Archive for July 12th, 2005
Google Is Not My Business Model
Rafe Needleman: In my latest Release 1.0 column (free registration required), I went a little deeper into the “Google is my business model” idea that surfaced when I talked with the CEO of Wondir. Based on chats with a few VCs and on some other blog posts, I have a new opinion: This is a [...]
→ hayeshandpiece.com Hayes Handpiece Company is family-owned business founded in 1989. They have successfully taught people how to repair dental handpieces longer than any other handpiece repair franchise in the country, Handpiece repair is and always will be in high demand due to the rigorous sterilization procedures (autoclaving) required by OSHA that substantially increases the [...]
Looking for a loan from the Small Business Administration? Read this from Entrepreneur: Type “SBA loan” into Google, and you’ll find hundreds of websites purporting to facilitate loans from the SBA. The fact is, the SBA doesn’t make loans. Visit the SBA’s website, and it clearly states that the organization is not in the business [...]
Can The Business Blogosphere Build and Run a Real Business?
BusinesPundit: Do you ever have an idea that drives you crazy? Ever since I read “Wisdom of Crowds” a while back I keep wondering if it’s true. I think about it all the time. A few months ago, I decided there was no reason not to test it. So I’ve built a new site called [...]
→ gncfranchising.com GNC is the world’s largest specialty retailer devoted solely to manufacturing and selling vitamins and nutritional supplements. They have nearly 5,000 company-owned and franchised retail stores located in all 50 states and more than 35 foreign markets. GNC’s exceptional growth and success rates can be traced back to one man’s dream. In 1935, [...]
Reveries: “It was something about spending $20 for a set of pearl jewelry in Beijing and finding out it was worth $600 in America that gave Jeremy Shepherd the idea to start PearlParadise.com, reports Tara Siegel Bernard in The Wall Street Journal. At the time, Jeremy was a flight attendant on a stopover, simply buying [...]
