Back Issues - January/February 2006

Detailed Examples, Step-by-Step Instructions, And Specific Blueprints From Self-Made Millionaires

College student Doug Canning saw a T-shirt logo that sparked his interest, and using clever “viral” marketing strategies, he has now created a loyal and lucrative following among skateboarders and heavy metal enthusiasts nationwide.

Lorie Line, “America’s favorite female pianist,” tells $1,000,000aire Blueprints her secrets for creating and maintaining a music career throughout which she has released 22 albums on her own label — selling five million copies — published 17 books of sheet music and played to more than 130,000 people a year.

Homeless and broke, all it took was the unexpected spark of inspiration to launch Kaile Warren’s Rent-A-Husband handyman business, now a multimillion-dollar national franchise business.

Linda Coughlin discovered a niche in the B&B market in the heart of New York City and demonstrates how to create a fortune with out-of-the-box property leasing strategies.

A love of treehouses and a desire to share it with those otherwise unable to experience their magic propels entrepreneur Bill Allen and friends to reach for new heights and to teach others how to make their loftiest dreams come true.

When she wrote her first novel while serving a seven-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, Vickie Stringer had no idea that her book would one day launch a multi-million-dollar publishing empire — and a new genre of literature called “hip-hop lit.”

From his singlewide mobile home to his $3 million mansion, entrepreneur Ron Sturgeon takes us on a tour of the thought processes that transformed him from “junkyard dog” to auto salvage owner extraordinaire.

A trend in the funeral industry is celebrating loved ones’ lives, rather than merely mourning their passing. With innovative thinking, funeral industry entrepreneurs have found new and lucrative ways to create experiences that return life and meaning to our final goodbyes.

Starting as an 18-year-old with just an insurance license, three fictitious employees and $1,000, Manny Varas built a $600 million business and created a net worth of $15 million in just seven years.

In transforming an abandoned missile silo into a showplace underground home, Ed Peden demonstrates the inventive uses of government surplus items of all kinds — and how others can find and buy them.