Archive for August 18th, 2004
→ filtafry.com.au FiltaFry, the undisputed market leader in mobile filtration & fryer management, is a mobile on-site service for the micro-filtration of cooking oil and the vacuum based cleaning of deep fryers. FiltaFry’s proven filter technology removes even the most minute pieces of food and other contaminants such as carbon which break down the stability [...]
→ coffeenewsnet.com Coffee News is a weekly publication delivered to restaurants, coffee shops and pubs that also serves the advertising needs of small businesses. It has been proven that people absorb more advertising messages before or during eating, as there is a need for mental input — food for thought– during this time period. Coffee [...]
California’s Housing Affordability Falls
Sacramento Business Journal: “There might be some place the average California family can afford to buy the median priced home, but it might not carry a California address. There’s no region in the state monitored by the California Association of Realtors — not even the Mojave Desert — where more than half of California households [...]
WAHM (Work at Home Moms) Talk Radio is an free internet-based radio program hosted by Kelly McCausey. Each weekly hour-long episode highlights the entrepreneurial success of different WAH moms. Recent shows have focused on direct selling, virtual assistants and networking. If you’ve got a free hour, I recommend listening. I emailed Kelly about advertising, and [...]
Classic Entrepreneurial Dilemma
Travis McMenimon: “It is the classic entrepreneurial dilemma: Go to work and get some knowledge of an industry and its needs verses Go out and start a company based off a perceived need while I am still young.”
Using Technology In Entrepreneurial Business
Dave Pollard: So the first thing to do is develop a Technology Plan. Although you can hire a consultant to do this with you (don’t let them do it for you), you can also develop the draft plan yourself and then run it by tech-savvy people you know, and (more importantly) other, established entrepreneurs you [...]
→ lawndoctor.com Back in 1967, Lawn Doctor was a pioneer, creating patented ground metered equipment for the lawn care industry. Lawn Doctor was co-founded by two friends, Bob Magda, Senior Vice President today, and Tony Giordano, CEO until 1987. Originally, Lawn Doctor was known as Auto Lawn until a local salesman dubbed the two men [...]
How You Handle Mistakes Matters
Hello_World: “I remember a lot of the other waiters getting overly upset with the grillers when they made the occasional mistake with an order. It never bothered me though. I was almost always guaranteed an extra 5% tip when there was a mistake, because I got to show how well I handled it. Damage recovery [...]
Seth Godin: “So stop thinking about how crazy the times are, and start thinking about what the crazy times demand. There has never been a worse time for business as usual. Business as usual is sure to fail, sure to disappoint, sure to numb our dreams. That’s why there has never been a better time [...]
