Archive | Business Ideas

20 August 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Small Towns Are Great Business Locations

Take advantage of the things that small towns offer to businesses! Thinking about taking your business to the next level or starting one in general? If you live in a small town, then you should definitely consider it! Small towns and cities offer some advantages and benefits that you may not find in larger, more [...]

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29 July 2008 ~ 1 Comment

A Pretty Good eBay Guide for Beginners

As you have probably noticed, I have started running some affiliate offers through Market Leverage on Dorm Room Biz. While my intention is not to spam you all, my dear readers, I do want to put out offers that I think you all would consider useful and help you reach your goals of making money [...]

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26 July 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Guest Post

Hey Everybody! Just a quick note for now – I wrote a guest post for The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur blog that went live this past Friday. Check out the post of some different tips for student entrepreneurs. Here’s a quick quote from it: College is a time for learning, living, experimenting, starting a business, and [...]

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24 July 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Business Idea: Dorm Room Move In Specialists

Alright guys, here is a quick and simple business idea to get you started on the right track when you get back to school and are ready to make some money! Every year, thousands of new students and old students return to the dorm rooms on their college campus. This usually means that besides the [...]

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01 July 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Interview with Mike Ferrari, Co-Founder of SmartyPig

While I was doing some research for my article “Frugality for College Students – 13 Ways To Save Money While In College” I asked my Twitter friends for some suggestions. One of the replies that popped up was from Mike Ferrari at SmartyPig.com suggesting his website as a way for students to save towards a [...]

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01 July 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Want to start a business? Consider opening a franchise!

In the current economic situation, many people are getting fired, loosing their jobs, and looking towards the opportunity to start their own business. But some of those people do not have any clue what kind of business they want to start, or even how to start one. Enter the opportunity to open a franchise. Franchise [...]

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30 June 2008 ~ 1 Comment

ProfessionalGFX Website Development Business Updates

Wrapping up projects seems to be the theme with my website design clients lately. I have been very close to finishing up two project this week and then there is an “oh one more thing” email…yet it is never just one more thing. So, knowing when to say “OK, enough is enough. No more revisions [...]

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26 June 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Technology based student business ideas for young entrepreneurs

Here at Dorm Room Biz, I post alot about different business ideas that students could start to make money while in college. Many of the ideas are offline business focused on service or product types of niches. However, as a student entrepreneur, there are also a HUGE amount of businesses that you could start online [...]

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17 June 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Dorm Room Biz Podcast #2: Discussion about deciding how and when to expand your business feature Mike Michalowicz

It has been a week or so coming, but the second Dorm Room Biz podcast has arrived! I am sorry it took me so long to get it together! Today’s podcast is a great discussion with entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz of Obsidian Launch. We discuss the topic of deciding how and when to expand your business. [...]

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07 June 2008 ~ 2 Comments

6 Tips for Effective Freelancing

Freelance writing can be a great to make some extra cash from your dorm room and you don’t have to be an English major. If you can string together some sentences and have a distinctive style then you can hock your wares in the blogosphere and make some cash. There are a few things I [...]

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