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This rreally isn’t about working at home but I find it an amazing story of entrepreneurship that I wanted to pass along. Amerityre was founded by Richard Steinke. No stranger to hardship or labor, he spent his childhood in an orphanage from age one. During high school, he worked jobs both after school and on [...]

From the Statesman Journal Salem OR Storey works, in her own home, baking and selling a line of seven varieties of rum cakes and one whiskey cake. In her spotless, bone-white kitchen, humming along to the monastic music, she creates up to 5,000 cakes a year. Storey’s business venture has been nearly 20 years in [...]

You never know where you’ll find “Secret Product Sources” to launch or accelerate your businesses’ momentum. Here’s one opportunity I came across and am happy to share with you… via Dan Poynter. Maybe YOU can be their “remainder outlet”. OVERSTOCK BOOKS. After 11 years in book publishing I will retire the end of this year [...]

Chuck’s Note: I trust Adrian Ling. I asked him about one of his products once compared to a competitors and he was honest – for that particular application, he suggested I buy his competitor’s product. I could have probably figured out he was lying later after paying the money had he chosen to dupe me, [...]

A while back I wrote about how to a business could use WordPress to build a local business website. I’m building one of those for a friend right now. As the site takes shape, I’ll be posting links and snapshots of how I build it. The first thing I did was register a domain name. [...]

Do you want to have fun? Do you want to raise funds for your organization or make some money? Do you want to spread your viewpoint wherever you or your friends drive? How about making a Bumper Sticker? Here’s one I made for Dane’s blog because my sub domain was too cumbersome for a sticker. [...]

Every year Chris Malta conducts online workshops for Ebay sellers. Those workshops have been compiled into this free illustrated ebay ebook. It will teach you how to *Move from Hobby to Home Business *How to Compete in a Crowded Market *What is the difference between Liquidation, Closeouts, and Surplus *Understanding the Basics to Importing Physical [...]

This is a franchise promotion for a UK franchise company. The guy started working from home (but not always at home). He did so well he’s now selling that home based franchise to get into something else. He was so successful, he’s having to hire staff. He can’t stand that idea and wanted to find [...]

Here’s a unique product. It’s video taken from the cockpit of an airliner with awesome views. It costs $19.95. This one video may generate about $1,000 per month for this project. What could you sell online? See it for yourself… Most of us have sat in the seat of a major airliner and stared out [...]

People ask me if there is legitimate work taking photos. Here, Terry Platt talks about his busy day doing home inspections. He grossed $403 before expenses of course. (If the inspection business interests you, click through. Terry links to a couple of companies sending him business.) Though he had a mid day appointment that slowed [...]