Archive for the 'Business Start Up' Category

Isabel M. Isidro’s blog pointed me to a great new (to me) resource on the web.
It’s the work of Jeffrrey A. Robinson, Ph.D. on wealth building and entrepreneurship. I very much enjoyed checking out his website. There is a trend in economic development called “Community Wealth Building”. Frankly in many of the publications I read […]

The “common statistic” thrown around even by university professors, Wall Street Journal editors, etc. is that “80 to 90% of new businesses fail within a few years”.
Jeff Cornwall and Rhonda Abrams say there’s just one problem with that statistic: it’s dead wrong.
Credible studies show success rates five years out (the normal time line for such […]

New York Times best selling authors Donald Trump and Robert “Rich Dad” Kiyosaki have teamed up to lend their names to a new book called Why We Want You To Be Rich - Two Men, One Message and they’ve already managed to peeve Wall Street.
The average salary on Wall Street is $300,000 so they’re not […]

Too many people want to open a little storefront business.
Not only do they not know if the business will work, they don’t know if it will start working before their life savings are gone.
The solution? Start at home after checking to see if the business concept is workable and legitimate.  
From Talequah Daily Press
As a business development […]

Muhammad Yunus got started in “Microlending” when - with money from his own wallet - he gave poor villagers loans of about 64 cents each. Though it sounded insignificant it enabled them to own the resources needed for their little family businesses. It didn’t make them rich but at the end of the day, it left them with […]

Here’s what Cash Edge, Inc. did to attract offline businesses to patronize an online business according to Start Up Journal. Cash Edge offered online services to local financial institutions. Their efforts were based on the size of the fees involved so they took steps that differ from a website whose model is to make money […]

Homestead Technologies (the website people) commissioned a study on home based business and found this list of hot home based businesses.
E-Learning: With advances in new web application tools such as podcasts and video blogs, development costs will decrease.
E-Bay Aftermarket: Helping companies conduct market research, pricing strategies, shipping, and competitive analysis is a great niche business.
Children […]

In his article “Think Before You Bank On The Web” Bill Knell dispells many myths about marketing online if you’re planning to start a home business or work at home.
The whole article is worth pondering but here are some points that jump out…
1. There’s no place to make money faster - or lose it faster […]

Via Dane’s Blog

BeaconNewsOnline.com:
Three years ago inventor Steve Grant was thinking about designing a new kind of desk-top fish tank. He didn’t see any on the market that he liked, and he wanted to tinker with his idea. But he was worried. “So many times the people that I’ve read or heard about commit their life […]

You can find local resources to help your business grow at the Virtual Business Incubator
Just click it on, choose your state and find a variety of resources to help start a business or expand an existing business.
There you’ll find folks in your state to help you track down the information and funding you need for […]