Archive for November 2006
Inventor Patents Locking Manhole Cover
Associated Press: A retired professor has invented a manhole cover that can be locked to prevent access by scrap metal thieves and terrorists. William Meyers came up with the idea for securing manhole covers against unauthorized entry shortly after the 2001 terrorist attacks when he saw reports of municipal workers in New York welding covers [...]
Fresh Thinking Business Blog: Sam Walton grew up poor during the Great Depression, yet rose to start the biggest retail store Wal-Mart. Here’s his 10 rules for building a successful business: Rule 1: Commit to your business. Rule 2: Share your profits with all your associates, and treat then as partners. Rule 3: Motivate your [...]
Mother Becomes Inventor After Floating An Idea
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: She sat poolside for hours, holding an inflatable raft, keeping her daughter atop it tanning “like a turkey” and away from the unwanted shade. A doting mother, she was helping her daughter, Denise, tan for a party, but Lydia Woods got tired of sitting there. So she invented a fastener to hold [...]
Company Thrives As Microbusiness
Coloradoan.com: Having a microbusiness suits businesswoman Shelley Paul. She doesn’t have to work in a big office building or put in the long hours that sometimes accompany corporate jobs. Paul opened Design Worx, an Old Town graphic design firm, 12 years ago. Last year, she relocated the business to her home studio. Now a trend, [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at it’s home TheCotC.com.
Improving Your Online Sales Conversion Rate
Jennifer Baljko at Work.com: You’ve set up an Web site, developed some marketing efforts to bring in traffic and are seeing the number of page views increase. But are you converting your Web site visitors into customers?It’s time to work on your sales conversion rate, in other words, the number of visitors to your site [...]
Don’t Invent A Business, Buy One
Greg Brown at Work.com: Turn-key businesses come in several flavors, including business opportunities, franchises and existing businesses for sale. Getting the right fit for you is a matter of personality, but also of cash and your own patience. Here’s how to pick the right path: Consider becoming a rep, dealer or agent for a well-known [...]
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work: Working as a stock analyst in Atlanta, Lee Loree, was bored. While reading dull reports at night, he noticed his slumber-ing wife was more alert at certain times. Curious, he started studying sleep cycles. His research and the desire to rouse his workaday routine led to the Sleeptracker, a watch [...]
Small Biz Resource: Import and Export Information
Entrepreneurs Suite101: You’ve decided your small business would benefit from importing, exporting, or some combination thereof. You have a list of questions, ideas and experiences, but need more information to move forward. If by chance you are an entrepreneur looking to get the basics regarding importing and exporting, please read our import/export series primer on [...]
Big Idea Scoop: Colorado Inventor Showcase The Da Vinci Institute is giving inventors a forum to showcase their inventions. Set for November 14 at The Cable Center in Denver, the Colorado Inventor Showcase lets inventors display their product(s), competing for prizes in a number of invention categories. In addition, inventors can attend information sessions and [...]
