Archive for March 27th, 2007
PayPal to Launch Cell Phone Friendly Service
PayPal, the online-payment company owned by eBay., said Friday that it plans to launch a new service this year designed to make it easier to pay for items using cell phones and other mobile devices. Cell phone users can currently buy items through PayPal using the standard version of the service that Internet retailers use [...]
eBay Stopped Auctions on Apple iPhone
Online auction house eBay has pulled a sale of six iPhones from its site, saying that it is not confident that the seller can deliver within 30 days. Bidding was frenzied for the phones, which are not due to be released for another six months. The top bid had reached $1,125 before the auction was [...]
Bulgarian Women Arrested in eBay Scam
A Bulgarian woman has been arrested and charged with participating in a scheme that used eBay to scam Americans out of at least $350,000. Her alleged fraud is similar to dozens of scams found on the auction site daily. Mariyana Feliksova Lozanova, a.k.a. “Gentiane La France,” a.k.a. “Naomi Elizabeth DeBont,” was indicted for conspiracy to [...]
1940 Chicagp Bears Watch Going on eBay?
A woman from Woodstock, Ill., recently rediscovered a 1940 NFL championship watch that once belonged to the Chicago Bears’ Gary Famiglietti. The watch was from the 1940 championship in which the Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0, the most-lopsided title victory in league history, the Chicago Sun-Times said. Holly Swanson’s husband, who has passed away, [...]
eBay’s Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs Now On Newsstands
Just released by Entrepreneur Media Inc., Entrepreneur’s eBay Startup Guide is now on newsstands to help small business owners tap into a network of 222 million registered eBay members worldwide. The fifth issue of the magazine marks eBay’s still-burgeoning success and its virtually limitless business opportunities for entrepreneurs. “Since we started publishing the eBay Startup [...]
Even if it’s baked, canned or cured, chances are you can still buy it on eBay. With an increasing number of home cooks throwing their oven doors open to the global marketplace, more than 400 items labeled “homemade” appeared in eBay’s Food and Wine category one day this month – from chow chow to chokecherry [...]
Mom Entrepreneurs Find Their Niche
Des Moines Register: After years of selling real estate, Shari Walters understands what it means to have particular tastes. It wasn’t until she became a mom three years ago that the point was really driven home. “I have a 3-year-old, Kennedy, and I like to dress her sometimes very, very sweet – dripping in lace [...]
Tri County Moms Start Their 7th Year Working From Home
AddPR: Just over six years ago Linda Blanco started the dream of a life time, working from her home! Tri County Moms (TCM) offers women a way to earn an income while raising their family. Founded in 2002, TCM provides information on a healthy, safe lifestyle through alternatives. Today many are torn between a career [...]
Bizymoms.com Helps Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide
PR.com: Bizymoms.com was created in 1997 by Liz Folger, a work-at-home-mom expert and author of the book, âThe Stay-at-Home Momâs Guide To Making Money From Home.â? âMost visitors enjoy the many free resources at Bizymoms including live chats, interactive message boards, support articles and of course help and advice from the Bizymoms Home Business Support [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Political Calculations.
2007 Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition
The Executive Development Center of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business, is pleased to announce the 2007 Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition. The 2007 Boomer Business Plan Competition will be held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, in the heart of Silicon Valley, on June 19, 2007. The competition is an integral [...]
'Mamapreneurs' Ignite a Baby-Biz Boom
Seattle PI: While many a new mom struggles to meet all of the demands in her life and feels that some days a mere shower is a luxury, another breed decides that, between feedings, changings and naps, it’s time to start a business. So they become a mamapreneur, blending parenthood with entrepreneurship, usually by creating [...]
Inc.: The Senate approved $97 million in extra funding for the Small Business Administration’s 2008 budget request, including funds for a microloan lending program that was slated to be cut. The amendment, co-sponsored by Sen. John Kerry and Sen. Olympia Snowe, represents a 21 percent increase of the agency’s proposed $464 million budget submitted earlier [...]
Leesburg Today: There are dozens of networking groups out there, and in honor of National Women’s History Month this month, Loudoun Business wanted to provide businesswomen with a listing of several groups dedicated to their interests. Some are well-established, while others are just getting off the ground. From formal countywide organizations affiliated with the local [...]
CNN: Until two weeks ago, Ruth Ebert never had the slightest interest in the video games favored by her one and only granddaughter. “I’m 82 years old, so I missed that part of our culture. Soap operas, yes. Video games, no,” chirped Ebert, who recently started playing a tennis game on Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s new [...]
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: Each of us who runs a business has fixed expenses: rent, telecommunications, utilities, shipping, credit card fees. This monthly overhead — sometimes referred to in business slang as our “nut” — takes a big bite out of our cash. By adopting a ritual of spending a half-day once a [...]
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: One sunny afternoon Carlotta Lennox rolled by a park on a pair of rollerblades, and noticed that the dogs looked tired and hungry, and realized how she could give the day back to the dogs. Seven years later, the first Hey Buddy pet vending machine was established in Bark Park [...]
Biz Resource: Phone-Based Yellow Pages Search
Inc.: Jingle Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based directory assistance service, has added a new feature that allows users to search the Yellow Pages for phone numbers and addresses by business type and location from any phone at 1-800-FREE411. The free service also allows advertisers to reach consumers looking for their type of business, and as [...]
