Archive for June 15th, 2007
Mother Of Four Stays Home And Prospers On Net
FreelanceJobsNews.com: If you thought the Internet was just for techies, Arlene Martell, a mother of four, who runs two profitable websites from her beautiful White Rock home, would like to talk to you. In discussing her success as an affiliated publisher for several major U.S. companies, the White Rock housewife is boldly predicting that e-commerce [...]
One On One With A Finalist From Oprah's Next Big Idea Show
Weekend Entrepreneur: Gwen Yuffa was one of 8 finalists who competed with more than 6,000 people and appeared on Oprah’s Next Big Idea show. As the inventor of the Color Bug, Gwen devotes the majority of her time to her hubby and their two daughters. Let’s take a look at how she got the ball [...]
Parrot Bluetooth Wireless Teleconferencing System
Sharper Image: The speakerphone features Parrot’s proprietary advanced digital signal processing technology with full duplexing for clear, echo-free conversations in both small and large rooms. Its three highly sensitive microphones provide complete 360-degree voice pickup and a powerful 5-watt speaker allows conversations in normal voice levels for all participants. Because it is wireless and powered [...]
Entrepreneur: Now when nature calls you won’t have to leave it hanging. MizPee finds the closest, publicly accessible toilets in the city and rates them by cleanliness for your emergency duck-ins and dashes. Simply access your cell phone’s web browser, navigate to mizpee.com or send a text to (415) 350-2290 to receive an SMS link. [...]
SharperImage: The design of the Zip Around Wallet keeps valuables safe and secure while you are traveling. It features a large currency pocket that stores most sizes of currency for the global traveler. Its dedicated card slots store your most important credit and business cards, while the micro-screen mesh ID slot keeps your ID easily [...]
Dilbert’s Pandemic Number Crunching
Call it gallows humor. “Working at home” is rapidly becoming the strategy of choice for business continuity during a pandemic. This is the first comic strip I’ve seen on it though. But I bet lots of cubicle jockeys will concur the calculations can become incredibly simple… Check out the whole comic strip here…
StartUp Journal: StartUp Journal recently spoke with Tina Wells, 27, chief executive officer of Buzz Marketing, a youth-marketing services company, about trend watching and getting started as a young entrepreneur. Q: Where did you get the idea for Buzz Marketing? A: In high school, I was working as a reporter writing product reviews for the [...]
Retired Math Teacher Creates Business Niche
Citizen-Times: After retiring from teaching math for 33 years, Boyd Tebben was ready for a new challenge. But he knew he still wanted to help people. This drive to serve plus his lifelong love of audio/video equipment was the impetus behind Audio/Video Concepts, which Tebben started in mid-January. Now, instead of explaining geometry concepts to [...]
Entrepreneur: This is one business idea you’re going to have to see to believe. In Mississippi, entrepreneurs are stirring up batches of Kool-Aid dills to sell at their local markets. Yes, Kool-Aid pickles. According to a teacher in the area, it’s easy to make a gallon of the popular concoction. Simply cut the pickles in [...]
Micro-Businesses Falling Short on Retirement Plans
Inc.: The majority of owners and workers at business with fewer than 10 employees have no access to retirement plans or savings, a recent national survey found. In a poll of more than 3,000 employers of so-called micro-businesses, 80 percent said they don’t provide retirement plans — either for themselves or their workers — according [...]
