1. When you aren't using your Personal Computer, laser printer, or copier machine, turn them off. Just turning this equipment off at night and on weekends can save you up to $100 a year. Per Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), turning computers on and off doesn't usually shorten their lives or create energy surges but it is best to leave them on at least an hour at a time. Per PG&E, it costs from 1 to 2 cents per hour to run a computer. That might not sound like a lot of money but for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, cost is $131 a year. Many people have more than one computer in their home as well as printers or copiers. And commercial offices are loaded with this type of equipment.

I personally have three computers and three printers. If I were to leave them all on 24/7, my annual electricity costs would be about $786 (based on 1.5 cents per hour). I can reduce that number 85% by just turning off my equipment when it is not in use.

2. When you are working on a document try printing as few drafts as possible. Consider using print preview option and editing on computer screen. This will not only save you electricity but paper, ink and toner as well.

After millions of pounds/dollars have been spent in development of an exciting new venture, a couple of years down line company has realised that gold mine they thought they were sitting on wasn't really a gold mine... it was a flop. Millions wasted.

They had hundreds of employees... millions in bank, plus enough venture capital to enable them to last a lifetime. But even with all of this support and monetary backing, they go bust and wind up in financial ruins.

So what went wrong? Is Internet to blame?

Not likely. The good news is there's a flip side to that coin. Individuals who are starting with less than a couple of hundred bucks are grossing PERSONAL incomes of $50,000 per month or MORE. How can this be possible?

It's all about using money wisely. The smart individuals learn required development skills themselves and save HUGELY on third-party working costs. Here's how...

The big businesses feel need to spend lots of money on every area of business, just to feel more secure. Example costs of a typical "big Internet startup" might be:

Office space: $200,000 Website development: $50,000 Employee wages: $500,000 Business/Legal expenses: $10,000 Marketing expenses: $500,000 Product related costs: $100,000

In first year it's likely that they'd have spent $1.5M or more. Each product they sell might produce a 200% mark-up at best. Now compare that to an entrepreneur running an automated web service that he sells for $20 per month:

Office space: NO cost (they work from home) Website development: $35 p/m for web hosting Employee wages: NO cost. It's fully automated. Business/Legal Expenses: Maybe $500 a year Marketing Expenses: $200 a month Product related costs: NONE

After a year, a little over $1000 is spent whilst product brings in a mark-up of over 10,000% or more.