July 7, 2003
Volume II, Number 24 
$50,000 From Your
Phone Company
To Start A Business!
(It's true! See below!)


You Don’t Even Have To Know How To Spell Entrepreneur….
…… you can walk into a local government supported management consulting office and they will sit down with you, for free, and help you identify major money programs in your area, help you fill out forms to get money, help you prepare a business plan, give you free tax counseling services, free marketing help, or free help with public relations, technology or anything else. It doesn’t get better than this. Find the local office of your Small Business Development Center. They are supported by state and federal governments.. Your state lead center can tell you about your local office. See http://www.asbdc-us.org/
It Doesn’t Take Much Brain Power To Be Your Own Boss……
… .. look at all the stupid people running businesses in this country. I certainly worked for enough of them myself at one time…
$50,000 From Your Phone Company To Start A Business….
…… if you live in a small town or want to live in a small town and want to be an entrepreneur. In it’s efforts to create jobs in small towns the government gives grants to local phone and electric utility companies who are to take that money and help entrepreneurs start or expand a business. The program is called Rural Economic Development Grants at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Find out who got this money in your area so you can get some. See http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/redg.htm
“Work is the only thing…….
that ever made anyone happy. The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake."
This is a quote from the famous movie star Katharine Hepburn. I read this in a story about her recent death at the age of 96. I believe this too. But I also put family up there, too. She didn’t have kids. I guess Ms. Hepburn and I have more in common than just clothes.

$100,000 To Help You Get More Government Money……
…… it’s not strange, it’s the government. The U.S. Dept. Transportation (DOT) has money to give small businesses who are trying to figure out how to sell their products and services to the government. This is how the government works. You don’t have to understand it, you just have to use it. If you have a product or service to sell, see if you can get money to figure out how to sell it to the DOT. See http://osdbuweb.dot.gov/business/mp/miphtml28.html

$700,000 For Women To Become Cowgirls….
… ..the U.S. Department of Agriculture has separate money set aside for women, minorities and others considered by the government to be disadvantaged, to start or purchase a farm or a ranch. Give up the rat race. Live free or die. Get out of town. That’s what the money is for. See http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/sdaloan02.htm

Free Grant Website By Uncle Sam….
…… looks like it should put me out of business. But it won’t. I really should not be in business doing what I am doing, anyway. The government should be doing it. But it is nice they are trying. Take a look at http://www.fedgrants.gov. Always check out all the free stuff first before you buy anything.

Over One Million Entrepreneurs Get Gov’t Money…
… .to start or expand their businesses every year. And we have all the official applications for applying for federal government money for a business. You just download, apply and wait for the money. It doesn’t get easier than that. See http://www.lesko.com/fedfind1
You Missed The Seminar…..
….. we had a blast as you can see from the picture above. The next one is in Baltimore, Saturday August 23, 2003 9:30 to 1:00pm. See http://www.lesko.com/semjune1

See Who Won “Show Me The Money Contest”……
at http://www.lesko.com/contestwinners/ and to be a winner, apply at http://www.lesko.com/contest

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