Archive for August 18th, 2006
Vintage Baseball Creates Niche Businesses
KnoxNews: When the Providence Grays formed in 1998 in Rhode Island, replica 19th-century baseball equipment was hard to find. For a while the team even made its own baseballs, winding the yarn by hand and stitching on the cover. But that has changed. Over the past decade, the growth of vintage baseball – in which [...]
Entrepreneur Magazine: As you enjoy the mouth-watering flavor of your grandmother’s cheesecake or the tang of your dad’s famous barbecue sauce, you wonder how you can bring those family recipes to the rest of the world. Can you build a business around a family recipe? Absolutely. But you’ll need to do a lot of prep [...]
EBay Shares Remain In Range For Trading
Lehman Brothers said eBay shares could remain in a trading range for the next few months as the online auction giant continues to emphasize core listings as a way to drive sales growth. A planned fee hike for eBay (nasdaq: EBAY – news – people ) Store listings next week will raise the cost of [...]
Is EBays Fee Increase Really Going to Reverse Their Error
EBay Inc. is about to find out whether a fee increase will help the company reverse a strategic error and boost revenue – or drive away some of its highest-volume sellers. Starting Aug. 22, the San Jose, Calif.-based company will raise the fees it charges to those who sell items through any of its approximately [...]
How Much It Takes To Start A Busine$$
CNNMoney.com: Many small-business owners started businesses with their own money, and with relatively small amounts, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index study. Small-business owners spend an average of $10,000 to start their businesses, the study said. Seventy-three percent of business owners surveyed funded their businesses with personal savings, while 37 percent obtained loans [...]
