Archive for July 17th, 2007
Make Money With Your SAHM Business Idea
The Internet Wonders Ezine: What makes good stay at home mom business ideas online? Probably doing something that you love and have a passion for, is a good start. The fact that you know the market and have a great knowledge of the products and services in your niche, will make it easier for you [...]
The Product Naming Blog: Flexpetz, a little more user-friendly than some recent pet drug names, just recently launched in Los Angeles and San Diego and its founder, Marlena Cervantes, views the service like an extended family and allows dogs more love and attention than single ownership can often provide. This type of business is referred [...]
An Introduction to Franchising
The following is a guest post from FranchiseBrief.com. Buying your own franchise is one way to break into the entrepreneurial ranks and become your own boss. Buying a franchise can be more expensive than starting a business “from scratch” but the success rate of franchises is generally higher than for startups as you are investing [...]
Entrepreneur: At 6:20 p.m., a line pops up on the screen of Hur Rak’s palm-size digital wireless device with his first order of the evening: a shoe dealer has had too much to drink and wants to be driven home in his own car. Mr. Hur rushes off into the subway and then finds his [...]
WCF Courier: When Ryan Madison started his business, Arquel Vending, four years ago, he just knew the business would flourish. Black-owned businesses would flock to him as clients, to support one of their own, he figured. Other businesses would follow suit, preferring to have a local vendor’s vending machines in their workplaces. Within three years, [...]
Young Entrepreneur Makes Waves With ‘Girly’ Shirts
The Arizona Republic: Bethany McNelly likes to think outside the box when it comes to her idea of hip fashion. Frustrated with not enough sassy pink apparel, the 22-year-old launched her own line, called Material Bitch. Yes. It’s an obnoxious word to sport. But McNelly’s star-appeal T-shirts is gaining popularity on her online store and [...]
Firm Finds Niche In Obscure Trade Associations
Washington Post: Pop quiz: What do birthing classes, spice sellers and crematoriums have in common? Give up? They all have trade associations run by the quietest and fastest-growing company on K Street, SmithBucklin. The Chicago-based firm is the world’s largest trade association management company. Its more than 200 trade associations and professional societies include Lamaze [...]
Inventor Wants To Soak Up Success
Pekin Times: Longtime real estate agent Gary Allen is debuting his cooking grease absorption invention called AbsorbEase on the national cable television station QVC. AbsorbEase resembles a “very, very thick paper towelâ€? that is “about a quarter-inch thick.â€? The 7 x 7-inch disposable grease absorbing pads consists of two layers – an inner layer constructed [...]
