Kate wants to hear from you! The next question of the week, straight from Kate, is: If you were to start your own business, what would it be? To get your voice heard, simply hit the Comment link and tell her what you think! No registration is necessary, and you can post anonymously if you want.
May 31, 2011 @ 2:14 pm
I started my own business. I teach singing and I perform as a singer. I also conduct a chorus. I enjoy it and I hope to continue doing it for a long time.
June 3, 2011 @ 1:35 am
I think I would like to roam around the country looking for cool antiques to buy and sell like those guys on American Pickers on the History Channel. Or I want to have a lunch cart business. Mostly what I’m looking for is a way to get out of the office.
June 3, 2011 @ 1:37 am
Foster parent/buddy to older adults. Like foster parenting a child, but to a senior. Adopt-a-senior.
June 3, 2011 @ 2:02 am
An in-home assisted living company targeting LGBT older adults.
June 6, 2011 @ 4:09 am
I would start up a paddleboard touring biz. We’d paddle til the customer was chilled out, then we’d go back to the tiki hut and sip mai tai’s and smoke cigarettes (optional) while swinging in a hammock. For an upcharge the customer could repeat the experience.
June 6, 2011 @ 9:09 am
I always figured a book cart downtown-NO $ in that-esp. nowadays when fewer read, or Sanford and Son junk store so I could get first dibs. Other ideas: women’s shoe design-dressy flats on a wide Birk base. Or maybe just go save 3rd world children from sxl slavery or teach kids to read anywhere in the world-spose IBM would underwrite it?
June 9, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
I started my own business looking after people’s gardens. I have a mix of clients, from the wealthy (whom I rely on for most of my income) to the elderly.
My business advisor wants me to ditch the low-paying oldies, but I can’t, and won’t. It is very important for me to offer a community service, and so I drop in on my elderly clients for a couple of hours a month and do what I can to help them enjoy their gardens.