How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business
Here is a question from a Breaking Free reader that I though others might find useful (my response below)…
Brian,
I would like some feedback on a business idea…
I’m thinking about a 3D scanning and 3D printing service with a website to solicit business.
A 3D scanner is around $3,000, and a 3D printer is about $15,000, so [...]
In: Business Ideas| Marketing
28 Jan 2010This is an exciting announcement. For the last few months I’ve been working on a new web app (was contracted to build it actually) and today is the beta launch!
The site is Seoaholic.com. The name is a made up word which combines SEO (search engine optimization) and “work-a-holic”.
This is a beta launch so the tool is still a [...]
I was watching this video today about how to stand out in your market place. It gives some good examples of companies (like VooDoo Donut and ZipCar) who created a strong following by:
1. Doing something different
2. Having fun
3. Not being afraid to be a little weird
It reminded me of Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button or Facebook’s [...]
In: Business Ideas
28 Nov 2009Here is a question from a Breaking Free reader….
Dear Brian,
Your book inspired me to start up my own business based on your Start Breaking Free model.
I was a lawyer working 80 hour weeks at an international firm, doomed to spending the best years of my life behind a desk. I was depressed and my confidence [...]
In: Business Ideas
10 Nov 2009I met up with a few entrepreneurs from Dublin, Ireland this week in Buenos Aires. They have a web business based around the voiceover industry. If you don’t know, the voiceover industry is a bit like acting or modeling in that people typically have agents – except they get hired to record their voice for [...]
Students in this entrepreneurship class at Stanford were given $5 and two hours to see how much money they could earn.
Some of the ideas will surprise you. Great example of thinking outside the box (especially the last one)! The video can be viewed here or click the image below.
In: Business Ideas| Education
29 Oct 2009If you’re interested in starting an online business from home, and you’d like to learn about the top businesses that are working right now, then check this out:
http://www.startbreakingfree.com/go/ignition/
Or here is the video link:
You can get a free ticket to a 90-minute webinar called: ”10 REAL Online Businesses You Can Start From Home RIGHT NOW.”
Eben has started several multi-million dollar businesses [...]
In: Business Ideas
24 Oct 2009The 37Signals guys launched a new site this week called Haystack.com. Here is their post explaining the launch.
It’s a simple idea: create a directory of website design companies so clients can quickly find a good one to work with.
The idea is not particularly brilliant and original, but they absolutely nailed the execution on this project. Let’s [...]
In: Business Ideas
23 Oct 2009I’ve noticed a trend of sites coming out recently that are built around the idea of taking short, funny, user generated content. Often users can submit them as text messages or emails. Sort of like Twitter but on a particular topic.
It might sound stupid, but some of these sites are getting over 1 million unique [...]
In: Business Ideas
15 Sep 2009I’ve been in sort of a holding pattern the last few weeks since I’m between projects and the ones I have are all running on auto-pilot. For the most part I am well rested with nothing especially urgent to do and this has given me some great time to think.
Some people call this taking time [...]
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