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Recent Business Opportunities Articles

Business for Sale: A Minnesota Bowling Alley

By Darren Dahl |  Jul 1, 2009

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


For sale: An inn on a Maine island

By Darren Dahl |  Jun 1, 2009

The owners of a 32-room hotel on Mohegan Island off the coast of Maine are putting their hotel up for sale for $4.3 million  Read more


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 more


The Best Industries for Starting a Business Right Now

By Jason Del Rey and Tamara Schweitzer |  May 29, 2009

Here's a look at some of the fastest-growing industries today -- and where some of the best industries to start a business may be.  View slideshow


Business for Sale: A Motorcycle-Seat Manufacturer

By Darren Dahl |  May 1, 2009

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?  Read more


Business For Sale: A Tennessee Sawmill

By Darren Dahl |  Apr 1, 2009

The owner of a Tennessee sawmill wants to sell his business for $850,000 in order to become a minister  Read more


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 more


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 more


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 more


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 more


What Makes a Good Opportunity?

By Jay Ebben, Ph.D. |  Oct 1, 2004

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


Business for Sale: Not a Sure Thing

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1999

Thinking of selling your small business? Here are some marketplace realities that could trip you up.  Read more


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 more