Archive for July 12th, 2007
StarTribune.com: Is it a work space for artists or a coffee bar with a gallery? The Studio at Rush Creek in Maple Grove is both. A copper coffee bar extends from one wall and a gallery lines another, with displays of stained glass, painted gourds and jewelry. “No one knows exactly what we do,” said [...]
Please Don't Call Me A Housewife
Daily Southtown: Not too long ago, a man taking down my personal information for some form or another asked me my occupation. I glanced at my two bosses, boys ages 4 and 2, who are far more demanding than any editor I ever knew. The man should have realized my glance toward my sons meant: [...]
Inc.: 23-year-old Jerome Boykin was entering grad school in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina sent him, jobless and aimless, to his parents’ house in Houma, Louisiana. To get him off the couch, Jerome’s father took him to watch a mall parking lot being cleaned and suggested it might be a profitable business. Boykin now keeps [...]
FSB Magazine: You’ve seen them in Million-Dollar Baby, Be Cool, and Ocean’s 13: stands crammed with spectators cheering for the hero. But in the movies, sometimes not even the extras are real. To cut costs, filmmakers dress up inflatable vinyl torsos to intersperse among real people in crowd scenes. Now the two startups in the [...]
FSB magazine: Thirteen years ago, as an animal- control officer in Tampa, Charles Carpenter started Animal Capture of Florida. It was a removal service, mostly trapping stray cats at apartment complexes. He didn’t make much of a profit, so he increased margins by doing repairs-fixing holes raccoons made in the attic, etc. Five years ago [...]
Inventor Has Rodent-Repelling Idea
Daily News: The city’s got a brand new bag – and the Queens inventor says this one’s ratproof. Inventor Joseph Dussich says his eucalyptus-scented garbage bags repel the bothersome rodents. “The more they get near these garbage bags the more they want to get away,” said Dussich, CEO of JAD Corporation of America. “It doesn’t [...]
Inc.: With the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season approaching, SCORE is offering free online small-business disaster preparation and relief tools. The new resources include comprehensive information on how to prepare for and recover from a range of disasters and includes mentoring services, as well as links to additional federal, state, and other resources. As [...]
