How to Start a House Cleaning Business
There's always a big demand for cleaning services because dirt just keeps coming. According to angieslist you can charge from $25 to $35 per hour. If you're cleaning a large office building several times per week, you can charge between $500 and $700 per month. More ...
Unusual Home Businesses
All Unusual Home Businesses have one great thing in common in that they're, well, unusual. This often means both that tons of other people haven't gotten in on them yet. This can have you on the road to having your own successful at home business a lot quicker. More ...
Understanding Financial Statements When Approaching Lenders
A young and maybe struggling company, needs bank financing to survive. Going to the bank shouldn?t bring on apprehension. Having a basic understanding of financial statements and being prepared when you approach a bank will go a long way in reducing your apprehension. More ...
Bootstrapping Basics Entrepreneurs Need to Know
When seeking venture capital to start a business, your chances of getting funded is only 2.5 percent. Bootstrapping is starting a business with small up-front capital without external help. More ...
Home-Based Business For Fun And Profit
The world of self-employment can be a personally and financially rewarding one for the right individual. Many people dream of owning their own business but don't believe it will ever happen for them. Self-employment is the ticket to higher earnings without limit and the right to control and work your own schedule. More ...
Seven Success Tips for Would-Be Telecommuters
Working from home helps to reduce unproductive time and stresses such as commuting to the office. However, the ever-growing numbers of people seeking to telecommute means that competition for work-at-home jobs gets tougher each day. More ...
Minispreadsheet to Calculate Cost of Acquisition
Acquisition cost of equipment means the total cost of acquiring the equipment. Use this minispreadsheet to calculate Total Acquisition Cost. More ...
How to Write a Business Plan That Guides Your Success!
Writing a business plan isn't optional just because you consider this simply a home business. Starting a home business without a writing a well thought out business plan is like building a house without a blue print. More ...
Turning Your Hobby Into a Business
Many articles about starting a business advise you to follow your passion by turning your hobby into a business. Before deciding to turn your hobby into a profit seeking business, let's examine the pros and cons. More ...
How to Spot a Work at Home Scam
With all the work at home opportunities advertised today, it can be difficult to pick out the true jobs from the scams. Here are some tips that will help you determine whether a job is legitimate or a scam in just minutes. More ...
How To Write A Business Plan
Writing a business plan is a fundamental step to ensuring your business has every chance of succeeding. Common statistics state that nine out of ten businesses fail in the first five years of operation. Why? The number of businesses that do not define their goals and map out their path to success. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Cleanliness
No single factor determines the difference between success and failure. But one contributing factor has a high correlation to success: cleanliness. Possibly you have not given much thought to the many ways cleanliness can affect your small business. Here are seven of them. More ...
Start Your Own Kid-Focused Business and More
An ever-growing market, kids offer a world of business possibilities for inspired entrepreneurs like you! From party planning and gift products to cooking classes and clothing, this book covers the hottest businesses within the flourishing kid-focused industry. More ...
Important Information When Considering an Invention Promotion Firm
Think you have a great idea for a new product or service? You're not alone. Every year, tens of thousands of people try to develop their ideas and commercially market them. Many use the services of an invention promotion firm. More ...
SWOT Your Business Idea
SWOT is a method used for analyzing a business idea. To SWOT your business idea, on paper, draw a box and divide it into four sections. label the sections Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Then in each section write down the related factors that apply to your business idea. More ...
Best Strategies to Find a Profitable Niche
Go through a typical week in your life, what do you do on a daily basis that other people might find beneficial. Make a list of your hobbies, interests, education and even work experience. Almost anything and everything you can think of can be your profitable niche. More ...
Creating a Product That Will Sell
Most people create a product and then they try to find a market for it, rather than identifying a market opportunity and creating a product to fill it. That is especially true of inventor-entrepreneurs, who tend to create products they personally want giving little thought to who will buy them. More ...
How to Name Your Business
This book takes inventors from idea development to marketing and sales covering everything from prototype development, getting patents and trademarks, finding funding, manufacturing, licensing and distribution. Here's what the author says about naming your business. More ...
How Crowdfunding Sites Work
Crowdfunding is social networking asking a crowd of people online to donate money for a specific cause, or project sometimes promising them a cut of the returns or various other rewards. More ...
A Complete Guide to Starting a Staffing Agency
Have you ever considered a new business idea, perhaps starting a staffing company? The goal of employment and recruitment consulting firms is to help match employers who have job openings with qualified employees who are available. More ...
