Gotta love Inc. magazine’s “11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas in 2009“. Most of these ideas are low-overhead ways to generate part-time or full-time+ income. Several take advantage of the down economy to expand their market. All take the owner’s specialization and/or love and put a creative, entrepreneurial spin on it and “voila!”, a work-from-home opportunity is born.
Whether you’re considering starting a business or already have a plan in the works, there have been several InCouraging opportunities for small business funding that are worth checking out:
- Intuit’s Share Your Story and Win contest. Small business stories and tips are ranked by Intuit community members. Prizes range from Intuit Small Business Word of Mouth Marketing Toolkit (given to all entries) to $25,000 in cash.
- The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan: Open Source Funding. Billionaire Mark Cuban issues an intriguing VC opportunity to entrepreneurs: share your business plan on my blog and I’ll personally fund the good ones. If it’s a fantastic idea, others will steal it…that’s the point – to get more businesses up and moving in this economy. Brilliant.
Entrepreneurs are typically creative and hard-working…exactly what we need in today’s economy. Hats off to Intuit and Mark Cuban for being some of the first to actually put cash behind the theory that entrepreneurs can help fuel our communities and ultimately, our economy.
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