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Going it Alone? 5 Business Tips for the Solo-preneur
Tuesday, 06 January 2009
By Laurie Taylor

  Ok. You don't want employees. You want to do this on your own. Great! I'm there with you and want to help you make some sound decisions that will propel you forward and help you reach whatever end goal you have in mind.


Tip #1: Create 30-day goals -- stop trying to think so big.
Break down your goals into bite-sized pieces and make them attainable. Find an accountability partner and set up weekly check-in phone meetings to discuss progress.

Tip #2: Are you totally clear about who you are and what you are doing --- I used TOTALLY not KINDA.
Write it down! Identify what you do and how you do it. And who you do it for. Make sure you are narrowing the focus not expanding it. You can't be all things to all people.

Tip #3: Write down 10 people to talk to about your business in the next 10 days -- and stay with this simple practice.
This is an easy way to practice how to talk to people about your
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Is the Internet the New Real Estate Frontier?
Tuesday, 06 January 2009
By Joe Williams

  With the recent cave-in in the Real Estate market, entrepreneurs are turning to the low start-up cost and low overhead internet world.


A website can generate just as much income as real property with nearly no cost involved!

Let's say a person owns a rental property which has a mortgage of $750 on it, taxes amounting to $150 a month and maintenance averaging $100 a month, your overhead is a whopping $1000/mo per property.

Even if they rent the property for $1,200/mo., (good luck finding good tenants), they will still only net a profit of $200/month!

That's a lot of work, money and risk to make $2,400 a year!

And the part about having equity in the property making it worthwhile... not any more! Ask the millions of people who woke up one day this year and found out that every property that they owned were upside down in value.

Million dollar homes are now being sold for 42% of what they were purchased for, and internet entrepreneurs who are cash affluent are grabbing them up!

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