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Switching Careers: From Medical Practice to Entrepreneur
1:16PM 1/20/2011
The recession has been deep, but it hasn't stopped those who want to be their own bosses from switching careers to pursue that dream. In 2008, 626,400 employer businesses were started, according to the Small Business Administration. Another 552,600 employer start-ups joined their ranks in...
New Jersey was the fourteenth state to legalize medical marijuana, but current governor Chris Christie is placing such harsh restrictions on the prospective business that some question whether it will ever get off the ground.
Switching careers: A mission to be entrepreneurs
9:00AM 7/26/2010
Changing the direction of your career can be scary. Obstacles litter the path, from a mortgage to uncertainty about what that new profession should even be. But 13 people over 60 took the leap in Bruce Frankel's inspiring book, What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life.
At an age when many of us...
Why Silicon Valley Isn't Starving for Overseas Talent
1:25PM 3/27/2010
Well regarded tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa warns that talent fleeing the U.S. for India and China is threatening innovation here. But at a popular Valley eatery, you can see -- and hear -- a very different picture of the area's global brainpower.
California wineries selling at market bottom prices
3:45PM 3/02/2010
Have you always dreamed of owning a boutique winery in Sonoma Valley where you could play host to Paul Giamatti and others willing to fork over a jeroboam of cash for your pressings?
Now might be the time to shop, if actually selling the wine isn't in your immediate plans. The decline in sales of...
Turn the snowfall into a windfall by starting your own snow-shoveling business.
With help from our experts, Mike Stevens, owner of the industry newsletter Snowplow News, and Kevin Arroyo, the owner of R and A Cleaning Services in Staten Island, N.Y., WalletPop offers the following advice to get...
More execs starting own businesses, including scooping poop
8:00AM 2/03/2010
Joseph Gliottone has a quick comeback to his former advertising colleagues when they ask him about his new job picking up dog poop.
"It's the same product category, but a different clientele," said Gliottone, 53, who was a senior vice president of print production at an ad agency in Boston, and...
Start your own business: Free 'webinar'
12:01AM 1/14/2010
Hey, aspiring entrepreneurs, got any time to spare today? SCORE, a nonprofit that helps small business owners start and maintain their companies, is sponsoring a free webinar on Thursday, Jan. 14, at noon Eastern time. "How to Really Start Your Own Business" will feature two successful small-biz...
Women entrepreneurs should go for the million-dollar mark
2:30PM 12/07/2009
It's well-known that women rule their family's pocketbook and make many of the major purchasing decisions in their households, and now there's proof that women play a big role in the economy as business owners. A report from the Center for Women's Business Research found that the eight million...
Tips for women entrepreneurs to boost revenue past $50,000
5:30PM 10/26/2009
Half of U.S. workers are women and there are about 10.1 million businesses owned by females, according to the Shriver Report. Those companies employ about 23 million people and earn a combined revenue of $3 trillion.
But only 3% of businesses owned by women in the U.S. actually have revenue of $1...
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