Starting a Small Business Tips and Ideas

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Kathy Matthews, author of On Your Own: 99 Alternatives to a 9 to 5 Job, offers treasure hunting as one small business startup idea. Good sites for combing with a metal detector include coastlines, unrestricted historic spots, and places where the terrain has recently eroded or where large groups of people have congregated.

“Work,” declares Kathy Matthews, “should fit your interests and energies and lifestyle … whether it be part-time, supplementary, or full-time employment. It should give you satisfaction, independence, and money, on your terms.”

And the following are only a sampling of the many inspiring ideas for just such satisfying independent careers that Kathy has compiled in her new book, On Your Own.

We’ve also included, in their entirety, Kathy’s warnings and comprehensive getting-started advice … in the hope that her words of caution may help you avoid the pitfalls that ensnare so many unwary would-be entrepreneurs.

With only a little foresight and planning, then — plus the good advice in the following excerpt from Kathy’s book — you may be closer to attaining your own economic self-sufficiency than you think!

The Work-at-Home Rip-Offs: How to Avoid Them

  • Published on May 1, 1977
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