ITS TIME TO REINVENT AND EMPOWER OURSELVES

This blog is for people who want or need to reinvent themselves professionally and personally.

Everyday, we post new ideas for people who are dislocated and are looking for new ways to use their skills to generate income.

This blog will also explain how to actually launch a new "one man shop" in 10 steps, 5 hours
and $895.

As we are bombarded with a constant barrage of bad news, and we are forced to explore new ways to earn income, its a great time to reflect on how we define ourselves.

For most of us, our jobs define us...our jobs become our idenity. Its now time to seize control of your destiny, and to realize that EVERY job in the world, can be sexy, uniquely yours and very profitable.

AN OATH:
Create a Gig promises that after a few weeks of constant review, you will:

1. feel empowered about yourself
2. view your skills in a new way
3. realize that all skills are transferable in some way
4. question how you define yourself
5. realize that you ARE NOT your job


Its time to be part of the solution, not part of the problem, enjoy...

NEED SOMEONE TO WRITE CODE FOR YOUR WEB APPLICATION- VENTURE?

Launching a successful web application doesn’t have to be rocket science. This very entrepreneurial company has experts that help small businesses writes code for web
business idea. http://terralien.com/

BECOME A WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN "SOMETHING" THEN BUILD YOUR BRAND AROUND THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT

People and businesses attempt to set and break records for many reasons – for many it’s simply a chance to prove themselves as the best in the world at something. For other, such as charities, it’s a brilliant way to raise awareness – and funds – for a particular cause. For businesses, it’s an unbeatable way to brand your business, its products and services, as the absolute best in the world – with the world itself as your audience.

The Guiness Book of World Records is a truly respected and well-known brand worldwide. Owning a world record is a serious differentiator for yourself. Once you have secured a world record in "something", you can then use that internationally known credential to anoit yourself an "expert".

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/member/how_to_become_a_record_breaker.aspx

ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS, LAWYERS, FINANCIAL INVESTIGATORS: THIS GUY NEEDS HELP BAD!

The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("SIGTARP") was established by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ("EESA").

New York Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Barofsky has been appointed Treasury-based "special inspector general," to keep an eye on how the government spends the remaining $400 BILLION of financial industry bailout money.

The Special Inspector General has the responsibility to conduct, supervise and coordinate audits and investigations of the purchase, management and sale of assets under the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP"). SIGTARP’s goal is to promote economic stability by assiduously protecting the interests of those who fund the TARP programs - i.e., the American taxpayers - by facilitating transparency in TARP programs. WOW, BIG job.

http://www.sigtarp.gov/

START A COMPANY THAT TRAINS DOCTORS HOW TO "GO DIGITAL"

A national paper-free medical records an prescriptions initiative aims to change completely the way doctors prescribe and practice medicine, by digitizing the entire medical record-keeping process, from patient charts to lab reports and test results. Already, other U.S. cities, and even some states, have joined the movement at the urging of its highest-profile supporter, President Obama, who campaigned on the promise to make every government health care agency entirely electronic by 2015.

"Electronic health ambassadors" will be needed to visit every doctor's office, no matter how big or small, and teach its entire office staff how to keep electronic health records on the computer.

Allscripts is the leader in this area and is looking for sales reps...

www.allscripts.com

OVER 700 SCHOOLS FOR SALE AT THIS MOMENT

Schools For Sale, Inc. is a Real Estate Brokerage Corporation Licensed by the Florida Departments of Business & Professional Regulation. They have Broker relationships with other Brokers in all fifty states.

Schools for Sale specializes in the Sale and Acquisition of schools, they include Childcare Centers, Preschools, Montessori, and Private Schools, Preparatory, Adult Training Schools, Technical, Trade Schools of all types, Vocational, High-Middle-Elementary Schools, Charter Schools, and even Universities.

They maintain a very comprehensive and current database...

http://www.schoolsforsale.com/SchoolsOnTheMarket.htm

REMEMBER: A SMALL ENTERPRISE CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT, SO THINK BIG

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enrich the world-and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States

ENTREPRENEURIAL CONCEPTS ON THIS BLOG DESIGNED FOR VETERANS CAN GET GOVERNMENT FUNDING FAST

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the SBA’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative for veterans and members of the military community wanting to establish or expand
small businesses.

http://www.sba.gov/patriotexpress/index.html

THE VC IN MY DORM ROOM

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20001001/20434.html
This old article from Inc. magazine about business students setting up mini-venture capital funds from their dorm rooms is inspiring.

