Trade Secret vs Patent
The main difference between trade secrets and patents lies in the timing and extent of their protections. More ...
What is a Niche and How to Use it to Build Your Home Business
If you are researching the opportunities for starting a home business, then you have heard the word "niche" or "niche marketing". For those of you who are unfamiliar with Internet Marketing, this is what a "niche"is on the internet. More ...
The Mom Inventors Handbook
I'm the type of person who is continuously annoyed (just ask my wife). I get especially annoyed when something that should be dirt simple turns out to be a royal pain in the butt. A wise person would look at each annoying incident as an opportunity to invent something to solve a problem and get rich. 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 ...
Small Business Success Tips - Quality
When small business owners they think about quality at all, either they think they know all they need to know about quality, or they think quality is not all that important. More ...
So You Think You Want to be an Entrepreneur
This book covers all the aspects of starting a new business, from forming a life and financial plan to marketing and hiring employees. More ...
68 Ways to Make Money That Actually Work
This article by Ricardo Davila lists 68 ways to make money. Some of them are a little off-the-wall, like "create your own business in a third world country", but there are many useful ideas here, and if these arn't enough, find many more at his websites. More ...
Get Rich at Home Without Any Product Inventory
Here's one of the best work from home ideas. The concept is basically being the middle man for other businesses. This is different from affiliate programs because they're set at 10 percent, or whatever. You could make up to 150 percent with this concept. More ...
15 Easy Steps to Starting Your Own Small Business
When I decided to start my business, I tried hard to find a good startup guide. I couldn't find anything that had all the steps clearly listed without a lot of confusing fluff and filler. More ...
SBA Small Business Loans and How They Can Be Used
Small Business Administration business loans come in several sizes and forms. Depending on the size of your business and the stage your business is in, one of the SBA business loan programs may work for you. More ...
The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
This invaluable guide provides comprehensive profiles of more than one hundred hot new businesses that promise the top opportunities for small-business people in the future. The Inside Information You Need to Know to Select a Home-Based Business That's Right for You! More ...
The New Sharing Economy
Entrepreneurs are happy to serve this growing market. From apartment rentals to couch surfing, bikes or cars, vacation rentals, tools or art, there seems to be a sharing service for pretty much anything you can think of. More ...
How To Develop Money Making Ideas
Of the ideas that are good, very few are followed up and ever end up as a worthwhile development in the market place. Most people are just not oriented to do anything about their ideas. This leaves the market place wide open for the person who learns how to create Profitable Ideas! More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Production
One of the most destructive lies of business is that in order to maximize profit production has to trade off quality for quantity. Acting on this false principle almost guarantees that a small business will not grow very far. More ...
Five Things You Need To Remember Before Starting a Small Business
Everyone knows someone who has decided to go into small business but did you know that 70 percent of all small businesses fail within the first 12 months of operation. In some countries that failure rate is as high as 85 to 90 percent. More ...
Starting a Small Business - Twelve Questions to Consider
This article contains twelve questions that you should consider when starting a new business: 1. What is your product or service idea? 2. What geographic area will you serve? 3. What is your competition? 4... More ...
Keeping It In the Family
The failure rate of all start-up businesses is around the 90 percent mark. Add to that the fact that roughly 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. So, what can YOU do to reduce the chances of becoming a statistic? More ...
Earn $1,000 in Just One Weekend
So what is it I actually do? I sell at flea markets. I've done so for many years and have earned a very good income just working weekends. I buy goods at low wholesale prices. I take them to the flea market on Saturday morning and display them nicely on my tables. More ...
Choosing the Right Home Business For You
Actually starting any home business is the easy part. The hard part's deciding what that business should be. So how do you even start the process of deciding on the right home business for you? The key is to be methodical, realistic, objective and patient. More ...
How to Start a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
You might be wondering why there are so many nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The IRS requires compensation packages for nonprofit executives (and other nonprofit employees) to be "reasonable". Fortunately, the IRS doesn't define reasonable. There are legitimate, charitable organizations whose executives make $250,000 and more. More ...
