Here is a cool site that I came across. He gives valuable info for beginners.
Starting a new business can be frustrating if results are not seen immediately but if you are sure that is what you want to do you should give it your best. Would you rather put in 40 hours a week to grow your business or that same amount of time to work for someone else?

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Ask SCORE For Business Advice

SCORE was the first small business organization to embrace e-learning and the Internet as an online counseling tool, offering free business advice online 24/7.
The SCORE Small Business Web Site launched on June 11, 1997, and Ask SCORE quickly became the Web site’s hallmark service. Within 90 days, the site garnered more than 1.6 million hits and more than 3,000 email counseling cases. At its inception the site listed 140 email counselors.


Ask SCORE For Business Advice

Entrepreneurial Connection

E-mail, if it hasn’t dawned on you yet, may be the greatest boon to marketing your small business since the handshake Here, you can read about tips, tricks and techniques to make e-mail work for you, drawn from my book, “Streetwise Low-Cost Marketing: Savvy Strategies for Maximizing Your Marketing Dollars” (Adams Media, 2004).

You don't always have to spend lots of money to start a business.
There are many businesses you can start for a very little amount of money.
Its mostly about knowing what you want to do and having the interest and perseverance.
10 Under $20: Legitimate Businesses You Can Start on a Shoestring Budget