Good idea for out of work investment bankers, find enterprising students at your alma mater, and support a "dorm room angel fund" for students about to graduate jobless. Go back and teach as well.

This is a venture fund by University of Pennsylvania alum for Penn alum and current students.
http://www.mentortechventures.com

START A WEB SECURITY ALERT FIRM THAT SCOURS THE WEB FOR CLUES ABOUT POTENTIAL CRIMES

The police in Britian have credited a group of young Internet users at a Montreal university with alerting them to a Web posting by a British 16-year-old who said he planned to attack his high school with “arson and other forms of violence,” enabling officers to arrest the teenager as he approached the school carrying a knife, matches and a plastic jerrycan of what the police described as “flammable liquid.” (3.21.09 NYTimes)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/world/americas/21canada.html?ref=world

This is a wonderful example of a "global community watch" initiative.

IDEA: Create a team of dorm-room cyber sleuths that fights cyber-crime (ie child pornography) and aids law enforcement worldwide.

This blog has lots of useful information on the subject:
http://www.thecybersleuth.blogspot.com

Here is a list of courses on cyber investigation.
http://certification.about.com/cs/securitycerts/a/compforensics.htm

CREATE A BUSINESS THAT HELPS GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS

In the US, 4.5 million children (9% of children under 18) live in a household headed by a grandparent. For almost 2.3 million children, a grandparent, often the grandmother, is their primary caregiver. This figure reflects an 27% increase from the previous year. Nearly 43% of these children are African American, 40% Caucasian, 12% Hispanic and 5% Other.
(US Census Bureau)

Without these grandparents being willing to assume care, many of the grandchildren would be in foster care. But raising grandchildren is demanding and usually results from difficult circumstances for botth the grandparent and the child. These grandparent caregivers need our help to overcome the demands of their role.

AARP has some excellent advice at:
http://www.aarp.org/families/grandparents/raising_grandchild

Converting foreclosed homes into daycare centers could be 1 viable business opportunity.

STAY TRUE TO YOUR CORE BELIEFS WHEN PURSUING YOUR VENTURE IDEA

Dame Anita Roddick, (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of THE BODY SHOP, a cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals and one of the first to promote fair trade with third world countries. After a stint as a teacher, Roddick worked for the UN, for which she traveled extensively and met people from a number of different cultures. She used her cultural knowlegde to start the Body Shop in 1976. The rest is history. A must read book...

http://www.amazon.com/Business-As-Unusual-Entrepreneurial-Principles/dp/0954395956/ref=pd_sim_b_1

YOUR LIFE IS CONTENT: SMARTLY PACKAGED IT IS VALUABLE

A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket, and a sense of adventure.

Urged on by their friends, Tony and Maureen Wheeler stayed up nights at their kitchen table writing, typing and stapling together their very first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap.

Within a week they'd sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. Two years later, their second journey led to South-East Asia on a shoestring, which led to books on Nepal, Australia, Africa, and India, which led to… you get the picture.

30 years later, Lonely Planet became a globally loved brand, Tony and Maureen received several offers for the company. But it wasn't until 2007 that they found a partner whom they trusted to remain true to Lonely Planet's principles. In October of that year, BBC Worldwide acquired a 75% share in Lonely Planet, pledging to uphold Lonely Planet's commitment to independent travel, trustworthy advice and editorial independence.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com

ARE YOU A BLACKBERRY ADDICT? THEN DEVELOP A BUSINESS AROUND THE DEVICE

RIM, the makers of the Blackberry, have introduced a $150 million venture capital fund focused on applications and services including mobile commerce (payments, advertising, retailing and banking), vertical and horizontal enterprise applications, communications, social networking, location-based applications and services (navigation and mapping), media and entertainment, and lifestyle and personal productivity applications for the BlackBerry® and other mobile platforms. The Fund will consider all stages of development and is co-managed by JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners.

http://www.blackberrypartnersfund.com/

(this is the new Blackberry Javelin, just becoming available in the US)

CREATE A PRIVATE TOUR GUIDE BUSINESS

This is brilliant...

