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DrewKaree:
Check this out - due to that site, I learned exactly why something was done, and how someone got the government to pay them for something.
Neighbor across the creek from my parents house needed to shore up his land, which gets constantly eroded from the waves on the lake beating it senseless. The government has a program that allowed him to make a permanent fix to his shoreline, as long as it happened to "become" a shelter for fowl. All it meant was that he was able to shore up his land and attach a fence to it, making it a waterfowl haven (at least to the government). He had to keep it up for several years, but got paid for each year it was up, and after the time limit was up, he just took everything down, leaving him with his original problem solved, and he didn't have to pay cent one for it.
Just one of the things I think when I hear about gov't programs and how they seriously waste the scratch they take from me ::)
Oh, and unless someone can see an opportunity I am just unable to, I didn't see any funding for building a cab. :'( ;)
fredster:
Cooter,
There is a website for free government pamplets. Seach for "free goverment information".
Pueblo Colorado is where they came from. There is a lot of pamplets and information there. The government gives out lost of cash.
There should be similar infomation on your state's internal revenue website. Any state I was ever in issued startup kits for business that included state assistance.
After all, if they offer it, they usually publish it. You should be able to find tons of info there.
What kind of business did you want to start?
abrannan:
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on November 04, 2004, 05:12:57 pm ---
So what's up? I haven't seen that nutjob on TV in the riddler suit lately, so I can't buy his scam I mean "program".
--- End quote ---
You mean Matt Lesko? Shoot, his warehouses are right around the corner from me. What info do you need? They keep all the books right up on the loading docks with nobody nearby and the doors open, it'd be a shame if one of the books just got up and walked away.
I'm just kidding, and not advocating stealing anything.
Crazy Cooter:
HAHA, That's the guy. Check out his examples:
$2,000 to Study Storytelling
$12,000 to Attend a Cowboy Festival in Australia
$43,000 to Become a French Chef
I need one of them state startup kits. The main thing I'm concerned about is making sure I don't lose the house if things don't go well. I can always make the mortgage payment, but if somebody ever sued me for some odd reason, I want to make sure I can still have a home to cry in. ;)
I've got a couple ideas I need to decide between. Eventually I might be able to "branch out", but I want to concentrate on just one to get going. I don't think it's a good idea to start "cooking with 10 stoves" if you've never done it before.
I ordered a free catalog from the Pueblo place here:
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/newcat.htm
I'll be tromping all over this site (there's links for each state):
http://www.sba.gov/mn/
Still haven't found the elusive "free money jackpot"... but I am learning some stuff.
mahuti:
You should look into business insurance.