Start-Up Opportunities In Hard Economic Times
by Elizabeth H. Cottrell, IAHBE Editor
 If you have been dreaming and planning to start your own business, you may be tempted to put those dreams and plans aside in the wake of all the terrible economic news you’re hearing on television and radio. Wall Street seems to be imploding, banks are failing, unemployment is skyrocketing, businesses are laying off workers, and bad economic news seems to be the order of the day. Your friends and family may be discouraging you from going out on your own right now. What should you do?...
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Every catastrophe, economic or otherwise, carries a number of opportunities all around its fringes. You have probably heard the frequently repeated phrase from the White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, and others to the effect that “any crisis is too good an opportunity to waste”—meaning to use it as an excuse for pushing an unpopular idea through Congress. That is just what this article is about, i.e., the President’s economic stimulus program and the opportunities surrounding it. We discuss possible ways to take advantage of this program, as well as how you will need to put significant effort into finding what avenues are open for you to profit from the stimulus...