Archive for June, 2009
Teens Are Building Their Own Job Engine
PERIODS of high unemployment tend to be particularly hard on teenagers, who wind up competing for jobs with more experienced, laid-off adults.
When Faith Borden, 16, of Metuchen, N.J., applied for a job in March to be a counselor at a summer day camp, she looked around and saw “all these 30- and 40-year-olds,” she [...]
Sisters start crime scene clean-up business
Cleaning up a crime scene is a dirty, filthy and potentially hazardous job, but someone has to do it. And in Bozeman there are at least two companies that do.
When Patty Burrows started her cleaning business about 11 years ago, she had no idea she’d be relying on clove oil and Vick’s VapoRub to mask [...]
Do your homework before applying for federal business loan
The federal government continues to free up millions of dollars for small business. But businesses that want to take advantage of the bounty need to do their homework and come prepared when they apply for a federal loan.
The government’s SBA program introduced the America’s Recovery Capital, or ARC, loan designed to give small businesses suffering [...]
Sewing businesses finding niche in midst of recession
McLeod, a seamstress by trade, trims, cuts and tucks old clothes into a better fit at the Rip Club Sewing Center, which she opened last month at 2238 W. First St. in Loveland.
“I call it Rip Club, because you just rip it,” McLeod said. “In times of economic hardship, people don’t want to buy new [...]
Many Moms Scrambling to Make Some Extra Money
In an unusual twist, many moms are finding themselves in a new scenario: seeking work-at-home arrangements driven not by flexibility – think soccer practices and piano recitals – but as the best option to supplement family income.
with four unemployed workers for every job opening, moms like Kim Perez of Pembroke Pines are moving into action. [...]
Out-of-work student now a green’ entrepreneur
The work is a lot like being a chimney sweep – that is, the only chimney sweep in town, because it had never occurred to any of the neighbors to sweep their chimneys.
The business model invented by Chris King, 19, a freshman at USC living in Huntington Beach, Calif., with his parents during summer [...]
A Look at the Membership Site Business
Running a membership site has exploded in popularity as an Internet business model. Online business owners are finally recognizing what the “early adopters” discovered years ago: membership sites can be extremely profitable, have a low start-up cost, and can actually be fun to run.
The concept is easy enough. You have some information, knowledge, or passion [...]
