By Jan Pinnington Recently I ran into a little financial challenge with my business. It’s one of those exhausting hurdles that’s never fun but hopefully someday, when looking back, will be just another funny story of “remember when … ?” In my case, I needed to raise an enormous amount of money (six-figures huge) to […]
How an Incubator Can Help Grow Your Small Business
By Jan Pinnington Back in 2011, when I first started teaching my daughter and her friends how to cook from my home kitchen, I never imagined the potential for turning my itty bitty passion into something life changing for myself, or for others. Fast forward to the end of 2015, and as I look back […]
Five Ways to Treat Your Blog Like the Small Business It Is
By Deborah Sweeney Blogging is a rapid growth industry, and plenty of people have found successful careers as bloggers. Still, few bloggers tend to describe their site as a small business. Only around 14% of bloggers claim a salary earned through blogging, so the vast majority of bloggers are hobbyists. Unfortunately, the makeup of the […]
How to Be a Successful Mom Entrepreneur
Sponsored by Sam’s Club and The Motherhood By Holly Reisem Hanna Have you ever wondered why some mom entrepreneurs succeed in their business, while others continually struggle? I’ll let you in on a little secret. It has nothing to do with a college degree, how high your IQ score is, or even how much money […]
Scanning Photos can be a Great Home Business
By Cathi Nelson Converting old photographs into digital images by scanning them is a terrific small business opportunity that offers flexible hours and a minimum investment. In fact, in addition to managing APPO, I share a photo scanning business with my teenage children. It has been a great opportunity to teach them the fundamentals of […]