A couple years ago I had my first sizable “side income” from blogging and freelance work. Unfortunately I also made an embarrassing, yet common, mistake: I didn’t plan for taxes appropriately. Needless to say I ended up owing the IRS a decent chunk of change come tax time. Ever since then I have been vigilant […]
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A few weeks ago I shared 4 reasons not to quit your job to start a business. Today I have 4 more reasons to not quit your job to start a business. I’m not against entrepreneurship; to the contrary I’m a big supporter of people starting businesses. What I am against is jumping into business […]
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If you know me, you know that I’m a big fan of building businesses. My dream is to build a business that I can sell for millions of dollars. To do that, you need to have some sort of funding, either from your personal bank account, friends and family, venture capital, or a loan.
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I saw an article today on Inc. titled 15 Terrible Excuses For Not Starting Your Own Business. My first reaction was really? 15 terrible reasons? Then I quickly realized that the title of blog posts are really just to get people to click and read. To their credit, I did click and read, and I’m […]
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If you haven’t noticed there’s been a rise in the number of people who are setting up one-man or one-woman businesses and making money working for themselves. If you are someone who wants to turn your skills into money working for yourself this should be music to your ears. Despite the discouraging things many unhappy […]
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Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. On January 1 of this year, I became officially self employed. Now that I’ve been at it for a little over a month, I still find it interesting how my life has changed in both positive and negative ways. I think that many people, especially in […]
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The end of the year is always a good time to evaluate your business and make plans for where you want it to be in the future. I love the symbolic “fresh start” of the new year and feeling like there is nothing stopping me from having a breakout year for my business. Beyond that […]
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I’ve always admired entrepreneurs, but I’ve never really considered myself one! When I think about entrepreneurs, I think about people who found and run large corporations, who wine and dine investors to try to fund their latest ideas, and who make and lose large sums of money depending on how well their ideas or their […]
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You’ve heard tons of bloggers rave about getting a side hustle, mostly because it’s a great way to make extra money and pay down debt. Of course, not everyone has the same talents and aspirations, so how do you find the perfect side hustle for you? Here are a few questions to ask: 1. How […]
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If you work full-time but want to make more money or simply have an entrepreneurial itch, it makes sense to pursue a side hustle. While I have made money a number of different ways over the past couple years, I started to focus primarily on blogging and online income recently for a number of reasons. […]
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