Archive for May 2007
Southern Cali Mompreneur Joins Entrepreneur Magazine's Team
eMedia Wire: When Orange County mom, Bunmi Zalob, launched her online magazine last year, she never imagined that where it would take her. Now this mom of one is a featured blogger for Entrepreneur Magazine’s newest website, WomenEntrepreneur.com. The website, geared toward women business owners, offers timely articles, business news, and articles by nine featured [...]
Mom Combines Parenting With Her Passion For Jewelry
InsideToronto.com: Her story is not unlike most moms trying to balance a career with motherhood, except Karen Lamont’s has a twist – a citrus twist. When the 36-year-old mom to two little girls, age five and three, returned to her job as VP of a marketing company after her second daughter was born, she discovered [...]
Systemax Pursuit 4155 Series Notebook
Entrepreneur: You don’t have to break the bank to get some of the recent technology innovations all neatly packaged in a portable notebook computer. The Systemax Pursuit 4155 Series Notebook features a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor to help you eke out the most performance and power savings on the go. The 15.4-inch screen [...]
New Yahoo Publisher PayPal Options
As seen in the post “Your Pal, My Pal, PayPal”, Yahoo! Publisher Network Webmasters and Publishers…… can now choose to pay through Pay Pal Transfers. Michael Mattis, Blog Editor at Yahoo! Publishers Network’s official blog writes, “Today at Yahoo! Publisher Network we’re pleased, and I mean pleased, to announce that publishers in our network now [...]
The New Retirement: Katie Doyle
Startup Journal: A 30-year career in corporate marketing turned out to be the perfect platform for Katie Doyle’s second act: importing handicrafts from Africa to sell in the U.S. market. But unlike her career at Clorox Co. and McKesson Corp., where she was vice president of marketing before taking early retirement in 1998, Ms. Doyle’s [...]
Staying Safe While Shopping Online & eBay
Many of you have probably made a purchase from a Web site, and entered a credit card number to pay for it. It’s a fact of life these days that Internet shopping is very fast and convenient. But you need to be careful. There are a number of scams out there aimed at acquiring your [...]
eBay Aquires StubleUpon for $75Mil
Consumating a long-rumored deal, Internet auctioneer eBay agreed on Wednesday to acquire social bookmarking site StumbleUpon for $75 million. The popular San Francisco, California-based startup, with almost 2.5 million users and growing by 150 percent annually, allows users to approve or disapprove of websites and then guides them to other sites that users with similar [...]
Entrepreneur ‘Brags’ About Her Portable Photo Albums
Suburban Journals: Bridgeton resident Mary Nelson, a kitchen-table entrepreneur, has developed a new line of photo brag books, picture frames and more, all “handcrafted in the USA by Very Mary Designs,” the company she started with her husband, Carl. Nelson’s wares, which will be on sale at the upcoming Gypsy Caravan, have colorful cloth covers, [...]
Entrepreneur: Your most valuable business resources are your customers. You need a straightforward way to keep track of these valuable contacts, organize your information and stay on top of your client communications. Perennial contact management software favorite ACT! by Sage is now in its 2007 version for $230. ACT! features direct integration with Microsoft Outlook, [...]
Small Biz Owners On What It Takes To Succeed
Business Today: “Experience is a cruel teacher,” says Bill Vickery. “Effective, but cruel.” As the director of the Small Business Development Center in Cape Girardeau, Vickery is well acquainted with the risk of opening a new business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, only about 44 percent make it through the first four years. [...]
Inventor Taking On Toiletries In Prisons
The Washington Post: Long-standing challenge: how to keep prison inmates from turning their toothbrushes and shaving razors into weapons. Unlikely man taking it on: Paul Biermann, an inventor at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, whose work to date has tended more toward fields such as biomechanics and outer space. Now, he proposes toothbrushes and [...]
