Archive for the 'Profiles' Category

From INewswire…
One such mother [seeking to work at home], Kristen Michaelis, gave up a government job with decent benefits in order to start working from home as a freelance marketing copywriter. She got the idea when several old colleagues of hers offered her moonlighting work writing brochure copy. Their enthusiastic response to her professional advertising [...]

Here’s another potentially home based business that’s for sale… an online audio book store. It’s a bit higher than the dating site… $39,500.
I hate the fact that I am selling this business. I think this has HUGE potential. But I am swamped in another successful business that I own and cannot sqeeze any more time [...]

After my post yesterday about declining revenues at dating sites, I found this home based dating site for sale for $1,500!
Dating is one of the internest biggest industries with over 10 million searches per month for the keyword “dating”. This site is a smaller dating site but has seen good growth. The site currently has [...]

Steve Shulenski has had a few up’s and down’s in his business career. Many people would have just given in after adversity. Here’s what Steve did in his own words…
Going bankrupt forced me to look at everything I had done to put myself into that situation. It made me realize that the only way I [...]

From CanadaEast.com
It’s hard work to operate a hotel, a day spa and a day care all in one - but one local couple is up to the challenge.
What’s unique about this hotel is its clients. They all have four legs.
Carola and Rick Adams operate Dutch Kennels in Noonan.
“It’s not a job for someone who likes [...]

This is an old post from the sowpub.com forum by Don Alm…
There are lots of great ways to make lots of money.
Unfortunately, they all involve selling of one form or another… even website monetized by Google Adsense are about selling Google on why your website has unique content or some other search engine on your [...]

From the Huntsville, AL times…
Debbie Baughn’s children help with Bears and Beads
The bears around Debbie Baughn’s home in Madison aren’t the least bit threatening. In fact, her daughters hate to see them leave the house.
Bears are a major component of Baughn’s home-based business, Baughn’s Bears and Beads. She has applied more than 20 [...]

Peter Drucker, management “guru” dead at 95.
Peter Drucker, the most influential management writer of the modern era, has died age 95. A spokesman for the Claremont Graduate University in California, where Prof Drucker worked since the 1971, said he died peacefully on Friday morning after a short illness.
Prof Drucker remained active until the end of [...]

Erik never knew if his home business idea would generate just a little bit of extra cash … or hit the big time!
From Startups.co.uk
For most budding entrepreneurs, the ingredients of success are things such as cash flow, market position and effective staff. For husband and wife team Eric and Jeanette Watkins, it’s vital that [...]

From BizWomen.com
It’s 5:30 p.m.
While most people are getting home from a long day at work, Amy Keuper’s day is just beginning.
As the owner of Paper Bouquet, Keuper makes herself available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from her 2,800-square-foot office, which is also her home.
Keuper has operated her home-based wedding [...]