One year ago we were starting 2010.  Did you have goals or things you wanted to accomplish?  How did it turn out?  Hopefully, the results are encouraging and not discouraging.
Regardless, 2011 is underway and it is a new year.  Where do you want to be a year from now?
I’ll tell you one thing, nothing is automatic and nothing is easy.  If you want to get to a certain place this year, you’re going to have to work for it.
Times are tough which means nothing is easy.  The good thing is …

What is your income number for achieving the freedom and flexibility you want? Think big here. I’m talking total freedom. Freedom from a 9-5 job. Freedom from slaving for retirement savings. Freedom of location.

When it comes to your money, one of the hardest things can be to just stay the course.  Doing the little things right for a prolonged period of time can be difficult.  Some, including myself at times, tend to neglect the day-to-day pursuit of financial responsibility while keeping an eye on a “home run”.  Let me use my own example to illustrate.
I have lots of aspects of my monthly financial pursuit.  Obviously, all the obligations, bills, mortgage, etc. need to be taken care of.  Then, I have a number of …

I have a new product being developed.  I am looking to sell this myself to small businesses, but am considering building a network of additional sales people or “affiliates” to help sell it.
The product is going to be a subscription based product that will be very affordable and very unique and easily sellable to businesses.  As such, if you make a sale, you get an income stream, not a one-time commission.
If you’re comfortable calling up small businesses around your town and want to …

Finding what you’re good at can take a while.  For us 20-somethings, it probably takes a few years of working to truly grasp what you’re good at.  If you have no idea, then you should start paying attention to your job, your experiences, your skills and feedback from others.  Finding what you’re good at is an important step in your career, in business and in life in general.
Finding what you’re good can help you be more successful.  By being good at something, you can increase your earning power, you can …

Starting your own business is tough in any environment at any age.  For us young folks, it’s even more difficult.  Nearly impossible.
The way I see it, there are really only two ways you successfully launch your own business while you’re young:

By having special connections (often family)
By starting the business “on the side” without quitting your job

See, successfully starting your own business typically requires a range of experiences and skills and usually a decent chunk of startup capital.  As a young person, you probably lack both.
Therefore, you’re left with two options. …

As I’ve talked about at length here on this blog, launching an online income stream, especially when it is content driven, is a very challenging process.  Almost always, the entrepreneur hits a wall and usually quits.  Having a partner can make this process much easier to get off the ground.
Currently, I’m involved in a partnership with two other individuals (group of 3) in launching a new website.  More details to come on this new venture.  But for now, I’d like to comment further on the pros and cons of pursuing …

If you’re like me, you’re motivated by starting your own business, being your own boss, or creating and managing a portfolio of income streams.  If you’re like me, you spend much of your idle time pondering potential businesses to start or launch.  Furthermore, if you’re like me, you don’t have a bunch of capital sitting idle ready to deploy into a startup, nor do you really want to do so.  The following is a list of characteristics of a business or income stream that I want to either start myself …