May 27
Every family has a pile somewhere of their children’s drawings. Since culling out and saving the best works isn’t easy, two moms/entrepreneurs from New Jersey devised a solution: theART:archives. How it works? Parents send in their kids’ drawings and theART:archives team professionally photographs each one and sends back a DVD catalogue that can be viewed on a computer screen or TV. …read more »
May 25
Long time statistics have shown that 9 out of 10 new businesses fail in their first year. Lack of planning and financial ruin is one of the most common causes. Starting small is a way to insure minimal risk in new business. The founder of Dell computers was a college dropout on a shoe-string budget who started his business out of his garage. One in three computers sold today is a Dell.
The following is a list of just some of the businesses you can start for $500 or less.
May 24
Plenty of companies sell log cabin kits. But Argos seems to be the first major retailer to market an attractive and affordable model that reportedly can be built in two days by just two people. …read more »
May 23
The Power Washing Business is a lucrative business that most anyone can start and make a honest living. The start-up capital required is low and there isn’t expensive overhead required to keep your business running. In many areas there is low competition and high demand for both residential and commercial work. …read more »
May 21
Previous Lives: High school students
Big Break: Teenagers at the dawn of the social media era
Bottom Line: MyYearbook.com has, at times, grown faster than Facebook or MySpace
Potential Income: up to $300k per year or more
Frustrated by a lack of social media sites strictly for teens, these three siblings from suburban New Jersey hatched a plan around the family dinner table three years ago to put high school yearbooks online. Catherine, the youngest, was only 16 years old at the time. Yet she convinced her older brother Geoff, a 26-year-old Harvard grad, to put up $250,000 from his own fledgling online business — and myYearbook.com was born. …read more »
May 20
Texas Hold ‘em exploded as a national sensation in 2003, the year that ESPN first broadcast the World Series of Poker. By now, countless teens and college students have been drawn into the game by the proliferation of Internet gambling sites — there are now 2,400 of them — and the allure of easy money. …read more »
May 19
When Swiss dairy farmer Paul Wyler and his wife Helga, were unable to sell as much cheese as they produced each year, they hit upon a great idea. ‘Why not rent our cows?’
A rent-a-cow business was born and the Wylers, who run a 50-head farm in the Brienz area, managed to rent some of their cows to a few local restaurants. …read more »
May 18
How’s this for another crazy idea? Would you buy a crumpled up piece of paper?
Well, whatever your opinion, this site sure is generating a ton of sales. The webmaster sells an ‘Origami Boulder’, which is actually a wadded bit of paper!
For just $ 3, he’ll crumple up a piecec of paper, call it an Origami Boulder, and email you with a brief description. He also offers you the choice of selecting a ‘deluxe’ kit. …read more »
May 17
Business Idea: Camping ClassesCamping is an outdoors recreational pastime enjoyed by millions of people across North America. Thus, starting a “how-to camp” instructional business that teaches novice campers and hikers practical information and tips on how to safely go camping is an extremely low-cost business start-up that can potentially generate fabulous profits. …read more »
May 16
Leave it to 8-year-olds to come up a terrific business idea and invention…a remedy for a problem that most adults probably forgot even existed: the dreaded wedgie.
Jared and Justin Serovich were messing around one day, giving each other wedgies, when mom’s partner joked about the need for wedgie-proof underwear. Little twin lightbulbs must have gone off in the third-graders’ heads, because it wasn’t long before they unveiled the “Rip Away 1000.” …read more »
May 15
My business is designing and laminating bookmarks for wedding favors, business promotions, nonprofit organizations, holidays and other special occasions or projects. I design them on my computer, depending on what the customer wants. Then I print and laminate them.
I came up with the idea of a bookmark business because it was a fun way to express my creativity and would require a low investment. …read more »
May 14
By the time he was in college, Frank Warren says he’d already failed at more businesses than most people have attempted. But by the time he started the blog-based art project PostSecret he had also already succeeded, something he says was one of the keys to his blog’s success. …read more »
May 13
Because few homeowners or tenants have the time, means or energy to do it themselves, there is always a need for someone with a pickup truck to transport things found or accumulated around the house and yard. Examples are trash from private homes and businesses (most collection services will not pick up certain types of refuse), carting off things that have been cleaned out of the garage or attic, delivery of large items, picking up tree and shrub trimmings, etc. all that is needed is a truck and a strong back. …read more »
May 12
How many 13 year olds do you know that could write an interesting article, let alone manage a very nice looking blog and keep it regularly updated with interesting material? Well, I can name one. …read more »
May 11
1. Rent Out A Room
Of course if your earnings are over the taxable limit, you could be taxed on rent as an income. But hey, if your rent was over the taxable income, you probably wouldn’t have the need to make extra money in the first place. Make sure that the room you’re renting is comfortable, secure and well decorated.
Your home should also be conducive to accommodate someone comfortably, remember that what you’re offering is not just a room but a home to someone. Renting a room in your house is an easy way to making money, and if you pick the right person, (someone who works long hours, or travels a lot) you may hardly ever see them. …read more »
