Archive for the 'Business Start Up' Category

  • 5 Questions To Ask Before You Start Your Blog

    Here’s a good article for any individual or company wanting to blog. How will you know if or when you arrive?
    From ClickZ They provide the main points my comments are in (parentheses)
    1.What will the blog be about?
    2. Who will be responsible to do it?
    3. How much time will it take? (To what depth do you [...]

  • Will You Use Your Tax Rebate To Start A Home Business?

    The news tonight is all about the US Tax Rebate to “stimulate the economy”.
    The idea behind the rebate is for us to get our hot little hands on some “free cash” and go down and blow it at the mall to get America back in business.
    Here’s my question… how many people will take the cash [...]

  • It’s Raining Money Like Cats and Dogs

    If you’re looking for a profitable business to start and love animals (and hopefully aren’t allergic) the pet business may be the one for you to start. Here’s the trend behind that. In Albuquerque NM, for example, there are so many people with pampered pets and disposable income that the dog and cat based pet [...]

  • Biz Resource: “You Can Work from Home: A Free No-Nonsense Guide”

    From Dane’s Blog
    Web Worker Daily:
    Do you dream of working from home? Flexibly blending the professional with the personal? Working hours that suit you instead of following some old-fashioned nine-to-five schedule? All in an environment that you arrange so it suits your needs and temperament?
    Then you’ll want to download and read “Work from Home: A No-Nonsense [...]

  • Find Small Ways To Develop Revenue

    you are trying to bootstrap your way into having a work at home business, finding small revenue streams may be the key.
    Here’s an example of that from Dane’s Blog.
    SeattlePI:
    Q: I am a young photographer trying to start my own business. I have so much gear that I still need to buy, and I am overwhelmed [...]

  • New Year, New Career?

    In the article at Black Enterprise: New Year, New Career, writer Linda Whitney looks at options for changing careers in the new year. Working at home in a business opportunity comes up.
    Of course it depend on your own background, skills, and interests.
    She makes a good point that some possible work at home opps are recruitment [...]

  • Have You Got Your Online Business Going Yet For 2008?

    If you’re looking for a way to make money online, this is perhaps one of the lowest risk offers around. That’s because you can use the software to create as many websites as you like. It also taps into a proven way to make money… ebay affiliate commissions. Using that affiliate program, I’ve earned hundreds [...]

  • Transition To Entrepreneurship Harder Than Expected

    Crain’s Detroit Business article on Second career: Buyouts fuel entrepreneurship, but be wary of pitfalls is necessary reading for anyone in a corporate setting who’s facing a “retirement buyout”. This man invested his buyout in starting a business from home. It was his own business, not a business package evidently, and his results.
    Lower level workers [...]

  • Are You Called To Be An Entrepreneur?

    Can entrepreneurship be a divine calling?
    A new film suggests “Yes”.
    From CNN:
    Based on The Entrepreneurial Vocation, a book written by Acton Institute founder Rev. Robert Sirico, the film tells the stories of three business owners: a dairy farmer in Evart, Mich., a merchant banker in New York City and a Chinese media magnate in Hong Kong.
    Couched [...]

  • Growing A Solar Business One Neighborhood At A Time

    I used to have a largely solar powered home and would love to have one again some time. So I couldn’t help but notice this entrepreneur who wants to see whole neighborhoods switch to solar power!
    When 40 or 50 homes switch in a short period of time, that brings down the cost of installation for [...]