Archive for February 22nd, 2005
Crack Down on Work At Home Scams
Associated Press: “In a 14-month-long crackdown on promoters of illegal business opportunity and work-at-home schemes, the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and law enforcement agencies from 14 states took civil and criminal action against more than 200 operations they said engaged in fraud and/or violated consumer protection laws, officials said at [...]
A Creative Opportunity for Assisted Living
Peter Davidson: A year in an “assisted-living facility” costs Americans, on average, around $28,500 a year. In large cities such as Chicago, costs are even higher, topping $40,000. Living in a dedicated cabin aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas, on the other hand, rings in at a rather competitive $33,260 a year. Luxury [...]
Small Business Owners Are Going Back To School
Law & Entrepreneurship News: “The NY Times is reporting on a growing trend of small business owners heading back to college to take non-credited training classes, workshops or certification programs. Many of these programs are provided through the SBA’s business centers and are intended to train aspiring entrepreneurs about pre-business planning. Other classes are aimed [...]
How to Get Your Book, CD or DVD in Amazon
Kevin Kelly explains how to, in 8 easy steps, get your book, CD, or DVD listed on Amazon.com: Get an ISBN (for a book), or a UPC (for a CD or DVD). For one book it costs $125, for one CD, $55, for one DVD, $89. Get a bar code based on the ISBN or [...]
Business2.0: In fact, the first half of 2005 could usher in the biggest flurry of financing the technology world has seen in years. Remember all that money raised in 2000? Most of those fat funds will be closed to new investments after 2005, so VCs have to use that money now — or lose it. [...]
Hunter S. Thompson: Turn back the pages of history and see the men who have shaped the destiny of the world. Security was never theirs, but they lived rather than existed. Where would the world he if all men had sought security and not taken risks or gambled with their lives on the chance that, [...]
Business Entry Strategy: Study Your Industry
Thinking Like An Entrepreneur: Many new entrepreneurs who have little familiarity with the industry they wish to enter ask, “How do I go about writing a business plan?” Forget writing the business plan! First, focus upon learning as much as you can about the general industry you wish to enter. Second, plan your entry strategy. [...]
What a Break-Even Analysis Tells You
Nolo: A break-even analysis shows you the amount of revenue you’ll need to bring in to cover your expenses, before you make even a dime of profit. If you can attain and surpass your break-even point — that is, if you can easily bring in more than the amount of sales revenue you’ll need to [...]
