Archive for June 14th, 2007
Advice From A Home Business Expert: Victoria Carrington, M.D
Universal Preschool: Why do mothers want to work from home? The main reason is because they want to play the primary role in raising their children while making a meaningful contribution to their household and to the community at large. Current trends speak to the difficulty of mothers working full-time. Recent books and continuing studies [...]
Warrenton Journal: Cynthia Sieve remembers crying because she thought she’d gotten in over her head. It started when her sister-in-law asked her to paint a scene for her daughter’s nursery. “I hadn’t painted for 28 years,” said Sieve, who lives in Warren County near Marthasville. When she finished that project, her husband, Jim went to [...]
Billings Gazette: Jim and Eva Sisler began traveling the country nearly 10 years ago, a couple of empty-nesters in their 50s with a desire to see new places and build some assets before retirement. Driving from California to New Jersey in two days, using layovers to visit historic sites in the South or ethnic restaurants [...]
12-Foot Inflatable Home Theater
gizmag: The Sima 12-Foot Inflatable Home Theater is a ripper because for US$1000 you get to protect your monstrous pride-and-joy and make it much more versatile at the same time. For those among us who just have to spend a lot of money to get into the experience, there are lots of outdoor speakers designed [...]
Marshall Independent: Ron Schilling says he didn’t set out to invent anything when he began tinkering with a piece of home medical equipment about a year ago. “I was just trying to solve a problem for myself,� Schilling said. But as it turned out, Schilling may have found a marketable idea. A modification he made [...]
Designing For Women Is Booming Market
Star-Telegram: When Jennifer Selby Long relocated from an office with leased furniture to an unfurnished one, her decorating problems began. After shopping at different stores, all that the 43-year-old San Francisco resident could find was furniture made with a “5-feet-10-inch man in mind.” Long, who is 5-feet-6, ended up doing a lot of improvising, buying [...]
Small Biz Scene: Failing at one business venture is enough to ruin most people, but not Shelly Hwang. The 33-year-old Southern California entrepreneur ran two unsuccessful franchises before hitting the jackpot with the wildly popular frozen yogurt shop Pinkberry. After graduating from the University of Southern California and losing money on two stores, Hwang actually [...]
RCA Digital Voice Recorder with Camera
Sharper Image: Convenient rechargeable RCA® voice recorder with 128MB Flash memory allows you to record and play back up to 33 hours of voice memos. Features a 1.5-inch color LCD screen and a built-in 0.3MP camera. Use the docking station’s USB port to transfer recorded files and photos to your computer with included USB connection [...]
Many Boomers Underestimate Stress
Smart Money: A growing number of baby boomers — those 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 — are retiring from corporate jobs and starting small businesses. But many are finding that the demands of entrepreneurship don’t exactly mesh with the “golden years” of retirement. “Owning a business is like getting married: The level [...]
