Posts Tagged ‘start a business’

Nothing down

In business, the “we need money to make money” statement holds true to most of us. But for us bootstrapper, zero down is THE strategy for business funding.

Finding investors for your business start-up is challenging. To make matter worse, today’s economic turmoil limits our access to business funding. Some lucky start-ups could rake millions of dollar from investors. Some select few can even secure funding from angels. Unfortunately, for the rest of us, getting money to get your…

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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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Safety net

If you are downsized or made redundant, entrepreneurship can be your legitimate solution to fix your cash flow problems first and establish your business empire second – With scarce job opportunities that fit your resume and pay well today, you are left with limited choices.

However, if you are still in a good job that pays you well – regardless your passion for entrepreneurship – I suggest you not to quit your job just yet.

Let your job be

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Brainstorming on the beach

Ah, vacations – something that keeps small business owners sane and stress-free.

While taking a short break (or a mini-retirement, as mentioned by The 4-hour Workweek’s Tim Ferriss) is nice, as not many entrepreneurs have the privilege to take days off from their businesses, I don’t believe that any entrepreneurs can shut themselves out from entrepreneurship.

Your mobile phones and any other communication equipments can be turned off, but you can’t simply turn off your creative mind.…

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Pearl for sale

I contribute a weekly blog post for a website called Noobpreneur that reaches and provides valuable information to entrepreneurs. New entrepreneurs or “newbies” are the focus. My current business activities focus on the buying and selling of businesses. Most /many “new” entrepreneurs are in the exploration, startup or newly started stage of their business venture.

Where does selling a business enter into this paradigm? Everything seems to run in cycles. There is a start, a middle and an…

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Starting up a business shouldn’t be that hard and complex.

You can start right now – it will only took you about 30 minutes. Simple and easy.

Do it with me here. Here’s how:

1. Open your Google – Search for ‘hot business idea’ – save ‘em up into your notepad.
2. Pick one idea that interest you – see whether it has a ‘market’ – the number of pages that include the term you interest.
3. Open up

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