Archive for the 'Business Start Up' Category

With the economy in the tank and people who are out of work looking for new career options in a field that WON’T vanish into thin air (hopefully), people are wondering if the “Green” trend will provide new job opportunities in the construction field, for example. The Building Performance Institute develops technical standards for home [...]

Any entrepreneur seeking venture capital or bank lending will face these issues, but in a recent discussion for female entrepreneurs, there were some key topics that need to be addressed to successfully get money to expand a business. You can read them all at: 10 Ways for Female Entrepreneurs to get Funded Perhaps the most important [...]

My road to this job was quite a journey, but I’m so glad that I was able to find something that I love to do. If you currently don’t love your job, I would highly suggest that you keep looking until you can find something that will make you happy. When you are happy at [...]

StartUpBritain.org is a resource for aspiring entrepreneurs in the UK. It’s created by people who are succeeding in their own businesses and want to help YOU get going. StartUp Britain is a new campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, launched on 28th March 2011. Designed to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK, it has [...]

I ran across a very interesting social media site today… unlike ANY I’d ever seen before. It allows entrepreneurs, artists, etc., to tell the world their plans and secure pledges for funding. Here’s one project – a pen – that wanted to raise $2,500 but has pledges for over $250,000 already. If you’re trying to [...]

StartUpYours.com describes itself as “The only family-friendly business startup course & grant program made especially for freedom-seeking parents & their awesome kids.” It’s a new program that’s coming online but the idea is interesting. What they teach: You dream of a family-centered life, but you also have to support your family. Which is why it’s [...]

I am fascinated by the cooperative movement.  I would love to see work at home businesses emerge which could form larger cooperatives and enable people to have the benefits of working at home without being “on their own”. Sometimes cooperatives are associated with hippies or other subcultures that for one reason or another don’t commend [...]

What are the best industries these days for starting a business? Check this out from Inc. Magazine 1. Candy 2. iPhone Apps 3. Health Care Technology 4. Affordable beer and wine 5. Custom software 6. Yoga products and service and variants (like Christian substitutes) 7. Technical and Trade school as people look to retool themselves [...]

Detroit, Michigan is “challenged” to say the least. Corrupt government, abandoned properties, severe depopulation, and 30% unemployment (approximately).  Nevertheless, something “right” is still happening there from time to time. I just heard about the “Open City” project there. Once a month, a local gathering place hosts an “Open City” meeting. About 100 people come to [...]

Make 2011 Your Best Year Ever! Starting Saturday January 8th, two of my favorite online marketers are going to begin a series on how to ”Grab the Low Hanging Fruit” and start making real money online.  Each Saturday for 4 weeks, they’ll show you how to 1. Start where you are right now 2. Tweak what you’re [...]