Archive for June 14th, 2005
I just downloaded and installed Skype. My username is dane_carlson. Feel free to ring me if you see me online.
$100 for the Best Business Idea
Spectralogue: I love the idea of having customers and the excitement of starting something from scratch. Many of the most successful business people talk about giving 10% of your money to charity. I think this is a great idea. I thought about it for a long time, and this seemed like the coolest charity I [...]
→ ooglesngoogles.com Oogles n Googles, the happiest new franchise, is helping children everywhere to celebrate happy birthdays. Oogles n Googles creates extraordinary birthday party experiences for children and their families. Oogles n Googles provides a magical service: turning ordinary children into fairytale princesses, swashbuckling pirates, magic-conjuring wizards, and pop rock divas. While the normal child’s [...]
Springwise: “Invented in Italy (where else), cone shaped pizzas — think pizza slice meets ice cream cone — are the latest fast food craze. Kono Pizza offers the convenience of eating on the move without making a mess. The EUR 1.50 cones are filled with the desired toppings, then cooked in a special oven in [...]
Want VC money? Hone your Podcast Pitch
SiliconBeat: Noteworthy post here by David Hornik of August Capital, soliciting funding pitches from entrepreneurs via podcasts. Its called the Postcast Elevator Pitch. As he notes, Feedburner’s Eric Lunt has already tried it with venture capitalist Fred Wilson.
Ebay Redesigns Small-Biz Portal
Entrepreneur Almost Daily: “eBay originally launched their Business Marketplace portal in January 2003, but as of this Wednesday, the site will have a new look. The redesign is focused on improving navigation, which should help entrepreneurs find everything from construction equipment to office furniture. The relaunch of this relatively unknown portal will also showcase it [...]
Most Online Franchising Directories Suck
Lance Winslow nails my reasoning for starting this site: Franchising Directory sites are not doing the industry any good. Typically they charge a fee for advertising per month or charge per sales for the lead, there must be 50 such sites. Only a few are able to generate significant leads, which you as a franchisor [...]
