Archive for July 26th, 2006
Ditching the Daily Grind – 5 Who Did It
Jessica Seid at CNN Money: Some suits are finding greater satisfaction working for themselves. And there are a growing number of business-to-business franchises that are well “suited” for former executives who want to put their experience to work, but on their own terms. Although starting a new business can be risky, here are some examples [...]
Become a ‘Chicken Entrepreneur’
CNN Money: No, you won’t have to work on a farm or do a funny dance. It just means starting your own business on the side while keeping your day job. Always dreamed of starting your own business but too chicken to quit your day job? Don’t worry, that’s not such a bad thing; in [...]
PayPal Hits Highest Level to Date
Cardweb PayPal has neared the 114 million account milestone at mid-year, a 44% increase from one-year ago. Total payment volume rose 37% to a record $8.9 billion which includes payments initiated through the PayPal system but excludes its payment gateway business. The number of active accounts hit 29.5 million as of June 30th, its [...]
Getting Funding for a Not-Yet-a-Business Idea
Entrepreneur: The truth of the matter is, ideas don’t get funded; businesses get funded. That became the mantra of the professional investor community after the dotcom bust of the late 90s. However, for most entrepreneurs, getting from the idea stage to the business stage requires capital, and it has to come from somewhere. The following [...]
Mother of Invention Inspires Studio for Kids
Los Angeles Times: When her daughter was a toddler, Leeanna Gantt started looking for arts-and-crafts studios where Riley could experiment without having to be enrolled in a class. But the Sherman Oaks resident couldn’t find one. “There wasn’t an unstructured place for little kids to do art,” Gantt said. So for years, the Gantt dining [...]
Barry bonds 715th Home Run Ball on eBay
Newsday Andrew Morbitzer, the San Francisco Giants fan who caught Barry Bonds’ 715th home run ball on May 28, put it up for auction on eBay yesterday afternoon. The bidding opened at $10,000, but nothing more during the first six hours of the 10-day auction. The auction has an undisclosed reserve price, but the ball [...]
FORBES The pendulum of negative sentiment has swung too far on shares of eBay, as investors are now exaggerating the stock’s risk, according to a Tuesday report from Bear Stearns. The research firm currently has an “outperform” rating on eBay (nasdaq: EBAY – news – people ) with a $33 target price. “With the stock [...]
Corante eBay, despite doing business in more than 20 countries, still earns the bulk of its revenues from US sellers, folks who have been increasingly unhappy about steadily increasing listing fees. When eBay North America president Bill Cobb confirmed recently that eBay wasn’t charging transaction fees to sellers in China, sellers in the US were [...]
St. Petersburg Times: Connie Bova was looking for “something entrepreneurial” to do until she went shopping for clothes for her 33-year-old husband, Jeff, who’s a slim, trim 5 feet 7. “I went to every men’s department in two Tampa malls and couldn’t find anything in his size”, said Connie, 28, a recent Stetson Law School [...]
Springwise reports: Mesh Tennis is a new social networking site just for tennis players, connecting the tennis community online. The website lets tennis players find other players of their own skill level, in their own area. It also lets players record scores and matches, review tennis gear, schedule events and read the latest tennis news. [...]
