Archive for the 'Trends' Category

One of the most pressing questions for people in the U.S. who are transitioning to self employment from a job “with benefits� is the health care question…if not for the business person, then for their spouse or children.It’s one thing to go on the other spouse’s insurance if they have it. But if you have [...]

CellFire.com is an application on your cell phone and it sends valuable coupons directly to your phone. It’s free and actually stores the coupons on your cell phone… no need for an internet connection and you can carry the coupons around with you wherever you go.  By visiting the Cellfire web site or sending a text [...]

Helping people connect to the Internet is one of the things I like to track because it’s essential for business nowadays and many people are having to limp along with no access or just dial up. So I was interested to see this new attempt to keep people connected. We’re seeing this frequently in restaurants, [...]

Are “Third Places” part of your “home” or “Telecommuting”? I’m not sure. But I am sure the trend is growing… thanks to Dane’s blog USA Today: The fall morning is mercifully fog-free, which puts a spring in the step of Mordy Karsch as he rolls into work. In short order, he fires up the computer, [...]

I’ve noticed this opportunity growing wherever there are preschools… teachers coming in and teaching computer operations to preschoolers. Whether they go by the name “computer tots” or “gigglebytes” the people they recruit to work for them are paid $10 to $16 per hour so that means someone is making a good deal more. Maybe you [...]

Though his mom’s a school teacher, this teen dropped out of high school with his mother’s permission to pursue full time video gaming. Within a few months he signed a $250,000 contract. He tutors aspiring gamers for $65 per hour! Read the entire story at  the Palm Beach Post  I’ve put some more info here…

Laws to license various occupations are always created in the name of “protecting the public”. That doesn’t stop bad doctors from malpractice, bad lawyers from shoddy work, or bad accountants from missing tax deductions you’re eligible for. But it does insure that the bad ones can still make good money as long as their failures remain concealed from popular [...]

We take water for granted, but water shortages may be more of a problem in the future than oil “shortages”. Big companies are buying up water purification, desalinization, and other water production plants at top speed hoping to cash in on shortages that will make $3 per gallon for gasoline look cheap by comparison. (Remember [...]

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 [...]

Collaborate 2006 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville AL promises to be an interesting event for entrepreneurs/inventors wanting to develop contacts in the Automotive, Aerospace, and Defense fields. Collaborate 2006 is North America’s only automotive, aerospace and defense collaborative event. This new annual conference and exhibition is produced by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) [...]