Work at Home Business Ideas

SmartBiz:
There’s been a lot of concern lately that Web-driven companies are headed toward another bubble burst. Among the warning signs: (too) cheap venture capital; companies built to sell-off, not for the long-term; and a proliferation of me-too startups.
Could this be another warning shot: “free” as a business model?
Maybe yes. But maybe no.
Recently, the Web has […]

ThisIsMoney:
A city banker who quit his £250,000-a-year job to set up a modern-day rag-and-bone business has seen the company make its first £1m. Jason Mohr gave up his ’soul-destroying’ job at investment bank NM Rothschild to open AnyJunk, which removes and recycles items from unwanted office furniture to garden rubbish.The 38-year-old, who is based in […]

Inc.:
The nation’s current patent system is a drain on entrepreneurship and small-business growth, a new study claims.
Amid the increasing complexity of patent legislation, most patents today fail to meet set standards, according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, a Washington-based small-business advocacy group.
Raymond Keating, the group’s chief economist, said the patent system needed to […]

The Wall Street Journal:
Jerry Knoblach wants to bring wireless service to millions of rural Americans. His plan: Beam it down from balloons hovering at the edge of space.
This isn’t just hot air. His company, Space Data Corp., already launches 10 balloons a day across the Southern U.S., providing specialized telecom services to truckers and oil […]

NicheGeek:
1. Million Dollar Homepage
1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.
2. SantaMail
Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, […]

Alkamae.com:
An Accidental Pren-her is a woman who finds herself starting up a business for the very first time. Surprised, to say the least, because she never thought she ever would, nor had she, ever before, seriously considered doing so. Yet, here she stands, wagging her head in disbelief as she begins her journey (the journey […]

ABC News:
Last week’s column about work-at-home scams generated a flood of e-mails from people desperate to find another source of income and confused about how to identify legitimate offers.
Many of the questions appear to be about multilevel marketing, one of the most common forms of work from home.
People often confuse illegal pyramid schemes and legitimate […]

KillerStartups:
Do you want to make some extra money on your web page or blog, but are looking for an alternative to Google Ads? Yieldy may be just what you are looking for. The site promises to feature “family-friendly” advertisements on the web pages of small and medium publishers. The advertisements are displayed in three […]

reveries.com:
Princeton sociologist Robert Wuthnow has a new book that outlines the demographic differences between young adults today and his own generation. His own generation would be the baby boomers, and Dr. Wuthnow says he was inspired to write “After the Baby Boomers” by his own children, who are in their 20s and 30s.
The key differences […]

Steve Pavlina:
If you’ve created an album, a book, or a painting, how many people are enjoying it each day? If it’s sitting in a box in your garage, there’s no income potential because no value is being delivered.
One of the best ways to show people the value of your work is to share it with them […]