ).\u00a0\u00a0 I ended up writing 8 pages and have not looked back\u00a0 since then .\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks Mom and Dad.<\/p>\n<p>3. Richard Lafortune, Graphic and web-designer to the stars.\u00a0 He was also the one that introduced me to the wonderful world of wordpress (the application on which I built this blog), and continues to give me wonderful advise on everything web 2.0.\u00a0 Thank you Richard.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 <a title=\"EjiTech Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">EjiTech Solutions<\/a> for sponsoring this blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\">www.ejitech.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 All the readers that contribute to this blog with their comments.<\/p>\n<p>6. Last, my friends (you know yourselves) that asked me to write a book on this stuff a few years back.\u00a0 Thanks for the nudge and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p>Emo Ikede\u00a0 \u00a0MBA, B.Sc, PMP, MCSE<\/p>\n<p>New Stuff:<br \/>\nI am currently working on 3 Projects (1 mobile App and 2 Books}:<br \/>\n1. Building a mobile App to support my book. App will be FREE to download. ( some screen shots below) about 70% complete.<\/p>\n<p>2. Writing the draft for my second book titled &#8221; 5 Money Traps: How to avoid them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>3. Brainstorming the draft for my third book titled &#8221; Safe Spending Zones : The easiest way to stay out of debt&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One thing at a time of course, so project # 2 and 3 will only ramp up after I launch the App.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/menu.jpg\" alt=\"menu\" width=\"285\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/menu.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/menu-159x300.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Appartment.jpg\" alt=\"Appartment\" width=\"307\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Appartment.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Appartment-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MainPage.jpg\" alt=\"MainPage\" width=\"275\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MainPage.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MainPage-157x300.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/books.jpg\" alt=\"books\" width=\"281\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/books.jpg 281w, https:\/\/www.ejitech.com\/howtosavemoney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/books-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My vision is to help individuals and families manage their finances as effectively as possible through workshops, presentations, seminars, publications and personal example. 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