Posts Tagged ‘business startup’

Next comes the hard part!

“Actually I’m an overnight success. But it took twenty years” – Monty Hall

Most people who dream of owning their own business, which according to some studies as much as 61% of Americans, understand that it takes a tremendous amount of work and sacrifice to start a business, at least conceptually. What they fail to understand is that their superhuman work often pays very little, at least at first.

Most people…

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Let the man speaks truths!

This is a guest article by Jim DeLapa, the President of GreatBusinessPlan.com

If you are thinking about starting your own business, believe it or not you can learn a valuable lesson from tuning in to the early auditions of American Idol, now on the air.  This lesson will help you avoid one of the most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs, one that costs them dearly.  Take this lesson with you as you write your small business…

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Toyota Corolla wire-frame

This is a guest article by John Schulte, the President of the National Mail Order Association.

It’s very hard to describe how to develop the merchandising ability of looking at things and automatically seeing how it could be sold. It’s part experience, part learned knowledge, part natural instinct. I can only write examples when they come to me.

Hopefully through example you will learn to relate and assimilate. You must practice your product development skills every day. You…

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One smart KFC competitor

Have you ever experience this: A certain song stuck in your head, which your mind keep playing it over and over again whether you want it or not.

In every business idea pops in my head, these three words are like that song: Observe, imitate, modify.

Those three words are taught by a well-respected motivator in where I live, Tung Desem Waringin (the guy who threw tens of thousands of dollar – a large sum of…

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Resilient business startup

Good news for small business startups – Recessions don’t hurt your business.

Joshua Kennon, About.com Guide to Beginner’s Investing, reported in his blog post that according to a research paper from the Ewin Marion Kauffman Foundation, The Economic Future Just Happened, some findings about small business are found encouraging:

Recessions and bear markets don’t appear to have significant impact on new businesses survivability.

More than half of the companies on the 2009 Fortune 500 list, and…

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Checking up the list

I just stumbled on this simple and straightforward, yet useful checklist for those of you that are soon-to-be business owners.

The checklist is originally written by Jamie Downey on Boston.com. The checklist was intended to help the author’s friend, who was laid off several months ago and thinking about working on his sound business idea (his story is another proof that downsizing is a good reason to enter entrepreneurship.)

The checklist

Without further ado, here is…

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Tutoring

The recession changes people attitude toward money and employment.

More people are becoming frugal, more entrepreneurs are becoming bootstrappers, and more ex-employees are entering entrepreneurship.

All three of the above combined, you would want to start a business that requires minimal investment. Take heed, there are business opportunities that involve no financial investment to start with – Not even a dime.

10 business ideas to start requiring no financial investment

1. Online business / make money online
   Blogging, SEO/link building,

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Pet grooming business

You probably have heard this a bit too much: Getting fired from your job pushes you to enter entrepreneurship.

But I couldn’t help finding more and more evidences, confirming that getting fired is often, indeed, a blessing in disguise.

Here is one of the case study: A top story from a local news broadcast that, once more, proves that being made redundant is actually help you to get on to entrepreneurship bandwagon and achieve financial independence.

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I have a confession to make.

I am addicted to starting up business.

Not a bad thing, really, but there are things that every addict have to do to control their addiction :)

What is the symptoms of starting up addiction?

Sweaty hands, anxious…

Just kidding! :) The symptoms of a startup addict might include the following:

• High interest in business opportunities
• Can’t stay away from creative or revolutionary ideas
• Love the excitement and the unknowns of starting

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