Archive for May 30th, 2007
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 [...]
