The following is a guest post by Kyle James. Online companies that have high fixed costs, especially when those fixed costs are associated with office equipment, inventory, warehousing, and high distribution costs have the hardest time making money. A company that fit into this category was WebVan, an online grocery delivery service that went bankrupt […]
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A practicing doctor in northwest New Jersey was also searching for the next great appeal letter, marketing piece, patient letter, recall letter, office form or policy and could never find exactly what he was looking for. He found himself making most of these forms from scratch, spending hours that he could have been treating patients,
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Today’s consumer market is quite different than it was a decade ago: the large age group called the “baby boomers†are entering their golden years; more seniors are living by themselves than ever before and are therefore in charge of the household purchases; and, according to Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, over
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Turkey: it’s a gold mine for business and for tourism – a blend of the best of both worlds. The country is increasingly opening up to the western world and opportunities are abound. With a little homework and understanding, an investment into Turkey could be far more profit than pain. Turkey has a rapidly growing
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I love lice removal stories. A reader sent in this guest post about her her lice removal business. This is a huge untapped niche! I’m always amazed at how easy it was to turn something disgusting and shameful into something that is totally normal and profitable. When Carrie Madej decided to start her new business,
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The following is a guest post by IBISWorld analysts Kevin Boyland and Eben Jose. Driven primarily by a shift toward providing services online, these eight industries present excellent opportunities for start-ups. Fragmented industries with a low level of capital intensity often present excellent opportunities for start-ups. During the past decade, the key trend creating the
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It may be better known as one of the six countries making up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the political and economic union of Arab states which borders the Persian Gulf. But Oman has also built up a solid reputation as a gateway to the markets of the wider Middle East, something which savvy American
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In the financial world, it is important to make professional connections with other successful investors. For example, asset management firms need to build relations with companies that handle private equity, mutual funds, commodities, foreign currency and other financial services. Pete Briger Linkedin Connections is an example of professional networking operations between financial companies in the
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In this technology age, savvy business owners need to take advantage of every possible resource, including wireless credit card processing.
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The following is a guest post by Jemima Lopez. If you’re in college, chances are you’re broke. Poverty is something of a rite of passage that goes along with pursuing secondary education — at the same time, just because you’re trying to get another degree doesn’t mean you have to be penniless. But, unless you
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