As a followup to Rich’s earlier post about making money from the swine flu, here’s the story (in his own words) of how one fast acting entrepreneur went from an idea a few H1N1 related t-shirt designs to being profiled Forbes magazine in under a week: Last Monday, the 27th of April, I noticed the […]
Another Swine Flu Money-Maker Read More »
H1N1 or more commonly known as Swine flu is sweeping the country. You can’t turn on a news channel without hearing of a new outbreak. Well, some entrepreneurs are jumping on the bandwagon with swine flu related merchandise. A check today at Cafepress.com shows over 47,000 products dealing with the influenza. CafePress.com is an online
Making Money With The Swine Flu Virus Read More »
The New York Times: Entrepreneurial impulses can be stirred to life by the most unexpected influences. In Donna Young’s case, it was culture shock. Young grew up on the sparsely populated Andros Island in the Bahamas with 10 siblings and had long pursued a professional career. Young’s entrepreneurial side surfaced not long after she arrived
Tapping Biz Skills That Already Exist Read More »
Eagle Times: Have you ever tasted one of your family recipes and thought, “Ya know, I should market this stuff?” Well guess what, that notion is not as far—fetched as you might think. In fact, many Vermont residents have been doing just that at the Vermont Food Venture Center (VFVC) for nearly 15 years. the
Bring Your Recipe To A Store Shelf Read More »
Fortune: When the economic downturn took hold last autumn, the management team at non-profit Kiva.org made a calculated bet to curb investment, anticipating that donors would slow the volume of small loans they make to entrepreneurs in the developing world. That slowdown never came. Now, the non-profit site is racing to keep up with user
Micro-Loans For Americans? Read More »
CharlotteObserver: Consumers are spending less. Commercial lending is scarce. Employees are being laid off. For two Charlotte families, those conditions signaled the right time to open their new business. Small Business Management Solutions opened in September to provide administrative services and office and meeting space for small companies and contractors. Services include telephone answering, appointment
New Firm Aims To Fill Niche Read More »
Trent At TheSimpleDollar.com: Spend less than you earn doesn’t just mean cut back on your spending. It also means striving to earn more income when you can, because the real goal is to maximize the gap between your income and your spending and then use that for a greater purpose (saving for your goals). In
Starting A Side Biz In A Down Economy Read More »
San Clemente Times: It’s said that some of the best ideas are born of despair. For Thorpe “Sharky” Reeder, that expression is all too true, and the Capistrano Beach inventor-artist-fisherman hopes one day that the resulting idea will one day pay off in financial success. Reeder is the inventor of the GripBoard, a wave riding
GripBoard Brings Surf Something New Read More »
HomeSchool CPA: Most of my small business clients operate micro businesses. What is a micro business? – Sole proprietorship (one owner) – No employees – Low or no start up costs – Frequently a service business with no inventory – Home based to keep costs low – Usually the first business a individual starts –
What’s A Micro Biz? Read More »
MarketWatch: Grameen America, a microfinance organization based on the Grameen lending model, announced it has successfully disbursed more than $1 million in micro-loans to low-income women, many of whom are immigrants, in Queens, New York. Grameen America is a microfinance organization with a mission to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship. In January 2008, Grameen America launched
Grameen America Distributes $1 Million In New York City Read More »
