Archive | Business Ideas

17 April 2006 ~ 6 Comments

Only Takes A Sheet

A few days a go I walked over to my printer and grabbed a piece of paper to begin brainstorming and writing down ideas/concepts for a new business that I am working on. Whenever I start a business I always limit myself to one piece of white computer paper to start putting down the details [...]

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22 January 2006 ~ 2 Comments

Bottled Water Experiment

Purpose of Experiment: To prove my make money with no money business ideas can work.Hypothesis: It is possible to take less than $10 in startup capital and make money. Experiment: Buy a 24-pack of bottled water and sell it on the side of the road. Possibly utilize the labor of pan-handlers. Neville’s Financial Blog offers [...]

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19 January 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Negotiating Business Deals

From Bussiness Opportunities: TEC Online: Few things have more impact on the long-term success of your business than your ability to cut successful deals with customers, vendors, bankers and other key constituencies. Yet, according to TEC speakers and negotiations experts Ron Fleisher, Doug Gilliss and Jack Kaine, most CEOs leave too much money on the [...]

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17 January 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Anyone else having eBay success?

I am bringing this over from my other blog, A Crash Course In Entrepreneurship, hoping to get some feedback on here as well! I was curious if anyone else out there is having eBay success…I know I am! For the past 6-8 months now I have been purchasing auction lots (multiple times under one auction) [...]

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12 January 2006 ~ 0 Comments

The Business of Business Cards

Originally From ZeroMillion.com: “I enjoyed our conversation. Have you got a card? Here’s mine. I’ll email you.” Let me tell you why this phrase can change your life, and why a business card file (or book) can be essential to your new business. That is the most difficult phrase to remember to say repeatedly when [...]

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26 December 2005 ~ 0 Comments

Are You A Good Listener? Small Business Podcasts

Via Small Business Branding: If you have ever studied marketing and communications you may have learnt about the different ways people learn and study – by listening, reading, watching or experiencing. Generally most human beings learn through one of these methods and they have a “best” way to digest and comprehend information. If you follow [...]

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14 December 2005 ~ 0 Comments

I hate selling my books back!

I absolutely hate it! This is going to be a bit of a rant, so I warn you now. This has to be the worst feeling in the world- selling back your college textbooks and getting a small fraction of the money that you spend on them. So I took all but one of my [...]

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