Archive for July 28th, 2006
Business Week: “Barbara Boxer, a practicing attorney in Milwaukee, knows just how difficult it can be for women entrepreneurs to raise money. She ran her own mail-order medical supply company for 20 years before selling it in 1990, and now many of her clients are women who own businesses. After participating in a conference for [...]
A Little Money Goes a Long Way
Business Week: Ann Brown and Maria Martinez have never met, but last March Brown loaned Martinez $50. It was part of a $400 loan Martinez needed to get her clothing store up and running in Danli, Honduras. She used the cash to buy colorful hairbands, bright shirts, frilly button-downs, and baby onesies. Sales have picked [...]
Craigslist Adds Self Employment Forum
Chuck Huckaby: Craigslist is offering a self employment forum on their site now. When you go to the “jobs� forum, you can then click on a link to the “self-employment forum�. I’ve just started browsing it but it seems like an interesting place to make content and learn things to say the least. The Amway [...]
Settlement Paid out By Kazaa & Skype
 Reuters  Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the billionaire Internet entrepreneurs who created Kazaa and Skype, have reached into their own pockets to help settle a lawsuit brought by the music and movie industries. Australia’s Sharman Networks, the lead defendant in a lawsuit by the movie and music industries which was settled on Thursday, confirmed that [...]
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Big Corporations Snatch Small-Business Contracts
Inc.: A new report claims more than 2,500 large companies received money earmarked for small businesses. Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and Coca Cola are just a few of the corporate giants that received small-business contracts by the federal government last year, Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday. In all, more than 2,500 large companies received federal cash set aside [...]
Episode two of the Business Opportunities Weblog Podcast is up: You’re going to love this week’s episode. Our guest is Rick Roberge, an expert salesman that works with Dave Curlan & Associates and shares some great tips at The RainMaker Maker blog. He shares some great tips and advice for entrepreneurs and we talk through [...]
