Business Opportunities


What Makes a Good Opportunity?

Evaluate your business concept using the three "M's" before you start up.

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Business for Sale: A California Ski Resort

Rick Metcalf is selling his Mount Waterman ski resort for $1.65 million

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Business for Sale: An Arizona Winery

An 83-year-old winemaker is ready to hand off his 10-acre Arizona vineyard. The plot is priced at $465,000

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Business for Sale: A Minnesota Bowling Alley

This 24-lane bowling center in Duluth, Minnesota, is priced at $2.4 million

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Business for Sale: A Motorcycle-Seat Manufacturer

Mike Corbin, who built his custom motorcycle seat business from scratch over four decades, is ready to cash out. Will he get $11.5 million?

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Recent Business Opportunities Articles

Trading Lawn Mowers For Goats

By Josh Spiro |  Nov 11, 2009

Goat and sheep mowing businesses thrive as organizations choose to mow their acreage with beasts instead of machines.  Read story

Start-Up Trends: Food Trucks

By Michael Shick and Alexandra Cheney |  Oct 15, 2009

Long relegated to the lowest rungs of the culinary ladder, the food truck has been experiencing a renaissance of late. In New York, and in cities throughout ...  Read story

Horse Race: Branded Entertainment

By Nitasha Tiku |  Jun 1, 2009

Four start-ups vie for leadership in the lucrative new space of branded entertainment  Read story

Horse Race: The Whiteboard Jungle

By Jason Del Rey |  Jan 1, 2009

Schools nationwide have been replacing their blackboards with digital whiteboards or "smartboards". Here's a look at the players in the industry.  Read story

Horse Race: Putting the App in Apple

By Nitasha Tiku |  Nov 1, 2008

Now that it's officially sanctioned, companies are rushing to develop games and widgets for the iPhone  Read story

Horse Race: Searching for the Next Digg

By Nitasha Tiku |  Jul 1, 2008

Start-ups jockey for position to be the authority of what's hot on the Web.  Read story

Cashing In on the Housing Crisis

By Angus Loten |  May 1, 2008

The real estate section of your local newspaper may read more like the obituary page these days. But some savvy entrepreneurs have managed to build booming b...  Read story

Upstarts: The Russian Connection

By Marc Ballon |  Jul 1, 1999

Entrepreneurs who've emigrated from the former Soviet Union are shrewdly benefiting from the crumbling economy of that once-mighty empire. And they aren't th...  Read story

The Best Industries for Starting a Business, 2009

By Jason Del Rey and Tamara Schweitzer

Candy, yoga apparel, and iPhone apps lead this year's list.  View slideshow

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