Comments on: Three Business Ideas That Will Thrive In A Recession

By: Kirk Bullington

Kirk Bullington — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:56:00 +0000

good job . your advice is well received. maybe now i can cut the nonsense out rll up my sleeves get some money. tanks tanks ALOT

By: james (CA)

james (CA) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:57:21 +0000

Hi Gypsy,
I was in your shoes before. College might be a good start, depending on what major you can take that will be marketable and not obselete. You need to gain knowledge in areas that interest you and you have experience and skills. I encourage you to read richdad poordad books by Robert Kiyosaki and try to apply some principles there. There are so many ways to make money (great money) I am sure, but you need to have knowledge and resources to do so. Find things or services that people need and will allow you to make some money and scale up if it becomes successful. keep learning and start something that doesn’t require much capital..like online marketing / store etc. We are not alone in trying to start something. Let us know.

By: james (CA)

james (CA) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:49:45 +0000

Sandy, I will never sell my own home(s) 90% of the time. Rent it out for cash flow and then pass it to your kids in the future.

You can even refi if possible and cash out some equity, and investment money in another home or good business. Once a home is paid off, it is all cash flow and great for retirement.

By: james (CA)

james (CA) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:44:17 +0000

I am a frugal guy and like to find great ways/products to save money, find good investments, and business that will scale and fun to do and really help people. Create business websites are the great way to promote businesses and build credibility as there are too many scam and bad business people out there to take advatage of customers.

By: Suzanne Twitchell

Suzanne Twitchell — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:36:51 +0000

Your ideas is great. I think it is really effective. It is very useful for the entrepreneurs. Thank you for the information. I've enjoyed reading it. Jamie Dingman Shipston Group

By: Gypsy Muffin

Gypsy Muffin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:12:20 +0000

I’ve been having some very hard times myself, lately. What I need to know, however, and many others like me, is how to get these sorts of ideas to work for somebody who’s in their mid-twenties, and has absolutely nothing yet to build on. Should have gone to college?

By: Sajjad

Sajjad — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:19:41 +0000

Hi….empathy is the power into a persons heart and their pockets. I could’nt agree more with your views that ” if you love humans….you’ll find a way”. By the way if any budding entrepreneur has an export idea he/she want to sell or market into Bangladesh, pop me a line… take care all.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:09:13 +0000

Hi Erica, I came across your blog from Getting Rich Slowly I’d like to share a bit. My better half & myself decided to live simple since we got married. Probably it’s because our values is not to get caught up in “getting more stuff” in our lives and also we don’t think it’s really smart to buy things that depreciates and get cheaper every year.

I’ve wrote sometime ago about using your geek skills to earn some dough here http://www.personalmoneytips.com/blog/make-money-from-your-geek-skills.htm/

I find your post very interesting

By: sandy

sandy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:28:13 +0000

is it better to rent or own a home during a recession? also, if you are in a home and know you won’t be there long term, is it best to try to sell now or wait a couple of years??

By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal

Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:28:00 +0000

Very good list of ideas. I especially like the idea to always “Do not be afraid to charge good money for valuable advice.”

Too many times businesses charge for products but then turn around and give services away for free, setting the value of those services at ZERO in the client’s mind. After all, if you’re willing to give it for free…it must not be worth too much.