Work at Home Business Ideas

Niche travel websites take on many shapes and forms. From nudist resort directories to singing vacations, most cater to tourists and individual travelers.
MeetingUniverse.com is a niche travel site that caters to a specific kind of business traveler: the meeting planner. Their website rates hotels and services providers according to a meeting planners’ criteria. […]

Hello readers from Opportunity World.
My very popular, but controversial, post 20 Things Not to Do Before Starting a Business is in the February 2008 issue of Opportunity World.
I’m also now a regular contributor to that magazine, so I’ll have a column in there monthly.
Original post by Dane and software by Elliott Back

Do you have a burning desire to slide down a thirty foot brass pole and jump into an exciting and fiery life? The San Francisco Fire Engine Tours & Adventures is for sale!
The San Francisco Chronicle has more:
Wearing a 19th century firefighter’s shirt and hat, Marilyn Katzman climbed into the shotgun seat of an […]

In the United States, only about 20% of the population are smokers. Though sometimes here in smokeless California it might not seem that there’s not much of a market for products related to smoking, but that 20% corresponds to almost fifty million people in the US alone! Globally, some estimates place the percentage […]

CNETNews.com:
Elvis Presley had fans around the world long before the Internet, but he never toured outside of North America. His popularity overseas soared after his music got played on local radio and his movies screened around the world. Elvis’ record label, RCA, had a network through which it manufactured and distributed his music. The company […]

Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service:
Just get rid of them!” Face it, when confronted by a customer with a complaint, all you really want to do is make them go away, isn’t it? After all, who wants someone in your face, telling you that you’ve messed up? But guess what? You actually may be doing […]

Radley Balko on Hit & Run has an excellent idea: a nap store.
He explains:
I’ve envisioned my nap shop franchises strategically placed in shopping malls, tourist areas, and next to all-you-can-eat buffets and Cheesecake Factories. A customer walks in, and for $20 or so, gets a cozy room for 60-90 minutes of interruption-free snoozing. Deluxe […]

The market for products that make it easier for people with limited mobility and muscle control to perform everyday tasks will continue to grow as the population age. Here’s a video demonstration of a toliet paper dispenser called TeePer:
Here’s a video demonstration of an invention called TeePer:
More about the product:
Finally a Toilet Paper Dispenser […]

Springfield Business Journal:
While most Ozarkers were still mourning the countless trees downed and disfigured by the January 2007 ice storm, two soon-to-be business partners began mobilizing to save high-quality wood from chippers and burn piles.
Springfield native Kasey White and Dave Buehler, who lives on about 400 acres south of Mount Vernon, didn’t know each other […]

Inc.:
House and administration negotiators reached a tentative agreement on a $140 billion economy stimulus package that includes temporary tax incentives for small businesses.
The plan would offer most U.S. employees an immediate tax rebate of $300 to $1,200, along with one-time tax incentives for small businesses investing in new equipment.
Small-business advocates have urged Congress to include […]