Archive for March 17th, 2006
Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality
Slashdot: When you read a news item about a company buyout or a two-person research project hitting big, how many times have you thought “I wonder if I could run a software company.” Apparently, quite a few of software developers are discovering the entrepreneur within, which explains the ever-increasing number of threads on the Business [...]
Creative Business Financing Options: Credit Cards
StartupNation: The history of startup businesses includes many business legends that got started by leveraging credit cards as a creative business financing tool. Sergey Brin and Larry Page used plastic to start Google in the mid-Nineties. They ran their credit cards to the max, and mindful of their limits they chose to buy used computers [...]
Seiko putting limited edition e-ink watches on eBay
pocket-lint.co.uk via mobilemag: If you want something unique, you need to pay for it. That’s nothing new. With only 500 “Spectrum” e-ink watches made by Seiko, they’re pretty darn special. You won’t even be able to hop onto a website or waltz into a store to buy them directly, because the watchmaker is putting these [...]
Getting the most from your eBay store
Newswire Today: âGetting the Most from Your eBay Storeâ? provides detailed information on operating an eBay store. The guide covers pricing items, eBay and PayPal fees, USPS shipping, store promotion and using specific eBay Tools. According to the sales manager, âExisting eBay store owners and those that want to start buying and selling on eBay [...]
Buy Yourself a Wife and Kids on eBay
I am seeing a trend here… ABC News: People buy and sell just about everything on eBay — sometimes offering up something as valuable as themselves. The latest bizarre episode in the eBay universe is potentially one of the saddest. A Cleveland woman posted an ad asking someone to provide a home for her and [...]
IOL: James Blunt pimped out his sister on Internet auction site eBay to help her get to a funeral in Ireland. And the plan worked so well for Blunt and his sister, who is now dating the high-flying highest bidder, he’s planning to auction off his younger sibling when he returns to Britain from a [...]
mLive: The scams designed to part people from their money just keep coming – and some area residents keep falling for them. “One of the new ones targets people selling things on eBay,” said Detective Sgt. Stephen Sipes of the Flint state police post. “Say you’re selling a car for $10,000 and somebody says they’re [...]
Startup Journal: Many aspiring entrepreneurs ask the same question: Am I better off purchasing an existing business and improving it, or should I build my own from ground up? Buying a business offers some clear advantages. You enter the scene with a framework — inventory, employees, a business model, cash flow and customers already in [...]
