4 Must Read Articles About Starting a Business

This economy is affecting everyone and people are looking to change their luck. With the US unemployment rate rising to 8.1%, there are a lot of people either looking for jobs or ways to earn more money. Starting your own business is a great way to earn some extra money on the side and work for yourself. I have four articles and two sites for you to read that will give you some resources, tips, and ideas on starting your own business.

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8 Tips For Creative Solopreneuers
This a great post on starting a freelance business. The author gives a lot of information and some awesome tips on money, finding your market, and using your website to weed out the “tire kickers.”

The Secret to Starting a Successful Company
This post is from a self proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” who gives you the secrets on starting that new business you want and making it successful. Some of his tips seem like they would be normal attributes of a person looking to start a company like being passionate and creative, but others like learning how to sell make a lot of sense.

60+ Resources For Entrepreneurs to Step Up and Take Charge
An extremely useful post from Applicant.com that gives you 30 articles to read, 20 sites that you should read daily, 10 entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter, a few other links to more people on Twitter to follow, and some motivation on some very successful people. You could spend hours just going through the links on this single article alone.

7 Steps to Build a Startup From Scratch With No Money
A great article on how to start and build your new business with no money. The rest of the site is a good read, so don’t just spend all your time on this article.

I have two sites that I recommend if you are thinking about starting a business. The first one is Entrepreneur.com. This site has a ton resources, articles, and tools to help you with everything business related.

The second site is Bootstrapping Blog which delivers a bunch of resources on bootstrapping your business. What is bootstrapping? Basically it’s starting a business all on your own. No external funds or help, all you. This can be risky but very rewarding and the Bootstrapping Blog has the tips you need.

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