How To Guide

Example 1

Lydia Hamilton Smith

Some women are born entrepreneurs, and honestly, we don’t have to look in the present to find some good examples.  In fact, the history can provide us with some great examples of women entrepreneurs.  Lydia Hamilton Smith was born in 1813, from an Irish father and a black mother. Soon after she gave birth to her two sons, she became a widow.  Lydia played an important role in the life and activity of Senator Thaddeus Stevens, when she became his housekeeper in 1847. For the next 25 years, Lydia Hamilton Smith managed his home and business in Lancaster.  When he traveled to Washington, she was in charge of his household and she served as a hostess on special occasions.  Lydia took advantage of this opportunity and learned many things.  Later on, she used those new skills for starting a small venture.  She purchased a number of properties in Lancaster, Philadelphia and Washington and she even run her own boarding house.  All those achievements were outstanding for a woman of color.

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Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin is a true success story in the US. She was elected governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009 and the second female vice presidential candidate who represented an important political party. She was the governor of Alaska, but she soon quit her job to do things that are more important. Her first big success was the release of her book, but she continues to earn even more from television shows and speaking gigs.

Sarah Palin is a good proof that you don’t have to be a politician to be able to purchase your own Greek island. For example, she charged a photographer an astonishing $100,000 for pictures with her and her daughter’s baby. Things are going pretty well for Sarah Palin these days, and many prospect electors wonder if she will ever candidate again for a political party. Sarah’s uniqueness and truthiness as a person and as a political leader are appealing to ordinary people, but when money become more important than what you do, do you still have a chance to win?

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Greg Jordan

Greg Jordan graduated from the Portland State University with a degree in environmental sciences. Generally, all fresh graduates in this domain think they will work on restoring wetlands or fighting against forest destruction. Jordan is a special case, because he likes to get involved in the process and get his hands dirty.

He chose to work with a weatherization team and doing all sorts of tasks such as blowing insulation into wall spaces or sealing up air leaks. He was fortunate to obtain a job immediately after graduation, thanks to the numerous programs created by the government to stimulate the renewable energy industry.

The renewable energy industry needs all the help it can get in order to change people’s perspectives. Everybody needs to learn that the natural sources of energy are limited. The focus on energy efficacy has increased in the past years, and the government offers stimulus and generous funding for green collar employment training and job opportunities. Jordan was hired by EcoTech LLC, an environmental services company that deals with weatherization and energy efficiency.

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Diane Setterfield

It is very hard to reach success as a writer. Many writers struggle for years to get their books published, and never manage to convert their skills into profits. However, there are cases when a simple struck of luck turn an anonymous writer into a best-selling author. Diane Setterfield is a Yorkshire French teacher that loves to write fiction. Diane is in her 40’s and gave up academia after taking a writing course.

Her talent was spotted by the famous novelist Jim Crace. Her novel is called ‘The Thirteenth Tale’ and is written in a mysterious, gothic style. The novel is already compared to classic novels such as ‘Rebecca’ or ‘Jane Eyre’ and is expected to attract the attention of major movie production companies. Diane signed with Orion Books and is considered the biggest fiction debuts of 2011. She is already working on her second novel and she is very excited by the launch of the book in September 2011.

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Kate Spade

The fashion world is very competitive, especially for new fashion designers. If you don’t have serious financial support, you are less likely to become a name in the fashion industry; Kate Spade is the exception of this rule. Kate had no idea she will enter the world of fashion when she attended the Arizona State University. She got her degree in Journalism.

After graduation, she found a job at the Mademoiselle magazine in Manhattan at the accessories department. After few years, Kate was promoted to Senior Fashion Editor and Head of Accessories to the same magazine. She started to notice that the handbag market was in need of something new, simple and more elegant. In 1994, she decided to enter the accessories market by creating her brand of accessories – ‘Kate Spade Handbags’.

In 2004, after having a tremendous success, Kate launched a complex collection of accessories, including china, wallpapers, bedding and even bath products. In addition, she launched new collections of handbags, sunglasses, shoes, leather goods and many more.

