Few people, thankfully, launched pure-play Internet landscaping services or podiatry practices.

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For the less tech-savvy job seekers, bookkeeping services, landscaping services, and home and business cleaning are also growing businesses that can be started with low capital.

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Programs like GreenCare for Troops, which connects local green industry professionals with military families to provide free lawn and landscaping services while their loved ones are serving our country.

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Second, Obama could call for the repeal of all extraneous licensing laws, which make it illegal to freely work at literally hundreds of entry-level or lucrative employments, whether in plumbing, hairdressing, flower-arranging, landscaping, realty services, cab rides or nursing, without first having to waste hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in unnecessary training courses and bureaucratic credentials.

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More and more seasonal businesses, often those in the landscaping sector, have started to offer holiday services during an otherwise off-season.

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