Archive for April 9th, 2007
If you saw a bunch of bikini clad babes holding up signs that read “topless car wash”, would you stop? Would you pay $5? Is this a sustainable business model?
Entrepreneur Magazine: I don’t know about your desk, but mine resembles the receiving counter at an electronics waste dump. So I tried Logitech’s EasyCall Desktop keyboard/mouse/speakerphone system. It didn’t clean up my mess, but it did make a dent. The wireless keyboard and laser mouse combo communicate with your PC via the VoIP-enabled speakerphone, which [...]
Detroit Free Press: In this bleak economy, here’s an option that allows you to work at home and do something you love. If you have sewing expertise, a cooperative family, a space for equipment, and a large dose of self-discipline, consider sewing for profit! Marianne Balogh, 48, of Troy has enjoyed her home-based business for [...]
Virtual Repairman For Your Computer
Entrepreneur Magazine: No on-site IT person? Some entrepreneurs handle their own IT needs, and some outsource the task. Now there’s another option: virtual computer repairs, where a technician logs into your computer or server remotely and takes care of business from afar. Computer Overhauls in New York City is one example. Its remote support options [...]
LifeHacker: Hot laptops need ventilation, and they take up desk real estate when you’re using an external keyboard and mouse. The Griffin Elevator laptop stand gets your lappie off the table, at the same height as your monitor, and gives you space to stow gadgets and wires underneath. Photo by Griffin Technology.
Small Business Computing: The X4570 is a four-in-one, not a three-in-one. It’s usually been another budget booster to get an automatic document feeder (ADF), so copying or faxing multi-page documents doesn’t oblige you to lift the scanner lid and place and remove pages one at a time. The Lexmark has one — a small 10-sheet [...]
Cool Tools: If you have a free PC card slot in your laptop and you like to travel with a mouse, MoGo Mouse is an amazing piece of convergence design. Taking advantage of thin Li-Poly batteries, this Bluetooth wireless mouse is always charged up and always easy to locate. This mouse solves both the problem [...]
Group Brings Moms Together For Fun And Support
Ventura County Star: When Lisa Cushman set out to start a mom’s group, this is what she had in mind. A year ago, Cushman, a stay-at-home mom to toddler Taylor, was visiting area parks as a way to get out of the house. She wished Taylor had friends to play with, and she had other [...]
Poetry Lives In The In-Between Places
The News Tribune: A dozen years ago, Kathleen Flenniken was an engineer turned stay-at-home-mom who took a night class in poetry to occupy her thoughts while she was home with her children. “I just caught fire,” Flenniken said. “I didn’t have time to sit down and write a novel, or even short stories. But I [...]
Freep.com: No one can accuse Sue Nikolovski of having a one-track mind. It’s more like five or six tracks are running through the head of this 30-year-old Sterling Heights mother who’s recently joined the growing ranks of work-at-home moms. On one track is Simo, a little locomotive who is soon to be 2 and is [...]
Mother Expresses Her Art In Photography
Post-Tribune: Ann Latinovich is a stay-at-home-mom. She also works a 40-hour week as a self-employed portrait photographer. Combining the two roles is a challenge, but one the mother of three meets with enthusiasm and a sense of humor. “I don’t get too much sleep,” she said. “But I love what I do.” Her job as [...]
Young Entrepreneur Finds Really Sweet Biz
Washington Post Magazine: Kailyn Cage was the kind of kid who loved candy and always had some with her. “Everyone called me Candy Girl,” she says. So it made sense to the financially savvy Kailyn to bring a book bag full of treats to sell to fellow students at Kettering Middle School in Prince George’s [...]
Invention Tells Good Eggs From The Bad
Naples Daily News: It’s hard to tell a bad egg by its shell. But, if you want to test the egg for freshness, a local inventor hopes to help you out. Trish Horst, a product developer with five patents under her belt, created Good Egg-Bad Egg! to offer a more exact definition of freshness. The [...]
Small Home Biz Using YouTube For Big Gains
PowerHomeBiz: While Madison Avenue advertisers are looking for new ways to break through the noise smaller companies are using their creativity and low-budget production to stake out a national and even global piece of the online marketing pie. Case in point Terrence Kelleman the inventor of a creative jewelry line who used YouTube videos to [...]
Beware the “Evil Twin” Wi-Fi Hotspot
Yahoo Tech: Hop into Starbucks or an airport terminal and you may find yourself tempted by the inexpensive Wi-Fi service offered. Fire up your computer, browse the wireless networks available, and maybe you’ll jump on a network named “tmobile” or “wayport” or some other common name among Wi-Fi service providers. Sure enough, your browser pulls [...]
Entrepreneur: If an idea for a new product is swimming around in your head but you need help bringing that invention to the surface, look to a college inventing program to learn the ins and outs of product design and development. Josh Kerson sought the help of the Lemelson Program at Hampshire College in Amherst, [...]