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Amber Rubarth

Amber Rubarth started playing music only five years ago. Born 26 years ago in Reno, Amber enjoys making a full living from music. Although she is not in the top MTV charts, amber is very happy that she has the opportunity to share her music freely. Music was always close to her heart, and Amber wanted to learn play the guitar. Three weeks later, she had her first live performance. Meeting other musicians, creating her own songs, and interacting with the crowd came naturally for amber, a born entertainer.

Amber thinks that learning music is like learning a new language; the more you practice the better you become. She was paid $20 for her first gig. With time, she gathered a small group of artists to accompany her during the concerts. Their show turned to be successful, especially after they started to invite other local artists. Amber also volunteered to work with a booking agent in order to learn the secrets of booking concerts.

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Spencer Breslin

Spencer Breslin was living in New York when, at the age of three was discovered by a talent manager at a local playground. Although Mike and Kim (the parents) were at first skeptical about letting their three old getting involved in the TV industry, they agreed. Few months later, Spencer was hired for a couple of important ads: for Life cereal and McDonalds. Unlike other cases, where kids need to go to hundreds of auditions before getting the role, Spencer was quite lucky. After a couple of auditions, he was booked. Spencer’s career continued with a series of ads and staring next to Bruce Willis in ‘The Kid’. Spencer’s sister, Abigail was also very successful. She stared in few ads, in Toys “R” Us and ‘Raising Helen’ with Kate Hudson. The most recent role of Abigail is ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ (2007). The Breslin kids work hard to build a career, but they still maintain a balance between being actors and childhood.

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Natasha Galkina

Russia has given the world some of the most beautiful top models. Each of them has an interesting story, at least from a westerner’s point of view. Natasha Galkina is a Russian model and a TV star. She was one the first runner-up on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ (the eighth edition), after Jaslene Gonzales.

Although she was not amongst the favorites in the beginning of the show, she impressed the judges by earning the title of Covergirl of the Week three times during the show. Natasha was born in 1985 in Rostov, Russia. She attended the Moscow University and met Stuart Hagler, 21 years older than her. Their love was genuine, and Natasha agreed to marry him and move to Richardson, Texas.

They have a beautiful daughter and in spite of mean people calling her a ‘Mail Order Bride’, Natasha keeps her family together and works hard to succeed in life. Some of her most recent contracts are with Muse NYC models, Modern Luxury Houston, and DC magazines.

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Jon

Being a bodyguard is a dangerous yet rewarding job. People who choose to work as bodyguards need extensive training in defense techniques, knowledge in firearms and exceptional intuition and skills. Jon was training in the US Special Forces when he suffered a parachute injury. He was medically discharged and had to find another job. However, people with military training prefer to work in similar backgrounds, so Jon signed up at the Center of Advanced Security Studies in 2002.

Jon’s colleagues came from various countries, like the Republic of Georgia, Scotland, or the UK. The graduation drill was very realistic: they had to protect a very important woman who was visiting Miami. After graduation, Jon was sent to Iraq. His missions were dangerous and two of his Center colleagues were killed in action. Today, Jon shares his extensive experience to other students. He is a bodyguard instructor at the Center for Advanced Security Studies.

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Jahangir Siddiqui

Jahangir Siddiqui Group is the one the largest and most profitable financial corporations in Pakistan. In addition, the business group is the second largest shareholder of the EFU insurance company. Jahangir Siddiqui showed some excellent entrepreneurial skills even since he was a teenager. While other kids were playing in the neighborhood, he was distributing Coca Cola is Hyderabad.

Moreover, he set up a trendy café in his father’s garage and gained high profits since the café was just near the cinema. In order to get the money for his first two investments, Jahangir sold his father’s car and the coal in their garage. All these happened in 1962.

