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Painful but good

September 26th, 2006 · No Comments

I found it painful to read this article about pitfalls to avoid when starting an internet business. Too many of them are things that have occurred to me as good ideas in the past.

Don’t start a business teaching how to make money online.
Choose non-internet related niches.
Don’t focus on making money.
Don’t enter a tiny market.
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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Great Articles

Focusing on the goal

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Why am I working at my job? What am I getting out of it? Asking myself these questions and coming to a firm conclusion has made a night and day turnaround in my attitude.
The Turning Point
On Monday this week (being late to work), I was picking up a bunk-bed for my girls. […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Employment · Goals

Planting eBay seeds

May 29th, 2006 · No Comments

My [tag]Amazon[/tag] book selling money has really tapered off now, so I’m moving on to eBay.Now I’m going to unburden my self of my robotics hobby, as well as ridding myself of any computer equipment that I’m not using now.

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Increasing $

Great laptop, happy wife, no debt

April 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Yesterday was my last day at my old job, and a simply outstanding day for me.

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Taxes · Budgeting

E-Myth lies with statistics

April 11th, 2006 · 12 Comments

AHA! I found the main source of the discouraging lie so many repeat without thinking.

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Interesting Finds · Reviews

Amazon - $1300 in first month

March 26th, 2006 · 5 Comments

I made approximately $1300 in my first month of selling on Amazon.

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Planning · Increasing $

My business is gathering steam

March 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

My startup business is gathering steam. I can feel it turning from a dream into reality. Know what I mean? The cusp, it is right now.

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Planning

First Amazonian week, about $400.

March 7th, 2006 · 7 Comments

I made about $400 in the first week of selling some of my old books on Amazon! That’s after commission and shipping. I’m stunned, actually.
These were decent books, of course. They were mostly computer books, still topical, just not in areas I still pursue. Several were adoption books, useful while we […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Increasing $

No need to be the hero

March 1st, 2006 · No Comments

By talking with a group of young people about whether they would ever think of starting their own business, author Dave Pollard found several common fears, which he has taken the time to debunk in a thoughtful article.
The one fear that stood out to me the loudest was that they were afraid they “couldn’t handle […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Great Articles · Interesting Finds