Startup Spark

July 17th, 2008

Do you have enough time to make money?

You’ve heard about the 4-hour work week. We’ve even spoken to Michael Port about outsourcing and systemizing on Success Secrets. But are you really doing it?
I know; you don’t think you could afford it. Or you don’t think you could let go of ‘your stuff.’
I was much like you. 
But what I learned from Melanie […]

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June 5th, 2008

Can bartering help you?

I just read an interesting article in Entrepreneur this morning regarding the use of barter to help small businesses and startups survive during a bad economy.
There are two forms of barter.
I’ve used the more traditional method, exchanging my services for someone’s time or product. Some have worked out great. Other times, I felt I was […]

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May 21st, 2008

Cost saving tips for startups (or just about any business!)

There’s sometimes nothing better for me than finding a great deal.  I love it.
But when money’s  tight - and it always is when you are starting a business - the fun gets very serious.
Here are some of my tips to cut initial costs:

Ask for a discount - ALWAYS. Never settle on the first price. Ask […]

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February 6th, 2008

10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs

With a recession on, all business owners — especially startups, need to think of ways to tighten the belt a bit.
I threw together some suggestions that might help:

Barter - If you have a business you should be bartering goods and services with other businesses. You should try to trade for something before you buy […]

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