Archive for August, 2007

Gumtree.com has created an attractive site for UK customers in particular. It serves communities long associated with the Britain’s far-flung interests of old. It looks to be a valuable resource for people seeking jobs in general, and hopefully will also help those looking to telecommute or work at home as well.
Recently I decided […]

I ran across this quote from Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian economist. It essentially describes entrepreneurs as leaders because they realize the uncertainty of the future, the fact that nothing remains the same, and yet make plans to make an impact in the future through their activities. It applies to social entrepreneurs and business ventures […]

This has nothing to do with working at home per se because, sooner or later, we’ll all drive over a bridge - possibly one about to collapse - but it does have something to do with entrepreneurship and leadership. We seem to have little. We’re relying on WWII infrastructure in the “Star Wars” era. Even […]

According to the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business News, PayPal will now offer credit services so that customers may buy on credit.  The credit extended through the program will be done in conjunction with a unit of General Electric - GE Money Bank.

Our own Dane Carlson will be blogging next week as a Guest Blogger on WorkShak
It’s a nice blog with lots of posts on home business related topics.

Small Businesses are using Google Earth as a tool to save time and money and get new business.
From the Wall Street Journal and The Entrepreneurial Mind

Roofers aren’t the only ones taking advantage of aerial mapping — landscapers, pool maintenance people, real-estate agents and insurance companies are also using such services. In some cases, they’re checking […]

According to the L.A. Times Laser Printers can be as hazardous to your health as smoking cigarettes due to the particles they give off.
The finding came accidentally… they’d originally planned to test air quality in a building next to a “dusty road” assuming the dust on the road was the problem.
It’s an interesting story about […]

Are you entering Start Up Nation’s Home Business 100 Contest?
Here are the details…
The Home-Based 100 is the first annual ranking of the best performing home-based businesses in America. But no matter what size your home-based business is, you can enter & win. There are 2 categories of competition:
100 Best Performing
Top Tens Special Categories
The 100 Best […]

According to a Blog Dollar study (PDF File) commissioned by Chitika.com, the company’s report estimated that an estimated $500 million was generated within the top 50k blogs in 2006.
(Chitika.com offers bloggers a pay per click advertising network to monetize their blogs.)
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