10 best home based businesses
Is the Video Profile 'Shark Tank's' Kiss of Death?
Remember the red-shirted crewman on the original Star Trek landing parties? You know: the anonymous security man who got zotzed by hostile aliens after only 30 seconds of screen time? As soon as this guy beamed down to the planet surface, viewers knew: “Oh, he’s a goner, for sure.” Related: 5 Surprising Things I Learned From Interviewing [...]
Escape Room Entertainment
Escape Room Live to Add Edgar Allan Poe Themed Restaurants Escape Room Live, the premier live escape game corporation in the US, is expanding their offerings to include Edgar Allan Poe themed Restaurant/Bars with attached escape rooms. Live action gaming is the hottest new trend in entertainment around the world with new television shows [...]
DIY Ring Holder Jewelry Dish
We all have a little clutter around us. Teacup saucers, mugs, plastics figurines, and paint from the backyard DIY you did four years ago. For many of us, living means accumulating, and sometimes there’s just a lot of stuff that’s useful, but not exactly useful to you. Well, what if you could make these things useful again? Welcome to [...]
Book-of-the-Month: Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
This month we check out the Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business, a NOLO paperback released in April 2015. Inc. Magazine calls it “one of the top six business books.” This edition is the fourteenth in the series. Written by Fred S. Steingold, an attorney in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it is written to help those without [...]
Who Should NOT Buy a Business Opportunity or Franchise?
It might be strange, but BusinessOpportunity.com dares to ask the question: are you meant to own a business opportunity, distributorship, licensee opportunity or franchise? Really. Though we’re in the business of selling businesses, we know, from years of experience that not everyone is and it is that percentage that some companies count [...]
SEO and Sales: a Team that Delivers
With all the buzz about social media and mobile, you might be thinking that search engine optimization, or SEO, strategies are old hat. Think again! Here is a look at how SEO can help drive advertising sales, making it a crucial part of your online marketing efforts. Drive Traffic to Your Site SEO is an essential strategy, part of every [...]
You've Sold Your Business. Now What?
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » Many successful entrepreneurs dream of the day when their business is sold, [...]
Protect Yourself from Financial Fraud
Security Tips for the Self-Employed By Christopher J. Bachler The first rule for home businesses and boxers is the same: “Always keep your guard up.” That’s because fraud in the business world today is more common than ever before. Advanced technology, the “shrinking world,” and the ongoing growth of a “virtual economy” are all partly to [...]
6 Ways to Kill Your Startup
Sometimes the best way to learn how to do something is to understand how NOT to do something—to think of things in reverse. Ben Stein (of Ferris Bueller fame) achieved this with great effect with his book, How to Ruin Your Life. Buried in the book’s tongue-in-cheek humor and masked by its sardonic tone were some life lessons that I’ve [...]
Homemade Garden Shed
I have a new homemade garden shed and I love it! I could have had one years ago if I wanted to buy a pre-fab one or put one up made of plywood. If that’s the way to go for you, know that I’m not criticizing that and you have my blessing. It just wasn’t what I wanted. My garden tools and supplies were stored in three places on our [...]