Amazon: “Based on the top-selling Best Home Businesses for the 90s, here is a completely updated, comprehensive look at the leading businesses for small and home-based entrepreneurs in the 21st century. This invaluable guide provides comprehensive profiles of more than one hundred hot new businesses that promise the top opportunities for small-business people in the future. Paul and Sarah Edwards explore the best opportunities for self-employment in the next century ranging from being a business-network organizer to running a transcript-digesting serviceand provide expert, step-by-step advice on: the skills and knowledge needed to startup; the start-up costs, pricing, and potential earning; the best ways to get new business; the advantages and disadvantages of each business; the hands-on advice of those already in the field. In addition to the nearly one hundred businesses profiled, an expanded section on “The Best of the Rest” explores dozens of additional top businesses to watch for.”
Richard Kligman on April 5th, 2005 at 4:56 am
No offense, but this book is from 1999. Even though it’s in it’s third edition. In the last 6 years I assume you would agree that so much has changed in way of business opportunities. If this book was printed in 2004-2005 I would have purchased it as I love to see what people feel are great and exciting business ideas.
Dane Carlson on April 5th, 2005 at 5:53 am
Good point Richard — this book is a bit dated. But good ideas can sometimes be timeless. My favorite business book is Richard White’s “The Entrepreneur’s Manual” last published in 1977.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0801964547/
James Shewmaker on April 5th, 2005 at 8:25 am
I have looked at this book and although books containing practical advice can be very useful, this book’s information is not so timeless. This book was written before the dot com bust and it was written before 9/11/2001 and the advice may have seemed good at the time, but as Kligman said in his post a lot has changed in the last six years.
Dane, have you read this book?
James Shewmaker on April 5th, 2005 at 8:28 am
I am afraid that I have to retract my previous posting, this may not be the same book as the one that I thought it was. Please disregard my previous comments.