Entrepreneur: GPS devices are some of the most sought-after tech gadgets, but the prices can be discouraging to business owners on a tight budget. At $350, the Magellan RoadMate 2000 is a cost-effective, entry-level GPS system. It comes with a touchscreen, detour rerouting capabilities, multi-destination routing, turn-by-turn voice guidance, 3-D bird’s-eye view, 1.3 million preprogrammed [...]
The Wall Street Journal: The toughest part of inventing isn’t solving problems. It’s figuring out which problems are worth the effort. “A few years ago, an inventor patented a device that caused an electric motor to rock a chair,” wrote Raymond F. Yates in 1942. “Now imagine, if you will, the sad spectacle of anybody [...]
Macon.com: A business looking to operate more efficiently, Monica Premo says, could learn a lot from a kindergarten class. To Premo, a professional organizer, a kindergarten class is a model of organization. Everything is labeled. Everything has a place. Everyone has an assignment. “Even though it’s a busy place, it’s orderly and they get a [...]
Business Blooms With Memory Of Womans' Mother
Niagara This Week: Tina Breton loves yellow. Breton believes the colour is known to be calming and soothing. And, people whose favourite colour is yellow are known to be focused. But most importantly, Breton loves yellow because it is the colour of her mother’s favourite flower. As a young girl, Breton remembers her mother tending [...]
BizyMoms Brings Out Their BizyLetters
PowerHomeBiz.com: Bizymoms has grown tremendously over the years, and now more than 2.5 million visitors come to BizyMoms every month, each with a work-at-home dream. “Most 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 Team,” [...]
Finding What Sells on eBay Is on the Site
Many people trying to start an eBay business spend a great deal of time trying to figure out which items sell best on eBay. Many of these people have elaborate systems for determining this information, and many others purchase expensive courses that teach them how to find this information as well. None of that is [...]
Skype Co-Founders Acquire Part of 3D Networking Co.
Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), established by the four co-founding engineers of internet telephony software company Skype, will acquire a stake as part of a Series A funding round in 3D social networking company Frenzoo, to bring to market an exciting new online experience across the region. Frenzoo enables teenagers and young adults to connect with [...]
10 Reasons eBayer’s Don’t Get the BID
I am sure that I am not the only person who did not bid on your auction because of one of these reasons. That means that you may now be relisting your item, or selling it for a lot less than what you could have. The following is a rant. A rant that contains my [...]
thegadgetblog: The Irregular IQ Cube, it is a break-through of the Traditional IQ game that is Good Training for your Brain & EQ!! If you are still struggling with the traditional Rubik, just try this new Brain Training Cube. See whether you can solve it from an 3D Irregular Geometric Item to be a Regular [...]
McClatchy-Tribune News Service: Not long ago I wrote about the nifty label printer from Dymo called the Twin Turbo. This little desktop printer holds two different rolls of labels. Using the included software, you can print address labels with a click of the mouse. The other roll of labels are stamps upon which can be [...]
The New Retirement: Charlie Johnson
Startup Journal: While working for Exxon Corp. in the 1980s, Charlie Johnson, a chemical engineer and manager, found himself grappling with an unusual amount of stress. “At that point in my career, I was very stressed out, and I thought I would absolutely go nuts if I didn’t do something,” Mr. Johnson recalls. “So I [...]
Protecting A Product From Copycats
The Wall Street Journal: Q: A toy retailer requested a number of samples and specifications from our company for a craft kit we have been producing and selling. After several months of “evaluation,” the company said they weren’t going to carry our product. But we’ve realized they have been making what we believe is a [...]
Mini Web Sites Target Users Of Mobile Phones
Startup Journal: Johannes Tromp says the Web site for his South Carolina bed-and-breakfast generates good business. But last fall, he found a way to reach even more potential customers: He made a version of the site for cellphones. Mr. Tromp signed up for a mobile Web address with the newly available suffix “dot-mobi” and used [...]
Springwise: Tom Szaky is passionate about worm poop. So passionate that he dropped out of Princeton to start Terracycle, a company that sells worm poop. Vermicomposting is the process by which earthworms eat, digest and excrete castings (aka worm poop). Water is mixed with the worm castings to produce a nitrogen rich ‘tea’ prized by [...]
