Archive for July 30th, 2007
Baby Carrier Business Booming On Maui
Star Bulletin: It was an incredible plum for ERGObaby Inc., a small business on Maui. The company’s baby carriers appeared in Parenting magazine’s 20th anniversary issue, listing 20 products the magazine’s editors were “so glad were invented in the past 20 years.” “We were just thrilled,” said ERGObaby Sales Manager Angela Pennette. Only 20 products [...]
'Quilt In A Day' Grows Piece By Piece
North County Times: Although Quilt in a Day started out as a way for Eleanor Burns to support her family, it has evolved into a multimillion-dollar corporation in nearly 30 years. Burns, of La Costa, said Quilt in a Day started in her home in 1978 with the completion of her first book, “Make a [...]
St. Petersburg Times: Lynne Oliver, 34, is a stay-at-home mother of three who juggles the responsibilities of family life with the demands of working for two businesses from her home in Spring Hill. A few months ago, she found the support of other multitasking moms when she joined Working Moms and Little Helpers. Tracey Coker, [...]
WAHMs Learn To Write Articles That Create Traffic
PR Leap: Denise Willms, co-owner of WAHM-Articles, joins the Smart Moms Professional Series Summer Edition to show work-at-home-moms (WAHMs) how to gain more website traffic by writing and submitting online articles. Every website owner wants more visitors for his or her website, but when you’re a mom with a home-based business, how can you compete [...]
PopGadget: Concerns about protecting your PC from prying eyes could be quite valid. In which case, the Security Ring by designer Yang Hai could perhaps let you wander in peace. Essentially, this strange-looking device (still a design concept) consists of a base station which is connected to the PC and a ring which you wear [...]
Business Week: Steve Carlotta, owner of the camera store Snap Shop, had been losing business for the last five years to discounters on the Internet. Then, in September, 2006, his town launched a currency program called BerkShares designed to strengthen the local economy by encouraging consumers to support local businesses. Participating businesses agreed to offer [...]
PopGadget: As anyone with Blackberry Thumb can attest, after 8 hours on your favorite gadget, you’re dying for a full-sized keyboard. I was never interested until there was Bluetooth wireless technology. (We’ve written about foldable keyboards before, but none this small and convenient.) With its unique folding design you can put this puppy in your [...]
Ecommerce-Guide.com: eBay Performance! Selling Success With Market Research & Product Sourcing” is a clear, readable, almost fool-proof guide to discovering what sells on eBay, obtaining viable product and selling it in an effective way. The authors are experts in their fields: Robin Cowie is president of WorldWidebrands, for years an eBay licensed provider of wholesale [...]
Inc.: When Kathryn Kerrigan, a former college athlete, entered the professional world, she was discouraged by the lack of stylish shoes for tall women. At six-feet tall with a size 11 shoe, she began looking for solutions. While getting her MBA, she drafted a business plan for a company that sold dress shoes to women [...]
Domain Name Sells For $350 Million
TechCrunch: Business.com has closed another chapter in its long journey from a $7.5 million million domain name bought on a hope and a prayer, selling to RH Donnelley for $350 million. RH Donnelley beat out Dow Jones and the New York Times during the bidding. The site had been on the block since late June [...]
Inc.: Seth Berkowitz started baking cookies for friends out of his University of Pennsylvania dorm room, and soon realized there was money to be made running late-night deliveries. From a one-man operation, Insomnia Cookies has grown to seven locations, with eight more opening this year. College students (and now residents of New York’s Greenwich Village) [...]
