Archive for the 'Business Start Up' Category

Lillie Warren, a registered nurse, was on maternity leave with a child when she had a brainstorm to provide home health care to her rural county… despite the fact that she had NO business experience whatsoever.
A few years later her business grossed $975,000 and employed 70 CNA’s (Certified Nursing Assistants) providing rural home nursing care. […]

In a recently released study from the Center on Faith In Communities the organization surveyed 250 Faith Based Organizations in cities like Cincinnati; Boston; Houston; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Phoenix; San Diego; Memphis; Portland; Trenton; Indianapolis; and Kansas City.
The survey found that 37 percent of the groups were currently engaged in earned-income ventures, while another 20 percent […]

My friend James Jones has a great free video about how he made $2,050.04 in about 10 weeks through “click arbitrage” using Google Adwords and Yahoo Publisher Network. It’s completely automatic at this point.
Set, forget, cash the check, monitor for ongoing profitability.
While you can learn some things I consider cool just from watching this interesting […]

MicroBusinessUSA.org of Miami, Florida is a a federally funded peer-microlending program that offers small loans to entrepreneurs with bad, little or no credit. They are a private, non-profit (501 c3) Florida Corporation, fostering self-employment with business workshops, loans form $500 to $35,000 and networking support for low - to - moderate income persons who have […]

If you can get a U.S. government contract, it can put your small business “on the map” by giving you the steady business and reliable income you need to establish yourself.
Wading through all the baloney to find actual contracts that make sense for you.
How do you do that?
1. Know where to find requests for bidders. […]

Many small rural towns are in trouble and need an infusion of life and growth according to Dr. Weldon Sleight, Dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture as reported by the McCook Daily Gazette.
An example of the kind of never-say-die entrepreneurship that will solve rural America’s problems were highlighted during his presentation:
Dr. Sleight used […]

The PowerHomeBiz.com Blog has an excellent article on the facts about the merchant account business. Sometimes you see Craigslist and other ads seeking folks to sell this service. Isabel Isidro does a good job of outlining the difficulties of doing well in this business unless you have some sort of advantage… either an extensive experience […]

Skip Rosell has unveiled his new course “Smoke Alert - Save A Life, Make A Profit”
Let me tell you why I eagerly await any new information emanating from the pen (or keyboard) of Skip Rosell.
Skip is NOT one of those “one shot wonders” promoting the latest greatest whiz bang deal… I remember some of those […]

An online pal of mine, Joe Sabah, and his daughter Renee are helping people learn how to do what she did.
After 6 years at a “corporate” job, she decided to strike out on her own and charge what she’s worth as a personal assistant.
She’s got more business than she can handle and lots of people […]

Rhea is a home schoo mom who started hosting educational events.
She has a teleseminar to talk about the business.
Here’s the press release I received.
Creating events such as conferences not only helps lots of people by bringing them inspiration, education and motivation but they can also be very profitable if you do them right.
On the other […]