Springwise: Bake sales are popping up all over the place in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles—and pinpointing exactly where and when is part of the fun. Billed as a “secret bakery,? Treat Street is a roving guerilla venture that operates out of a homemade stand that temporarily alights in a baker-friendly driveway. Similar [...]
Taking Care Of Business, And Kids
Newsday.com: If you think running a small business is hard enough now, try tossing a couple of kids into the mix – and imagine how much harder it gets. That’s the daily reality for millions of home-based female business owners trying to strike a balance between work and family. In fact, of the 3.6 million [...]
Mom Builds A Fulfilling Business
The Daily Advertiser: Although there have been a few bumps in the road, Angela Clarkston loves life. The Broussard mother and small business owner has lived in the area her entire life. After graduating from New Iberia Senior High School in 1988, Clarkston went to work at Martin Mills. She said that career path wasn’t [...]
PR Web: Averaging 50 packages shipped daily and 88,000 Web site visitors each month, Heather Ledeboer’s business, Mom 4 Life, has come a long way. Though her initial single-item inventory used to fit in a cubbyhole in her desk, Mom 4 Life has outgrown its current location – Ledeboer’s Redlands, CA home, where her 3-bedroom [...]
Helpful Hints For Those Interested In Becoming A Direct Sales Rep
PR Web: Many people, especially stay-at-home moms, engage in direct selling because it fits their family’s lifestyle. “You choose when and how much you want to work each week,” says Michele Baratta, President and company designer. “It’s the perfect answer for families who like the idea of having two incomes, but desire a schedule that [...]
Fewer than six months after reducing its commitment in China, eBay will make a new foray into Asia, this time in Thailand, the company said on Monday. The auction company will join Thai portal Sanook Online to create a Thai-language e-commerce site, expected to launch in five to seven months, the companies said. They did [...]
ShowMyPC is an open source Remote PC access project, an alternative to subscription based sites like WebEx or Gotomypc. ShowMyPC combines VNC remote access technology with an open-source SSH forwarding client to provide you with the option to allow other users to view and control your desktop. The remote user needs to have the same [...]
The New Retirement: Gordon Black
Startup Journal: Entrepreneurs like Gordon Black never really retire. The 65-year-old, who started a market-research firm in 1975 that went on to become Harris Interactive Inc., a prominent polling company, tried to stop working. But he soon found himself starting another business — albeit one that took him in a completely different direction. Looking for [...]
Springwise: Of the millions of new bicycles sold each year, thousands end up neglected, abandoned or gathering dust in garages or sheds. British Specialbike has set out to change that by refurbishing old bikes with precision craftsmanship and high-end parts. The result? Sleek and stylish one-of-a-kind bicycles. Specialbike breathes new life into beaten down bikes—even [...]
thegadgetblog: The FlipStart is the groundbreaking mini PC, backed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, that gadget lovers and mobile technology aficionados have been eagerly anticipating. And now they are available at Dynamism.com. As the smallest clamshell-chassis ultramobile PC on the market, the FlipStart literally adds a new dimension to this genre. Consequently, it feels just [...]
Post-Crescent: One evening in early 2002, Chilton neighbors Jim Koller, who pours concrete, and Lee Roehrig, who drives a semi, were contemplating Koller’s new lawn over a couple of cocktails. Koller mentioned a contraption he had assembled to elevate the downspouts so they wouldn’t lay on his tender young grass. Roehrig, as it happened, was [...]
eBay Fertile Ground For Young Entrepreneur
East Valley Tribune: Look out Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, here comes Corey Kossack! Okay, so the 23-year-old Tempe entrepreneur may have a long way to go before he catches up and passes the two investors who are among world’s wealthiest, but he’s off to a good start, most people agree. Kossack, a recent Arizona [...]
