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Forbes.com:
No matter what kind of business you choose to run, or where you choose to run it, making it on your own steam demands an abundance of forethought, tenacity, discipline and commitment. And, to be charitable, most people don’t have it.
For those contemplating the move home, beware these red flags:
• You have a powerful aversion […]
Herald Tribune:
Mortgage brokers generally work on commission and rarely get paid salaries.
Yet mortgage broker Jack Sandelman has managed to survive — even thrive. “I’ve become sort of a de facto specialist on foreign national purchase transactions, all to Canadians.”
Specializing in the financing of foreigners who buy homes in Southwest Florida is the magic that Sandelman […]
Etsy:
Alissa Sampogna had signed up to sell on Etsy just over a year ago in February of 2007. Within the span of a year, Alissa not only set up shop, MewPaperArts, but she was able to quit her cubicle day job. She is now her own boss and living her dream of running her […]
The Wall Street Journal:
It’s a common scenario: Someone walks into a chain restaurant, loves the food and ambiance and suddenly thinks, “I should own one of these.”
It’s tempting to pick a franchise based on personal experiences or love of the product. But the fact that you’re smitten with the business or what it sells doesn’t […]
ReadWriteWeb:
We live in an age when success of innovation is mixed with unprecedented failures. On one hand we’re reinventing the web, fighting for a greener future and building genomix. On the other there are housing bubbles, credit crises and war.
The technology patent crisis is important to our future. For decades the patent law served its […]
TransWorldNews:
Social Networking sites can be much more than fun distractions and a way to keep track of your friends. Used correctly they can be very powerful List building tools.
Websites like Twitter, Stumbleupon, Hubpages, Squidoo and Facebook are excellent tools for networking with and marketing to others in your niche. They are […]
Inc.:
This is from best-selling E-Myth author Michael Gerber’s Dreaming Room workshop at the Inc. 5000 conference.
Here’s what’s stupid, Gerber says. “You say you want to be your own boss. But why do you want to work for a stupid boss? You have to transform the world with your business.”
Write this down, he says: “I have […]
NFIB:
Some fringe benefits–such as paid parking, retirement accounts or paid vacation–are considered standard in today’s work environment.
And there are others, like the availability of the company jet, that seem like they only belong in the movies. When you want to offer extra incentives or benefits to your employees, consider the following:
1. Gym memberships
2. Flexible hours
3. […]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Once a month in southeastern Wisconsin, three groups of inventors meet with people who want to help them.
At their core is a Milwaukee-area woman aiming to help change a culture.
Her name is Jill Welytok, a patent lawyer who grew up in Skokie, Ill., watching her dad invent the motion-sensitive fish that wiggles on […]
Forbes:
The 77 million baby boomers (adults aged 44 to 62) represent one-quarter of the U.S. population–and a whole lot more of its buying power.
Boomers generate $2 trillion in annual income, own more than 70% of U.S. financial assets and represent half of all discretionary spending, according to Age Wave, a San Francisco-based demographic-trend tracker. “Although […]
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