Successful entrepreneurs are supposed to be outgoing, risk-taking workaholics. But there are actually nine different types of entrepreneurs, each with their own style and interests, allowing more of us the chance to enjoy the joy of entrepreneur’ing: 1. Adviser: Some entrepreneurs are paid for giving advice, such as lawyers, accountants, and financial advisers. 2. Administrator/Organizer: […]
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Here’s one from last Sunday’s Close to Home. There’s a long line in front of the women’s restroom, and no waiting at all for the men’s room. An enterprising business person has set up a stand near the women’s line selling “Men’s Disguises.” Click the comic for a larger version.
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Newsok: A rash of local copper thefts from commercial and residential air-conditioning units has prompted an Oklahoma City entrepreneur to create a product that protects property owners from thieves searching for the pricey metal. Local rental property owner Bernie Adler started Copper Cagers of America about three months ago after designing and making a protective
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Sometimes finding a business to start requires that you turn conventional wisdom on it’s head.
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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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Only in tea can you find a drink for nearly any mood. There is a tea you can drink at bed time to help you sleep, there is one for when you get up in the morning and need a boost. In some countries a cup of tea is simply a part of the daily
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FatBrain Coffee is a children’s homeschool business curriculum that teaches children basic business skills. The curriculum has seven scripted and easy-to-follow lessons that will guide a guide the student into starting their own coffee business. The lessons teach sales and marketing techniques, accounting skills, day-to-day business operations, and public relations by starting a coffee business.
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There’s definitely a stigma against failure — so much so that many people are held back by fear of it — but even Bill Gates’s first company was a failure: Traf-O-Data, now a partnership between Gates, Allen, and Gilbert, needed a professional paper tape reader. Gates used $3,400 of his own money to purchase an
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WalletPop: As counter-intuitive as it may seem, New York tap water is incredibly fresh and pure. It comes from a reservoir in upstate New York and, as it wends its way to the city, it is filtered, processed, cleaned, and purified. Entrepreneur Craig Zucker has begun bottling and selling New York City tap water. After
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I’ve said it before and will undoubtedly say it again: Don’t quit your day job when you start a business! Jerry Osteryoung, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the the College of Business at Florida State University, agrees: One of the best ways to find out if you have what it takes is to test your entrepreneurial
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