Archive for March 15th, 2007
Guilt Is Saleswoman's Best Weapon
SF Gate: The mail carrier pulls away from your driveway, and you head for the mailbox. Besides the bills, direct-mail advertising, catalogs and flyers, there’s the occasional little gem: a handwritten card from a friend on lovely stationery, and your heart skips a beat. Not with glee, mind you, but with horror at having to [...]
DVD Sellers on eBay Get Warning
Hundreds of pirate DVDs ready for sale on online auctions have been seized, and anti-piracy organisation the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has warned it will prosecute persistent offenders. It issued the warning after its Internet Investigations Team recently helped the Metropolitan Police (Newham Borough) and Newham Council Trading Standards arrest a 22-year old man, [...]
As the markets have declined, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has not only been going with the flow, it has been one click ahead of it. Since that fateful Tuesday in late February, the Nasdaq has lost 6.2% of its value, while eBay shares are down 8.5%, more than Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) or [...]
Entrepreneur Targets Tennis Players
Contra Costa Times: Bow Rodgers didn’t expect the lessons he learned in Silicon Valley to help his tennis game. But it turns out they have. The longtime technology entrepreneur has co-designed a unique tennis training tool that helps tennis players, including himself, improve their stroke. The WristAssist is a training aid that straps onto a [...]
16-Year-Old Becomes CEO Of Foundation
KPRC-TV: A southeast Texan is the CEO of his own foundation, writing a book and works part time as a motivational speaker — all as a teenager. Keith Davis, 16, is spreading a message. “Stay focused and have the drive and things can be done even at a young age,” he said. “I’m doing motivational [...]
Sree Sreenivasan At Poynter.org: Like many journalists, I like to think that I am not just in the journalism business, but that I am also in the connecting business — helping various people find and connect with one another. Connecting people, however, is a dicey game. Every time you connect a requester and a requestee, [...]
Practical eCommerce: If you want to know how to succeed at something, it’s a good idea to talk to someone who already has. Renowned eBay powerseller Skip McGrath offers some helpful insights on how you can find product sources for your online business. According to McGrath, one of the best sources for products is local [...]
SBA And Postal Service Announce New Tool for Entrepreneurs
WebWire: The Internet is always open for business, and so are most small business owners and entrepreneurs. Providing tools and resources that are readily accessible and convenient is one more way the Internet is changing the way America does business. The Small Business Administration, the nation’s largest financial backer of small businesses, has teamed with [...]
