Kickstarter Success Stories: IceMule Coolers & KOOBA
What do a high performance cooler and an alternative dartboard game have in common? They were both funded by thousands of people who believed in their projects and pledged money to make them happen. The successful crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter has helped fund a variety of projects from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. […]
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How to Make a Career Out of Airbnb
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away referred to as ‘The city by the Bay’, lived a man who went by the alias name of Jackson White. White bought a house, which he paid using the money he earned by renting his apartment out on Airbnb, about $50,000. In this house, White […]
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10 Experts Weigh in on Their Best Tips to Save Money
Saving money is essential to good personal finance. You can search the web for saving tips and receive different advice from every single blog out there. I compiled a very NON-traditional list of savings advice from 10 experts. These are some unexpected ways to save from people who blog and write about this stuff on a […]
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3 Unique Elements to Look For in a Franchise
When looking to start a business there are a number of options available to you: You can “go it alone” and start a full-time business that you own 100% You can start a business in partnership with someone else, or a group of others You can buy into a Franchise system Within each option above […]
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How to Take the “Yikes!” Out of Yelp
Yelp is one of the first places that consumers look when they need a review on a business or a restaurant. This means that for small business owners, Yelp can either be an awesome tool or a terrible liability. Yelp offers owners a free account for their business and then publishes crowd-sourced reviews of that […]
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How to Start a Professional Photography Business
Photography is fun, thus the reason for its ever-increasing popularity. Some people handle photography as a hobby, while the rest think of it as a serious profession. Regardless of how you view photography, you can make money from it. You just need to be as creative as possible. Opening and running a photography business requires […]
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5 Reasons Why I Will Never Stop Blogging
Ever thought about giving up on the whole blogging thing? According to Social Triggers, there are over 164 million blogs in the world and most of them are getting less than 1000 visitors per month, due to the owners giving up and neglecting their blogs. Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t. It can be very […]
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Startups: Funding & Business Loans for Women Entrepeneurs
According to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report there are more than 9.1 million female-owned businesses in the United States. Receiving grants and assistance or getting business loans for women entrepreneurs can be tough, but we hope we may have some solutions for you. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Business Loans for Women 3. […]
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Video Meeting Systems: Saving Money for Your Business
Imagine never having to gas up your car on the way to work, never doing a round in the office on the way out to make sure all the lights were off, never printing off twice as many presentation packets as you need for a meeting and eating the cost. Avoiding these normal, albeit frustrating […]
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4 Reasons to Invest in Online Properties
Investment in shares and property is entrenched in society as accepted and well-known forms of investment. Can you make money from those forms of investments? Of course you can. There’s nothing wrong with investing in conventional and established options, but investing in online properties, as opposed to offline is a huge opportunity that is definitely worth consideration as […]
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