David Deschaine, creator of the Roofing Business Start-Up Kit, shares his advice about how to start a roofing business. He reveals insider tips about start-up costs, which roofing shingles to use, estimating roofing jobs, promoting your roofing business, avoiding critical mistakes, and much more. [11 min.]
Allen Bostrom, CPA, president and CEO of
Barb Fitzgerald, author of
Kris Murray, creator of the
Matthew Sorensen, author of
Brian Brunckhorst, creator of the
Bruce Milletto, president of Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup and founder of the American Barista and Coffee School, offers his insight about how to start a coffee business. He reveals expert advice about getting started, choosing a location, picking the right coffee and espresso equipment, and more. [24 min.]
Sam Rodman, author of
Chris Robertson, author of
Tanner Larsson, author of
Ken Compton, president of
Cheryl Pierce, author of
Bob Rossignol, author of
Dan Heller, author of Profitable Photography in the Digital Age and How to Make Money with Digital Photography, explains how to start a freelance photography business. He covers choosing the right equipment, courses and photography school, working with stock photo agencies, selling your photos, and more. [26 min.]
Joel Davis, author of
R.K. Kliebenstein, co-author of How to Invest in Self Storage, shares insider tips about how to start a self-storage facility. He explains the different types of self-storage units, calculating return on investment, choosing a location, the planning and building process, self-storage marketing, and more. [27 min.]
Leva Duell, creator of
Bill Goerl, author of Wheels of Gold, shares his expertise about how to start a limousine business. He explains what steps to take to get started, buying the vehicles that you’ll need, services that offer maximum profit, how to market your limo business, and more. [17 min.]
Randy W. Kirk, author of Principles of Bicycle Retailing III, offers his insight about how to open a bike shop. He explains bicycle retailing, choosing which brands to carry, hiring staff, marketing your bike shop, and more. [13 min.]
Andy Pazz, author of How to Set Up an Express Exterior Car Wash, provides tips about how to start a car wash. He covers choosing between tunnel, rollover, touchless, and self-serve. He also offers advice about buying car wash equipment and locating your car wash for maximum profitability. [16 min.]
Richard Eller, author of The Secrets of Successful Aerial Photography, shares his advice about how to become an aerial photographer and start an aerial photography business. He discusses aerial photography equipment, film vs. digital, choosing the right aircraft, finding customers, and more. [21 min.]
Jill Moran, CSEP, author of How to Start a Home-Based Event Planning Business, delivers great tips about becoming an event planner. She covers developing a business plan, start-up costs, qualifications and training, finding your niche, networking with related professionals, marketing, and more. [21 min.]
Daniel Pepper, author of How To Start Your Lawn Care Business, provides tips and advice about how to start a lawn care business. He covers all the basics including buying the right mowing and trimming equipment, finding potential customers, locating good employees, and much more. [14 min.]
Tom “Buzz” Bernard, laser engraving expert and monthly columnist for Awards & Engraving Magazine, shares tips about how to start a laser engraving business, choosing the right laser engraver, laser training, developing a product line, and creative ways to market your business. [16 min.]
Michelle Dunn, author of Starting a Collection Agency: How To Make Money Collecting Money, shares her tips about how to start a collection agency. Learn how to get started including how collection agencies work, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, charged-off debt, and improving collection rates. [15 min.]
Howard Cannon, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Restaurant, offers his advice about how to start a restaurant. He shares tips about restaurant financing, choosing a location, creating a restaurant business plan, marketing your restaurant, and more. [25 min.]
Andy Thompson, professional painter and author of
Steven Babitsky, Esq., co-author of The A to Z Guide to Expert Witnessing, shares tips about becoming an expert witness and advice on how to start an expert witness business. He covers expert witness marketing, qualifications, income potential, and more. [22 min.]
Michele Miller, author of
Brent Deines, owner of the Windshield Repair Forum, offers tips on how to start a windshield repair business. He covers windshield repair kits, equipment and other supplies needed to get started repairing windshield chips and cracks. [24 min.]