Board Game Inventor Featured On PBS Show
Gwinnett Daily Post: Wendy Hampton, 35, is one of 14 people featured on “Everyday Edisons.? The PBS series follows amateur inventors and the product development process. Hampton’s invention is a board game called Merriam Webster’s Befudiom. In the game, players try to identify idioms, like “taking candy from a baby? or “kick the bucket,? in [...]
Work-At-Home Basement Creations
The Seattle Times: Who knew there was a market for “iPoo”? Kimberly Smith of Kent was looking for a creative outlet and maybe a little extra cash when she quit her job as a clothing designer at Nordstrom to stay home with her two young boys. She took her computer, a heat press and “a [...]
Mother-Daughter Teams Run Montana Businesses
Billings Gazette: According to a Business Week report last fall, women in America are starting firms at twice the rate of men – and daughters are now just as likely as sons to follow in the family business. But working with family members isn’t for everyone. “You definitely have to know your relationship,” said Kym [...]
Nailing Success With 3-in-1 Business
The Courier News: The modest house-turned-business center not only contains a sought-after school that draws students from miles around, it also offers bargain nail services, and even children’s parties. With a cool business head that she says she got from her mother, Cindy Heidemann knows an untapped market when she sees one. But the Lake [...]
What’s easier than starting a business that has everything provided for you? A business that is also set-up for you. Plug-In Profit Site is very much an “Internet Business-In-A-Box”. It is 100% internet driven and completely automated. Their are no calls being made, or selling to family. You just let your website do the work [...]
PayPal Adds New Features for Business Partner Program
PayPal, the online payment service of Internet auctioneer eBay Inc., has taken two more steps in its effort to diversify its transaction base beyond the eBay fold. This week it announced it would use IP Commerce Inc. technology to enable small businesses to easily send invoices and receive payment through PayPal. That new service followed [...]
eBay Holding Town Meeting With Memebers
eBay is holding its monthly Town Hall Meeting next week on May 30, and eBay Canada is holding its second-ever audio forum event on May 29. The forums allow users to ask eBay management questions they have about the marketplaces.eBay changed the date of its May Town Hall Meeting, originally scheduled for May 23, 2007 [...]
eBay Business Going To Brick & Mortor
Ambience Home is unique to Eastern Oklahoma County. The new shop just east of Indian Meridian Street on N.E. 23rd Street resulted from the growth of an eBay business owned by a woman who lives just south of the city. .Jamie Willis started selling home decor items on eBay seven years ago. Eventually, the business [...]
Skypes Small Business Pack Inproves Productivity
Skype announced today that they have made it even easier for small businesses to jump on the Skype bandwagon, by introducing their Small Business Pack. “The Pack includes a Skype for Business download, 10 five month subscriptions to Skype Pro™ (Skype’s new internet communications package) worth €100 and €50 of Skype credit for making calls [...]
eBay Seller in Trouble With American Airlines
“blz0rt,” you may need a lawyer. American Airlines has filed suit against an unknown person who uses that screen name and hawked a pilot training CD on eBay this month. According to the suit, filed in State District Court in Fort Worth, the CD is included with training materials American provides to pilots. Pilots are [...]
Is eBay Really Damaging The US Economy
Ebay is a juggernaut. Ever forward. However, it has become very apparent that ebay is seriously damaging the economy of the United States of America. Here’s how: ebay started out as a venue in which people were primarily buying and selling pre-owned items until shortly later, businesses were selling new items. Thousands of new businesses [...]
India eBay Offers Bid For a Buck Weeks
Those who are addicted to shopping, particularly online shoppers now have a reason to smile, courtesy, eBay India that has announced a two week ‘Bid for a Buck’ auction. INDIANS CAN NOW bid for thousands of products starting at Re 1, with free shipping across the country thrown in on eBay India. Adding an innovative [...]
Author of eBay Millionaire of Bust Shares Secrets
Look out Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, here comes Corey Kossack! Okay, so the 23-year-old Tempe entrepreneur may have a long way to go before he catches up and passes the two investors who are among world’s wealthiest, but he’s off to a good start, most people agree. Kossack, a recent Arizona State University graduate, [...]
