Archive for July 9th, 2007
The Dallas Morning News: For 19 years, Kathy Peel has made it her mission to add standard operating procedures to the business of running a home. “Moms need help,” says the 56-year-old founder and chief executive of Dallas-based Family Manager Inc. “Nobody stands at the altar and says: ‘I do, and I will create a [...]
Mom Makes Greeting Cards Inspired By Struggle Against Disease
The Dallas Morning News: Sitting in her Plano living room, Emily Nitz Woods speaks slowly and deliberately about her long road and how it led her into the greeting and inspirational card business. Ms. Woods has survived a risky stem-cell transplant to combat scleroderma, a chronic autoimmune disease that hardens the skin. It can be [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at The Married Guy Cook.
Daughter Inspires Mom To Design Items For The Disabled
jg-tc online: “We’re GIB,” said Connie Lewis of rural Greenup, while she flashes her daughter a thumbs-up sign. Lewis and daughter Meredith are GIB, or Girls in Business, with their company Designs By Inspiration. Meredith was her mom’s inspiration for the company, which designs and sells items that make life easier for people with handicaps. [...]
Microsoft Offers Free Startup Help
UPI: Resources for people wanting to start their own business are available at U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp.`s Startup Center, the company announced. The StartUp Center is a free online guide designed to provide step-by-step advice and resources that small-business owners need when they venture into business ownership, Bizjournal.com reported Tuesday. Among the companies and [...]
U.S.Companies Increase Testing of Chinese Goods
The New York Times: General Mills, Kellogg, Toys “R? Us and other big American companies are increasing their scrutiny of thousands of everyday products they receive from Chinese suppliers, as widening recalls of items like toys and toothpaste force them to focus on potential hazards that were overlooked in the past. These corporations are stepping [...]
Hollywood Inventor Protests Patent Bill
Fortune Small Business: In 45 years, George Margolin has patented 26 inventions, including a front-screen projection system (1964) that Hollywood used for special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the James Bond films and Superman. He patented the folding computer keyboard in 1973, and a new type of anti-stick medical syringe in 1993. Three years [...]
Entrepreneur Daily: Wondering how to target the teen and tween market? Look no further than social networking sites. According to a study from Alloy Media & Marketing, 71 percent of teens and tweens going online connect to a social network weekly. And almost half of them engaged with a brand in cyber space within the [...]
