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If you’re thinking about starting your own business in 2010, you owe it to yourself to check out this great website.  My friend Matt interviews over 20 experts on all different types of businesses, and he recently interviewed me on how to start a daycare business.

Here is his site: http://www.startingabiz.com

It’s definitely worth your time.  Cheers to your entrepreneurial spirit!

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This past Saturday, we took the kids to “Parade the Circle” at University Circle in Cleveland.  I heard 70,000 people were in attendance.  This was the most amazing display of artistry that I’ve ever seen in human form.  The parade was created by a local artist and every year takes on a different theme, based on a poem or other inspiration.  I’ve got some amazing photos to post, stay tuned.

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A very rewarding career change for anyone wanting to stay home with their children is to start a daycare. No matter what your current career field is you can quickly and easily start a new career in child care. And if done right you can be up and running and full of kids in less than a month.

Depending on how much time, effort and money you want to put into starting a daycare you have three basic formulas to choose from.

1. 1. Starting an in-home daycare. This is the quickest and easiest, especially if you are already taking care of your own kids at home. With a few simple changes to how you go about your day you will be able to start taking kids into your home. One of the best parts about home daycare is most states do not require you to be licensed if you only have a couple of children. Take a look at the requirements for all 50 states to get an idea of what you need. A great resource if you want to do this is the daycare success system.
2. 2. Starting an in-home preschool. The big difference here is the age of the kids in your house and the schedule. Preschools are for older children and often only run for a couple hours a day. Because you are not dealing with infants less household changes will need to be made. Some great help with open a preschool can be found at Start a Preschool.
3. 3. Start a daycare center. This is the most involved of the three but also the option with the greatest long term potential. Daycare centers are set up away from you house generally in their own building or a part of a church or other building. These centers are larger and often have a staff of 3 or more people. But the best part about starting a daycare center is you can sell it when the time comes to retire. This is a great advantage the other two paths do not offer. To see a great resource of creating a successful child care center take a look at the Child Care Marketing Toolkit.

Dealing with children and helping them to grow into great people is a very rewarding and enjoyable career for the right person. Some other points to consider before changing careers onto daycare are:

• How do you feel about dealing with other people kids?
• How much money do you need to make?
• Is this a short term or long term career for you?
• Do you want to be licensed?
• How big do you want this career to become for you?
• How will you kids handle sharing you?
• Where would you put your daycare?
• Do you take a lot of vacations or sick days?

As with every career change there is no right or wrong answers just make sure you have done your homework and know what’s involved in your new career. The Definitive Guide to How to Change Careers contains checklists and questions you should complete before changing career.

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During the final week of 2008, I launched a brand new exclusive community for people who want to start & run a profitable daycare.  It’s called The Daycare Profits Insiders Club.  We’ve got 22 members so far, in just the 2 1/2 weeks since we launched the Club.

As a member of our Club you get exclusive access to the Daycare Profits Newsletter, a monthly “Ask the Expert” audio CD, and a special open-forum monthly Coaching Call, where I’ll present a key topic, then open up the phones for open question & answer time.  So you get personal access to me each month.  I’ll personally help you build a profitable daycare business from scratch - either in your home or in a center.

If you’re interested in learning more, you can check out my Daycare Success System, which includes one FREE month of membership to the Daycare Profits Insider Club, so you can test-drive your membership for 30 days, risk-free.  Go here to learn more: http://www.daycarehotline.com/products.htm

Or just shoot me an email, and I’ll get you signed up to the Club.  My email is kris@daycarehotline.com

Take care, and talk to you real soon.

To your success & happiness,

Kris 

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Just a quick post to wish everyone a Happy & Healthy 2009!  In the Murray home, we celebrated New Year’s Eve with family & friends, at the home of the Marshalls…it was their annual Scottish celebration, Hogmanay, replete with kilts, Haggis, the tale of Tam O’ Shanter (by famed Scottish poet Robby Burns), and lots of good cheer all ’round.  Followed by a mellow day with the kids and a bit of movie magic at the cinema, being charmed by “The Tale of Despereaux.”  I highly recommend it, a must-see for kids & adults!

Enjoy the feeling of fresh beginnings, resolutions and goals for the year, and I’ll chat with you soon.

Kris

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Well, I sure do have alot to be thankful for.

Monday night’s teleseminar was enjoyed by many, and yesterday (Thanksgiving Day), I got to pig out on turkey & Emeril’s cornbread stuffing.  Plus apple & pumpkin pies with whipped cream!  Yum!

In case you missed the call last night, here’s the bonus “cheat sheet” that was given away at the end of the night, with a summary of info and links that we

covered:

http://www.daycarehotline.com/cheatsheet.pdf

Here is the MP3 of the call.  If you missed it, feel free to download the MP3 audio recording of the call here: daycaresuccesssecrets.mp3

Thanks so much to everyone who was able to join me last night, and we’ll do another one soon.

Until then, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

Cheers and blessings,

Kris

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