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Part of our effort to inspire and equip people like you to reduce your dependence on the modern system is providing guidance and resources for how to build additional and alternative sources of income to provide for your family other than the modern corporate economy. The days of working for a large corporation and retiring with a fat pension are well behind us.
So what’s the answer to the current problem so many are facing of unemployment or underemployment, rising prices, and difficulty in making ends meet?
The best answer we can offer is to take an entrepreneurial approach to building additional income, and preferably to pursue a home-based business or other small/family business opportunity.
Our webinar Building a Full Time Life in a Part Time World with Robert Dickie, the President of Crown, discussed this topic at length, and we’d like to offer some recommended resources for you to consider. You can read more from Robert Dickie on his blog.
Crown.org has numerous personal finance and career guidance resources available.
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Personal Finance Resources
The SALT Plan: How to Prepare for an Economic Crisis of Biblical Proportions by Chuck Bentley
Employment and Career Guidance
Career Direct Online Assessment
Entrepreneurial Preparation and Finding the Right Opportunity
Crown.biz has a huge library of articles and resources by serial entrepreneur Wade Myers. Here are a few highlights.
- Self Evaluation
- Entrepreneurial Character Traits
- Starting a Part Time Business
- Starting a Family Business
Types of Opportunities to Consider
Local Services
- Landscaping
- Window washing
- Office cleaning
Online Businesses
- Information products
- Ecommerce
- Software as a service (SAAS)
Direct Sales
- Niche products (generally to consumers)
- Often uses network marketing structure
Contracted Business Services
- Writing
- Graphic design
- Web design
Franchises
- Restaurants
- Local service businesses
Examples of Home Based and Family Businesses
Seeds for Generations – online and local product sales of heirloom garden seeds
It Works, a direct sales natural health and beauty products company that is on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing companies. To get more info on direct sales opportunities as an It Works distributor, fill out the contact form.
Family Works Series – Inspiring Profiles of Family Business – 2 volume DVD series profiling family businesses in various industries, including business case analysis by Wade Myers.
Books and Training Resources from Crown
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Business by the Book – Practical wisdom for business decision making by the founder of Crown, Larry Burkett
Venture Academy – A complete entrepreneurial video training course covering all aspects of business startup and management. Get online access to 190+ HD videos totaling over 35 hours of instruction by Harvard MBA and serial entrepreneur Wade Myers.
Startup Financial Model – Startup Financial model walks you through the step-by-step process of creating a detailed, fully-integrated startup financial model in less than an hour. There is even a model for international business startups.
BizDevDocs – One of the most daunting tasks when starting a new business is making sure you have covered all of your business planning, legal agreements, human resources documents and myriad other forms. Save hours of time and frustration with BizDevDocs.
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