Archive for May 15th, 2007
Like Mother, Like Daughter In Business
Journal Gazette: Kate Sorgenfrei says she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t involved in her mother’s business. And, to prove the point, her mom, Marta Pequignot, takes off for the back room and pulls a framed picture off a wall. It’s of little blonde-haired Kate, still in diapers and dressed in navy-blue coveralls, standing [...]
Embellishing Her World With Discarded Treasures
News-Record.com: Paige Cox is the keeper of all things discarded and overlooked. Beads, buttons and fabrics find their way to her Greensboro studio where they’re transformed into new creations. Stained sweaters become wrist cuffs decorated with vintage lace and dyed velvet. Yards of wool morph into felt dolls, decorations and the trim on a vintage [...]
Whittier Daily News: After nearly chopping the tips off her baby son’s fingers with nailclippers one night, exasperated Whittier mom Laurie Gadbois said “Someone should invent a clipper with a light on it,” she recalled. But rather than let her frustration rest, the Whittier resident began searching the Internet for a lighted clipper. When she [...]
Millionaire Moms: From MOM To CEO
CNN Money: While raising children may seem far removed from the world of big business, some women prove that motherhood can be more valuable than an MBA. In fact, motherhood skills can be successfully translated into building a successful business, according to Lori Kiser-Block, the president of FranChoice, a franchise consulting firm. Although starting a [...]
Do you have $1,000 sitting around for the iPhone? If so, you can buy the most-coveted cell phone of the 21st century for some retailers on eBay. Prices for the iPhone have gone past the $1,000 mark on eBay, despite the fact that the neither Apple nor AT&T have given a specific launch date. Many [...]
Skype Goes Mainstream Retail with Wal Mart
There’s a new tech wave washing up at Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). The world’s largest retailer hooked up with eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) this morning to introduce Skype-friendly headsets, webcams, and handsets at 1,800 of its stores. Wal-Mart will also begin selling the country’s first prepaid Skype phone cards. This isn’t necessarily a major catch for Wal-Mart. [...]
Niche Biz: Cellphone Dead Spots
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: As a startup business, it’s sometimes tough to know where you’re going. But Allen Tsai and other online entrepreneurs who use new mapping technology make it their business. Tsai, 27, is the founder of CellReception.com, a mapping website that locates cell reception, towers and dead spots across the country. “Cell [...]
The Wall Street Journal: There are millions of people trying to get noticed on the Web, with everything from blogs to podcasts to videos. So with the huge glut of material out there, how do amateurs get attention — let alone become bona fide online stars? How, for instance, did an Arizona woman giving grammar [...]
Springwise: The United States has approximately 58,000 nail salons, most of which are “mom and pop” stores owned by Vietnamese and Korean immigrants. Claiming to be the first branded nail chain in the United States, Dashing Diva hopes to become the Starbucks of nail salons, creating a strong brand and offering customers an experience that’s [...]
Brothers Turn Cobs Into Potential Gold
Des Moines Register: For the past 10 years, harvesting corn and selling the cobs has been a humble little business for Ty and Jay Stukenholtz, 34-year-old twin brothers. By trial and error, computer designing, tinkering and banging away, the Stukenholtz brothers, who farm the 350-acre family farm near Nebraska City, came up with a way [...]
Disaster Points To Need For Planning
USA Today: The tornado that leveled the Kansas town of Greensburg is a reminder that disaster can hit at any time, threatening any small business in the way. So, small-business consultant SCORE’s new advice on preparing for disaster is especially timely. 1. List any emergency your business could possibly experience. Include internal, external, natural, man-made [...]