Imagine talking a tour of Hong Kong with lovely Chinese actress Shu Qi as your own personal guide. Actually, you don't have to imagine anymore because through the Louis Vuitton Soundwalk, a digital audio guide, anyone can listen to Shu's soothing voice as she guides travelers through the streets of Hong Kong.

Luxury brand Louis Vuitton collaborated with Soundwalk, a company specializing in audio walks for urban travelers, to produce digital audio guides to three Chinese cities. The company asked Shu, and actresses Gong Li and Joan Chen to lend their voices for the city guides to Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. They decided on Chian to support visits for the Olympics last summer.

http://www.louisvuittonsoundwalk.com/

Here is a list of personal tour guides you can hire around the world to guide you:
http://www.infohub.com/tour_guides/

POSITION YOURSELF ON A VALUABLE INFORMATION CURVE : BECOME A PATENT EXAMINER

Regardless of age, opportunity comes your way when you are positioned in a flow of information that you can use to advance your personal goals / craft. Remember, from 1902 through 1909, a young Albert Einstein worked as a patent examiner in Bern, Switzerland, and was exposed to thousands of "new" ideas. Sign up for free email newsletters and any other information that is relevant to your pursuits.

Learn more about opportunities at the US Patent and Trademark Office
http://usptocareers.gov/Pages/PEPositions/Jobs.aspx

A MUST READ PRIMER ON OPPORTUNITY IN THE "GREEN" SECTOR

World Changing: A Users Guide to the 21st Century, is a brilliant book that nearly overwhelms with ideas, tools, models, and guidance for building a better future. Please do yourself a favor by buying this book and spend some time on this site> http://www.worldchanging.com/

STUDENT LOAN RATES ARE LOWEST IN YEARS - GO BACK TO SCHOOL

nearly every student of all ages who fills out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid can receive a regular federal Stafford loan. Once students have graduated, those who go into low-paid public service jobs may eventually get some of their education loans forgiven.

Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATER FOR $800

The very same equipment that is fueling the home theater revolution can bring back the outdoor cinema experience. High-definition digital home cinema projectors using either DLP or LCD technology have plummeted in price of late and can be had for less than $800. With a few basic parts and accessories, you can take the same projector you bought for your home theater and set it up in your car, just like Hollingshead did — and create a drive-in theater anywhere.

Several drive-in enthusiast groups (mobmov.org and guerilladrivein.org) have sprung up, staging impromptu movie screenings in public areas. However, that type of outdoor exhibition may put you on the wrong side of the law. Projecting The Fast and the Furious on the outside wall of a local Wal-Mart for the entertainment of you and your buddies qualifies as a public performance under the federal Copyright Act, and requires a license and payment of a fee. If, however, you are on private property with a limited number of guests, you should be in the clear.

The setup is surprisingly simple. We hooked up our portable theater inside a 2007 Toyota Sienna minivan. Our projector was a 1280 x 720-pixel Panasonic PT-AX100 ($2999) that was, frankly, a bit of overkill for this project — the DVD source material we used was far below the projector's hi-def capabilities — but we were intrigued by its 2000-lumen brightness. Providing video was a Sony DVP-FX810 portable DVD player ($200) with a composite video output, a 6-hour battery and an 8-in. swiveling screen, which paled in comparison to the suggested maximum 200-in. screen of the Panasonic projector. For power, we used a Husky 750-watt inverter ($80). (Our projector had a maximum power requirement of 290 watts, but we figured that it couldn't hurt to at least double that to deliver consistent power.) Finally, we hooked up a C. Crane Digital FM Transmitter ($70) to the audio output of our DVD player to broadcast the movie soundtrack to the radios of other nearby cars. (from Popular Mechanics)

IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN VETERANS: MAKE A FORTUNE SELLING INSURANCE IN THE REGION

Come to find out, there is a booming business selling hi-risk and non-standard insurance covering businesses in emerging markets. You can earn a very comfortable living. Here is one such firm.

http://www.aai-insurance.net
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