Internet Home Business News Blog:
A home based business entrepreneur generally starts out prepared with a business plan, plenty of capital, knowledge of the product or service she or he is selling, a good Web site, a marketing and advertising plan, and the means to get the product or service to market.
What happens often, however, are […]

MSNBC:
1. Hiring someone just because you know them. This means friends, former co-workers, family members or your own children. For a husband, this means hiring your wife. For a wife, this means hiring your husband. Even part-time. There needs to be a certain sense of objectivity and accountability in the workplace. Friends and family expect to […]

Voice of America:
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship www.nfte.com/ helps youngsters from low-income communities to build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial talent. In San Francisco, VOA’s Mike O’Sullivan spoke with aspiring entrepreneurs who took part in a competition to prepare a business plan.
High school student Vivian Chau, like most Asian American youngsters, loves a drink […]

AchievementRadio:
A business school in a box is definitely the quickest, easiest and most reliable way to learn how to start a home based business. If you want to access the very best small business knowledge center money can buy and successfully operate your home based small business, then you should avoid investing in traditional business […]

Seattle Post Intelligencer:
* Work the numbers. Success in your full-time eBay business requires it to consistently generate enough cash flow to pay a healthy salary, health care insurance, payroll taxes, disability insurance and contribute to a retirement fund. You should be able to determine the amount of sales volume that can minimally reach these objectives. […]

Entrepreneur.com:
With all the doom and gloom news about the economy, there’s never been a better time to make an extra paycheck online with a minimal amount of time and effort.
If you have an internet connection, you can get started on the road to having the internet pay for your mortgage, car payment, kids’ college tuition, […]

StartupNation:
Here are 10 reasons why documentations will set you free:
1. It keeps you on track. If you write down your strategy and your principles, personal emotional storms or distractions won’t throw your operation into backsliding or paralysis. You may slow down a bit when things get hard, but you will still be headed in the […]

BizyMoms:
Fitness is one of the most important factors to live a healthy life. Because of this reason many parents tend to care about the fitness of their children from their young ages. This is the reason that has developed the conditions in the market for children’s fitness classes. Therefore this has given an opportunity for […]

Gather.com:
Achieving small business success is yours for the taking. Turn your passions into small business profits. Small business startups around the world continues to grow exponentially, the success rate has remained fairly consistent. Are you ready to achieve small business success? So what can you do to ensure lasting success for your small business? Take […]

HomeBizTools:
Register Your Business Name - Your business name must be registered if it is something other than your full legal name. This is a way of informing the public that you will be doing business as (DBA) an assumed, or ‘fictitious’ name.
Some states require a notice be published in the local newspaper. The details of […]

The Register-Guard:
3 years ago, Steve Reinmuth was an artist struggling to make a business out of his operation. Today, he is a businessman whose trade just happens to be art.
‘As an artist, I love what I do and I did it well,’ says Reinmuth, who owns Reinmuth Bronze Studio in northwest Eugene with his wife, […]

SmallBusinessPro:
Last year over 500,000 people started a new business in the UK - this continues to underpin the UK’s realiance for small businesses in the UK economy and shows the continued entrepreneurial qualities we have been taught in schools and possess naturally.
It’s really easy to start up and get going no matter what you want […]

ThomasNet Industrial News Room:
As the global economy expands, there is reason to believe that small businesses may have some competitive advantage. That is, if entrepreneurs don’t fall prey to these common start-up pitfalls.
Start Underfunded
Cash flow is critical to a startup business. It is also the most common reason new businesses don’t last.
Think about how […]

IndyStar:
We all want to be well-informed consumers, and that holds true if you are a business owner who wants to expand or someone who is considering owning their own company. In either case, business capital is very important to you.
As a lender, I can’t tell you how many people have called us over the years […]

Economic Times:
When the promoter of a computer maker wanted to raise Rs 6 crore through an initial public offer, the biggest challenge he faced was not in convincing investors to put their money in his company. The real problem was to convince investment bankers to manage his tiny issue.
He first approached some large investment […]

The New York Times:
What is most refreshing about the article on the Small Business Administration’s Web site called ‘The Benefits of Making Your Banker Your Friend‘ is that it is written from a real world perspective.
Consider the first paragraph:
‘While every business has a bank, few have a banker. That’s because bankers are too often seen […]

The Open Press:
Six Figure Blogging is a program designed to teach new and experienced bloggers how to make money through blogging. Problogging (making money from blogging) has become an increasingly popular way to earn a living. The course is a blueprint which provides strategies, best practices, tools, and techniques to help bloggers navigate their way […]

Reuters:
At many of the nation’s top technology universities, school is not just for the students.
That’s the case at the Illinois Institute of Technology, known for its culturally-diverse population, modern architecture by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and proximity to downtown Chicago. There, more than 20 start-ups in industries ranging from software to biotech have set […]

Business Opportunities:
Home and small businesses are a $427 billion-a-year industry – you may be planning to launch one yourself. Before you do, try to come up with reasons you shouldn’t, says Paul Stappas, founder of Bookkeeping Administration Management, a company that works with small businesses.
That approach will help you minimize the risks associated with impulse-driven […]

Entrepreneur:
With more than 100 million cars and trucks registered in the United States, you can’t go wrong with starting an auto performance center that specializes in selling the latest and hottest automobile accessories.
Stock and sell items such as mag rims and tires, wheel covers, engine performance parts, audio equipment and alarms, spoilers and body kits, […]