The 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition

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Category:Best Financial Performers

Home-based businesses with revenues and profitability worth bragging about.

Rank: 2

Surefire Marketing

Entrepreneur: Yanik Silver Location: Potomoc, Maryland
Surefire Marketing

Description:

Yanik Silver truly leads a life of fun, freedom and financial independence as a result of his success on the Internet. Yanik parlayed a few hundred dollars in his one-bedroom, apartment office into a multi-million-dollar operation. He started by offering downloadable, formatted forms others would purchase to use in their business endeavors. Today, he hawks marketing ideas, strategies, and various software products.

2005 Gross Revenue: $3.3 million
2006 Gross Revenue: $2.6 million

Read this feature story about Yanik Silver.

 

2007 Home-Based 100 Finalists

Showing 26-50 Results Alphabetically
Name Category Rank
Film Sleepy Most Slacker-Friendly 4
FlameKA.com Wackiest 4
GoReporter.com Boomers Back in Business 4
Greenraising Greenest 3
Greenraising Highest Vote-Getters 6
Haute Choklet Yummiest 5
Healthy Living Group Greenest 4
Hi Lo Tree Service Grungiest 8
Home Remedies Best Financial Performers 8
Insomtech Worldliest 9
InternetLifestyle.com Most Slacker-Friendly 9
IProficient Highest Vote-Getters 5
Kailen's Candy Catering Yummiest 8
KB Promotions Grungiest 10
Kim's Specialty Paper Greenest 8
L & K Cleaning Services Grungiest 7
L & K Cleaning Services Highest Vote-Getters 1
L.B. Soc Wackiest 9
Li'l Darlins Highest Vote-Getters 7
LTDchix Most Slacker-Friendly 2
Lucky Eye Apparel Wackiest 6
Maine Day Trip Boomers Back in Business 10
Massage and Merlot Yummiest 2
Matisse and Jacks Yummiest 1
MaxOut Swimwear Most Innovative 9

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