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Birthday Side Business Idea
Kerry and I have been married for ~6 months now. She has 2 great passions: kids and make-up (and me!). She has had her make-up license for a while now, but hasn’t been using it because she has a job as...
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Confession: I am slacking on my Dropship Business
Okay, it’s time for me to confess something. I have been focusing a lot of attention this month on this blog and my wife’s business. This is a good thing, but it has come at the expense of my dropship...
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Lessons Learned from first Freelance Engagement
A lot has been happening with Kerry’s new side business! We came up with a name, got cards designed, ordered supplies, and decided on pricing. We decided on the name “Girlie Girl Parties” after...
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Birthday Business: Competition and Marketing
Update on Girlie Girl Parties: There is a local monthly publication here for kids and families. All of the moms pick it up and use it to find new things to spend money on. Well, after about 2 months of...
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Overcoming Family Obligations to Start a Business
I know some of you out there are like me. You have a family to support, obligations to them and others. I don’t even have kids and my wife works, and yet I still feel the burden of supporting her and...
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Hitting “The Dip” and Failure as an Option
The Story Seven months ago, I got the Entrepreneur bug, so I started this blog on small business. In realizing that I couldn’t have a small business blog without a business, I bought an e-commerce...
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My Affiliate Marketing Attempt & Failure
I thought I would share a recent business failure of mine with you today. I hope to share my experience, and hope you learn something in the process, as well as let you know that if you’ve failed...
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Advertising for Girlie Girl Parties
Girlie Girl Parties Update: Kerry and I started advertising the business in the local family-focused magazine 2 months ago. Immediately we saw more visitors to the website and started getting more...
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Why I Project it to Cost $93,574 to Start a Retail Store
Kerry & I are looking at opening a retail store for her business. The costs are outrageous… We’ve found a 1,800 sq ft location that we like where the rent is inexpensive relative to all of the...
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Girlie Girl Competition (From None to a Ton)
Many people view competition as a bad thing, and use it as an excuse to not start a business. Competition is a good thing because it proves that there is a market for what you want to sell. Still,...
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A Fair Perspective on MLM companies
Are MLM companies becoming more popular? Or is it just a function of the people I’m friends with on Facebook? It seems like everybody is getting in on it… MLM = Multi-Level Marketing, also known as...
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