In the following years, Jahangir studied Inter-Commerce and started his training as a chartered accountant. While he was a student, he bought few shares. When the time was right, he asked a friend to sell them, but he was intrigued by the brokerage rules and system. Therefore, he started working on the stock market. In his first year, he made around Rs. 200,000. Today, Jahangir Siddiqui & Co is one… Read More

Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington was born on December 6, 1945. Even since he was a young man, he liked games – all sorts of games, including chess, backgammon, and poker. In fact, we won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship and a backgammon championship. During his university years, he was part of an MIT team that was specializing in blackjack. His learning process was marked by few memorable games with Bill Gates, Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel. In 1995, he won $1,000,000 at the WSOP (World Series of Poker). Although this was his biggest success, he gained many more pots during his career as a professional poker player:

-       1987, 6^th place at the WSOP – $43,750;

-       1995 – $2,500 bracelet;

-       2003, 3^rd place – $650,000;

-       2004, 4^th place – $1,500,000.

Obviously, his basic qualification as a bankruptcy lawyer was not exciting enough. Dan chose to become a professional poker player, and he does his job well. He is known as an aggressive player that prefers high stakes.

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Steve Weiss

Steve Weiss is a real estate agent for over 25 years. He worked in San Luis Obispo, CA, and then he managed the Los Osos offices of Century 21 Associates West for about 7 years. Steve Weiss has been involved in numerous real estate associations, permanently sharing his extensive experience in real estate. In the past years, Steve wanted to increase his online presence and complete his real estate profile.

In 2006, he met David Bruckner and found out about Z57, a web package for businesses such as real estates. Z57 allows realtors to build their own website and interact with prospect customers in a completely new way. Moreover, real estate agents can reach new markets and present their offers to customers from all over the world.

Steve went live with his website in 2006 and the results proved that Z57 really paid off. He gets leads to his phone by text message and calls back right away, closing deal after deal. His success is even more rewarding today, as Steve managed to conquer the online world with… Read More

Rajib Neog

Whoever said the being a farmer is not a productive occupation, was completely wrong. Rajib Neog is a young farmer in the small Ganakabari village (the Jorhat District of the Indian state Assam). In this region 70% of farmers grow Sali boro rice, and just 30% grow boro only.

There are three types of boro rice, but one has become very popular in the area: Kanaklata. Rajib immediately noticed the potential of boro cropping. In 2002-2003, he was the only farmer in the village who cultivated boro rice. Few years later, he started to cultivate Joymati, BINM and the Kanaklata varieties of boro rice.

Due to the new technology package Rajib used, his crops became richer and richer. For example, in 2006, his rice harvest reached 9.95 tons! In 2005, Rajib earned 24,000 rupees by selling four tons of rice sees. He does not settle with his rice crops and supplements his family’s income by growing vegetables and by raising farm animals.

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Emma Chang

Emma Chang received the ‘Shine Young Achiever of the Year Award’ in 2008, for her outstanding work as a hotel manager at the Liner Hotel (Liverpool). After she graduated from the university, Emma had doubts about finding a job according to her degree. Instead, she chose to work in the hotel industry. Emma’s first experience of working in hospitality was being a room attendant in a small hotel. She switched responsibilities and after few months, she was chosen to run the property whilst the company moved on a more important project.

Six years later, Emma Chang was hired at The Liner Hotel; she was 25 years old. She was promoted to various positions such as Duty Management, Conference & Events, and Deputy Manager. In June 2007, Emma Chang was offered a great opportunity to lead the hotel as ‘Acting GM’. Her unique strategy business has increased the hotel’s profits. Today, she supervises 11 managers and over 100 staff and continues to be an exceptional leader.

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Many people do not understand the powers a police officer has and how he does his work.

If you see television serials you have some idea of what police officers do, though of course, the serials are fictionalized and dramatized versions of the real work. In fact, a lot of police work is grunt work, often consisting of a great deal of drudgery and routine as also filling up of myriad forms.

You will probably be aware that a policeman who walks a beat is different from a policeman who tracks criminals or one who is in drug enforcement. There are various hierarchies in the police force as well as various training programs and tests for policemen to get promoted and move forward.

