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You can start a number of small businesses with little or no money, but first you must decide upon what type of business is best for you. It must be something you have an interest in, have the resources to start financially and that you have experience in. If you have these basics covered, then you could be soon running a business in the area of your expertise.

Here are some great examples of businesses that cost almost nothing to start up and what each one requires from you to run productively, so think about which ones appeal to you.

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Quora is the name of a questions and answers website that was founded in the year 2009 and launched in 2010. This is akin to an online encyclopedia of questions and answers which is uniquely maintained and updated by all those who use it. There are newer questions and their answers created as well as edited by those reading them. It is a constant process of enrichment of the site that is carried out by those who are reading or using it in the end. There are various topics for the questions here and subsequently you can answer them too. If there is another who reads the answer and feel they can update or correct the same the suggestions will be brought to you by their comments.

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Steve Jobs was one of the biggest titans in the digital age.  Yet, how does he compare to other famous businessmen?

It will take awhile before we can truly answer this question as technology is still evolving.  In addition, we do not know what Apple will achieve in the future.  However, it is pretty clear that Steve Jobs was a top visionary in the IT world.  It is sad that fate decided to take him away at such a young age.  He died at only 56, an age that is too young to pass away.  On the other hand, he did accomplish many things in that short period of time.  As such, we need to use his memory as inspiration for both ourselves and our children.

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In today’s uncertain economic climate, it can be hard to predict what the future holds for even a fairly successful business. How many times have you heard a story where a business has been doing well, has chosen to expand, and then failed because they over-extended themselves by buying a new office, or taking on too many staff.

Outsourcing can help to prevent those problems.

It’s true that there are some areas of business where having on-site staff is a better decision, but there are other areas such as ecommerce fulfillment, customer service, and mailing fulfillment where enlisting outside help just makes sense. Why spend a lot of money on space, equipment, and full time employees when you can’t guarantee that you will even need those facilities in a few month’s time?

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Smartphones running Google's Android operating system have been growing in popularity since first being introduced in 2005, and that means that Android's app market has been growing as well. With the growing popularity of the mobile app industry, the ease at which developers can add a product to Android's Market, and the relatively simple process of generating revenue, Android development has virtually exploded. So much so that many Android developers are beginning to embrace smaller niche markets such as gay consumers.

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The first three Habits of the effective people are aimed at self-awareness and understanding of oneself. The second group of habits in the concept concerns the interaction of a person with other people. The topic is extremely complex and multi-layered. Before you continue, you must understand one very significant condition mentioned by the author, which states that the effective interaction with others can only be built on the basis of genuine personal autonomy achieved through the first three habits. Or, in other words, we can better interact with others only if we know who we are and have a good relationship with ourselves. Only then, we can truly turn our attention to the others and seek effective ways to interact with them.

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The world of shopping has turned, over the last two decades or so, to the Internet. It used to be that everyone had a brick and mortar store. As the web came online and grew in popularity, some of these stores developed websites. Others, thinking that this new technology would not catch on, did not. They were quickly left behind. Now, almost every single advertisement that you see has a URL connected to it, a place where consumers can go to explore the goods and services that are being offered. Rare is the company that does not have a website.

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The hottest trends in computing right now are cloud applications for mobile devices. As these two trends continue to merge, old technologies like desktop computers are becoming unnecessary. Mobile computing through smartphones and tablets utilizing the power of the cloud could create a new business structure that no longer revolves around a single workstation in a specific office. Workers can take their data and information anywhere and store it on the company's servers through any wireless connection.

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There are thousands upon thousand of blogs online. Bloggers try to post information about anything ranging from collect insects, to travel blogs, to how-to-guides on scrapbooking. Many bloggers don’t just post blogs for fun or for their sake but they attempt to bring in new ideas, concepts, and pictures for the world to see. You should be creative and attractive in order to get more hits than the other contenders.

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Financial freedom, long-lasting and fulfilling relationships and alleviating stresses in day-to-day living. Many dream of such things, though consider them far out of reach. Now, with the help of Jeff Olson and his book The Slight Edge: Secret to a Successful Life, anyone can achieve their dreams and goals.

Just who is Jeff Olson? Mr. Olson is an experienced and successful entrepreneur and motivational speaker. He has helped hundreds of thousands of people better themselves and their lives by achieving what was once thought of as an out-of-reach financial freedom and personal excellence. Mr. Olson did not start life out on an easy leg and knows what it is like to work ones way up from struggling to successful. With that in mind, Mr. Olson takes what has worked for him to the world to help other achieve a more satisfying life and lifestyle.