46 Ways To Start A Business With No Money
Most people who want to start their own business don’t have a ton of money laying around and it’s probably one the most common questions I get emailed about: How can I get started without a lot of cash? Well I’ve put together a list below of the best ideas I’ve heard and personally used. I hope you find it useful! The three basic strategies to starting a business without much money are: Delay the normal “business starting” activities like incorporating, hiring, renting office or retail space, etc until AFTER your business has started earning money.
Rise To The Top With Facebook EdgeRank
Facebook can be a great place to market your small business; many of you have set up fan pages and are actively building a Facebook audience. One thing you may not realize, though, is that not all of the messages you share on Facebook are being seen by your fans. In fact, many of the posts you share on your Facebook page will only be seen by a handful of people, regardless of how many fans you have.
DIY Solar Lamp: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars
The principle is simple and seductively clever: solar lights that store energy during the day and release light at night. These can be purchased ready-made in a variety of colors (yellow, blue and red) but they can also be built at home. A simple, less-technical approach involves buying a conventional solar-powered yard lamp and then essentially harvesting it for key pieces to put in a jar.
Essential Freelancer Tools for Expense Tracking, Billing and Invoicing
Recently I posted a list of Freelancer Tools for tracking time. Just as important as it is tracking the time spent on customer activities is being paid as agreed. Getting the money on time isn’t always easy even if you delivered on time what was agreed. Being able to produce professional and detailed invoices is key for building trust and but being able instantly to follow up when payment is overdue is always necessary.
Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches
If you’re like thousands of other designers, programmers and other creative professionals out there, at one point in time you’ve considered starting your own business. Unlike most, you’ve gone against common sense and decided to open shop for yourself. And not just freelance full-time, mind you, but file for the company name, get some stationery, and wade through the legal mumbo-jumbo. Maybe even get a real office with a water cooler. This article offers real-world advice from the trenches of a small start-up, and is applicable to designers, web developers, copywriters, usability experts and all manner of service providers.
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DIY Honeycomb Pinata Favors by Michaela Egger Jordan is most definitely the queen of pinata crafting! I loved her mini pinata favors so much! I thought I’d come up with a slightly more simple pinata favor DIY.
Replicon
Replicon, Inc. is the market leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based time and expense management software. Replicon’s products allow you to track project time and expenses, client billing, employee work schedules, and employee time and attendance. Founded in 1996, Replicon, Inc. powers companies of all sizes to maximize profitability and productivity and has more than 1.2 million users in 60 countries worldwide. Replicon’s clients include Ernst & Young, Cornell University, Health Canada, Shell, Verizon, Ferrari and Amazon. Replicon’s product suite includes Web TimeSheet: Project & Billing Edition, Web TimeSheet: Time & Attendance Edition, Web Expense, Web Schedule and Web Resource.
10 Blogs Entrepreneurs Need to Be Reading
See the 2012 edition: 10 Must Read Blogs for Entrepreneurs (2012 Edition) #1. The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Site: What it is: Mike Michalowicz provides entrepreneurs and small businesses with tips on everything from starting a business to networking to marketing and health care.
How to pick a co-founder
Naval · November 12th, 2009 Update: Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision.
Conduct Easy Performance Reviews At Your Small Business With Rypple
Employee reviews – everyone hates to do them, managers and employees alike. The process is usually very awkward, with either your peers or your superiors coming up with all sorts of critical comments about your work style. Then, you have to sit through a meeting with your boss, and hope that he doesn’t slam you too hard with some kind of critique from hell. Or you might be one of those perfect employees that never does anything wrong.
5 things that destroy a company’s value
Imagine this: You build a tech company with lots of happy customers and an enterprise value of 1.0 times revenue. So you challenge the sales team, the company doubles its top-line revenue and achieves an enterprise value of .75 times revenue. Or less. This may sound ridiculous. But it happens all the time.
106 Excuses That Prevent You From Ever Becoming Great
The following is a rare guest post, this time coming from Tommy Walker. Tommy Walker is an Online Marketing Strategist and host of “Inside the Mind” a fresh and entertaining video show about Internet Marketing Strategy. Be honest. How often do you sabotage yourself?
10 Cool Time Tracking Apps That Improve Profitability of Business
Your time is your product. Tracking your time accurately is essential to staying profitable. Effective usage of time leads to high productivity of business, and high productivity increases the income. This is the main reason for time management to become so popular nowadays.