The role of a police officer

The basic role of a police officer is to enforce the law. In order to know what the law is, he has to study it and that is why he or she undergoes suitable… Read More

Example 1

The internet is full of information and moneymaking opportunities. One of those such opportunities is playing games on the internet. This idea works for both intense gamers that are good at what they do to other gamers that just like to play on an occasional basis. Both of these types of gamers can be compensated for their time for games that require skill while others only require a bit of luck and the right timing. The first way to get paid for playing is on sites that will give you prizes for beating the high score and they are good prizes at that.

The second way to play is GamesVille where a new game version is introduced as well as killer prizes in the form of cash. You have to be really good at these games to win though. Another way to make money-playing games is to start a website or a blog that reviews games. You can use affiliate links on larger sites or have game companies pay you to review their game on your… Read More

Jay Kelly

Jay Kelley has been a bush pilot in Alaska for many years. For 13 years he was flying all through the year and then seasonally for another 20 years. He has flown an air taxi, worked for flyout fishing lodges, for registered guides and for salmon and herring spotting.

He has a website flyalaska.com where he details many of his adventures and lists jobs in Alaska.

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Mort Mason

Mort Mason has also flown as an Alaska bush pilot for 35 years. His advice is that one should get a commercial pilot’s license and must own one’s own plane. Alternatively one can work for an air taxi service, registered guides or a hunting/fishing lodge.

He has written two books, ‘Flying the Alaska Wild’ and ‘The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles’ and has also been a registered Alaska guide for the 35 years that he was flying.

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Vishal Mirpuri

Vishal Mirpuri is in the family business of custom tailoring in Hong Kong for the past 40 years. In 2007, he founded V.M. Clothiers to expand his business and make it more affordable. From Hong Kong he travels to Washington DC and New York to offer his services to a select clientele. These cities have large numbers of clients who prefer to get custom made suits rather than buy them off the rack.

All clothes are made to measure. In fact many clothes can be ordered from their website, but for custom suits, Mirpuri prefers a more hands-on approach. He goes to client’s homes, shows them fabric swatches, finds out their exact requirements and takes their measurements.

For a cutom made suit as many as 27 measurements are taken to ensure a good cut and fit. The suits (and other garments) are eventually made in Hong Kong and sent to the clients.

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A tailor is the person who sews all kinds of clothes, taking the fabric and making it into the finishes product.

Tailors have been around since times immemorial; only, before the advent of the sewing machine, garments and other sewing work were always hand-stitched. Tailors are usually male and seamstresses female, though the work and the job descriptions may be somewhat different.

The Work

There are many kinds of work different tailors do and most specialize in one thing or the other. There are men’s, women’s and children’s garments which may be custom made. Or tailors may work in establishments or factories, churning out ready-mades, in which case their work will be even more niche. For instance, in a factory, one person may be stitching sleeves, another one doing buttonholes and so on.

When the tailor is doing custom work, he may be handling everything right from taking measurements, to making the pattern, cutting, stitching and doing the finishing as well. In large establishments, he may have assistants to help him. Sometimes the cutter is different from the tailor. And… Read More

Fortune telling has been around since ancient times because people always hunger to know what the future has in store for them.

Along with a belief in religion many people also have a belief in fortune tellers (though many religions frown on fortune telling). From the Oracle in ancient Greece to the Chinese I Ching, to the African throwing of bones, to planetary readings, palmistry, face reading – all cultures have their own methods of divining fortunes.

In olden times the rulers (kings and emperors also had soothsayers who used to tell them about the future so the belief system is very old. Whether it is the gypsy who tells your fortune or the tarot reader or an astrologer, all come under the umbrella term of fortune telling.

The work of the fortune teller

The work of a fortune teller is to predict what is going to happen in your life. Most people come with specific questions to which they want answers to guide them as to what they should do. Most fortune tellers gain the confidence of the people… Read More