By mukul on Sep 18, 2007 in Start a Business | 0 Comments
Your hobby + a computer = extra money
Stephanie Sorbel is one of only a handful of Kyle, South Dakota, residents who owns a computer. She’s also one of only a few members of the Oglala Lakota tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation who sells traditional clothes and crafts on the Internet. Word-of-mouth sales from [...]
By mukul on Sep 17, 2007 in Start a Business | 0 Comments
Your hobby + a computer = extra money
After years spent fixing their kids’ computers, Donna Gaynor and Maria Luskin decided they could earn extra income doing just that for people in their San Diego neighborhood. So they took classes to become certified through the Computing Technology Industry Association (comptia.com), an international IT trade organization.
In [...]
By mukul on Sep 15, 2007 in Start a Business | 0 Comments
Your hobby + a computer = extra money
In New York, where trend-conscious executives and socialites routinely clear out cramped apartment closets to make room for newer looks, Bonnie Levine is considered something of a personal seller. Think Carrie Bradshaw in reverse. When the Manolo Blahniks and Pradas have to go, Levine gets a call [...]
By mukul on Sep 14, 2007 in Start a Business | 0 Comments
Your hobby + a computer = extra money
There are hundreds of stories about ambitious people who quit their jobs to start businesses in their garages, worked 80-hour weeks, sold their companies and wound up rich. This isn’t one of them.
Instead, this is about the growing number of average people who are spending their leisure [...]