You’ve reached a point where simply hearing a particular customers’ name sends shivers down your spine. You know that this person is not going to be happy with anything that you do. On more than one occasion, you’ve all but turned yourself inside out to meet their unreasonable demands. Every interaction is an exercise in […]
“A liberal arts degree? Why on Earth would you want to do that? Isn’t it rather . . . pointless?†For many students and recent graduates, revealing that they are studying for or received a liberal studies degree is usually a fast track to derision. To some people — usually those with highly specialized, “in-demandâ€
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Someone, somewhere, is going to steal your business idea, so don’t sit on it. A reader asked via #askDane on Twitter: Hi Dane. I sell [some stuff]. I’ve been thinking about writing an ebook describing exactly what I’m doing and selling it to people who might want to start a similar business (just like you’re
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Just because your area of expertise is something exotic like anthropology, doesn’t mean you can’t make a business out of it. A forensic anthropologist from North East England has started his own business to help police identify human remains: A Senior forensics and crime scene lecturer at Teesside University is launching a new digital business
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Even in a bad economy, the profits are sweet for a specialized business that caters to kids of all ages. Today’s free business idea is to start a website that sells only cupcake liners. Cupcake liners are the sheets of thin paper pressed into a round, fluted cup shape. Liners can facilitate the easy removal
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CNN Money: America’s love affair with the irreverent, tacky and politically incorrect is making millions for at least one business. Carson Home Accents, a 41-year-old, family-owned company based in Freeport, Pa., struck gold recently when it started manufacturing and selling RedNek Wine Glasses. The company, a wholesaler of gift and home decor items, started making
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A reader wrote: Hi Dane, can you recommend a website where I can find business plans that I can modified and use as models of my own? Sure! BusinessPlanTemplate.net is a website with more than 30 free business plan templates that you can edit, customize and print for free. There are more than 30 business
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EZee-Cover is a fashion accessory for small wastebaskets. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and 75 year old Marji Stone found a need that I never noticed. She uses plastic shopping bags as can liners in 5 of her small wastebaskets; in the bathrooms, the living room and in each in the
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To call this colossal $2 million dollar pool, a swimming pool, doesn’t do it justice. It features five colossal waterfalls, a lazy river and a tunnel deep enough that it requires scuba diving certification to explore. Watch on Bizopy.
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One of the cornerstones of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 was improving access to health care in areas that are traditionally underserved. By making it easier for people in remote, rural or impoverished areas to find and see doctors for care, whether it’s an annual checkup or a major health event
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