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How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Business

by Kyle Taylor - November 21, 2011 0 Comment

One of the best ways to make some extra money is to start generating income from a business. So, where do you look for ideas when trying to start a business? Why not start with your hobbies? You can take [...]

Weird Business #9: “Start a Pet Detective Business”

by Kyle Taylor - October 17, 2011 5 Comments

C’mon admit it. We all saw Ace Ventura. Maybe you laughed, maybe you cried after realizing you were going to be stuck in the theater for 90 minutes, but surely you left the theater thinking a pet [...]

Is This a Good Time to Start Selling Real Estate Part-Time?

by Kyle Taylor - September 26, 2011 14 Comments

A friend of mine recently told me that he is thinking about becoming a real estate agent on the side to help generate extra income. I come from a family of unemployed mortgage brokers so I couldn’t [...]

Weird Business #8: “Kid Entrepreneur Designs Best Selling iPhone App”

by Kyle Taylor - September 13, 2011 9 Comments

Last week we featured a 14 year old kid entrepreneur who had become an overnight success selling candles for men and this week we have an even more impressive story about an 11 year old who has designed [...]

Weird Business #7: “Pizza Scented Candles”

by Kyle Taylor - September 6, 2011 8 Comments

Meet Hart Main. He’s the 14 year old entrepreneur that is putting the rest of us to shame. Seriously. Main in the founder of Man Cans, a start-up company that has already sold 9,000 of his manly [...]

6 Ways to Profit from “Reuse & Recycle”

by Kyle Taylor - August 30, 2011 2 Comments

We are currently in the middle of redecorating our apartment, so for the past few months I’ve been scouring the internet looking for cool pieces of furniture/accessories. I’ve specifically [...]

Weird Business #6: Make Money Cricket Farming

by Kyle Taylor - August 17, 2011 17 Comments

The poor economy definitely forces people to get creative, but when I heard about cricket farming on the news a few weeks ago, I almost spit out my coffee from laughing so hard. I’ve made it habit over [...]

Weird Business #4: “Turn Your Backyard into a Nursery”

by Kyle Taylor - February 4, 2011 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s “Weird Business Friday.” Now – I know quite a few of you are currently buried under a mountain of snow, but I was hoping to bring you some pleasant thoughts [...]

Weird Business #3: “How to Make Money Teaching Video Game Lessons”

by Kyle Taylor - January 14, 2011 3 Comments

Welcome to Friday! Today’s weird business is something for you big kids. I want to introduce you to Tom Taylor (no relation to this writer). Tom is a scrawny, 23 year old, high school dropout who [...]

Weird Business Idea #2: “Learn From an 8 Year Old”

by Kyle Taylor - January 7, 2011 1 Comment

This Friday’s edition of “Weird Business Ideas” is an oldie, but a goodie. Thank you to Amber over at “Teen Money Making Ideas“ for reminding me of this very inspiring little [...]

Weird Business Idea #1: “Hangover Helpers”

by Kyle Taylor - December 17, 2010 1 Comment

I’m so excited to introduce our new feature called, “Weird Business Ideas”. Every Friday we will be focusing on a different start-up company that has come up with a truly unique business [...]

This Guy Makes $5 Million a Year Playing Poker

by Kyle Taylor - October 5, 2009 0 Comment

Have you ever heard of Daniel Cates? He’s a 21 year old computer nerd who makes a living playing poker online. The New York Times even published a story about him a few months ago and led with [...]

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