Archive for May 29th, 2007
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 [...]
