Archive for August 9th, 2007
Daughters Inspire and Model Mom's Frilly Fashions
The Boston Globe: When Jennifer Campbell’s customers need a denim jacket with satin trim, a ponytail holder in a floral chiffon, or just about any other frilly accessory for their little girls, they know where to find her: in the long line of cars waiting to pick up children at the Acton Barn Cooperative Nursery [...]
Sharon Newman Named To NY Federal Reserve Bank's Small Business Advisory Council
What They Think?: Sharon Newman, president of printing company Action Envelope, has been appointed to a three-year term with the Small Business Advisory Council of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. She is the sole woman and the only Long Islander in the nine member council, which includes small business owners from New York, New [...]
Courier Post Online: Mary Pembleton bolted upright in bed with a grand vision. For some time, she had been using a soft mini soccer ball with words on each panel in her special needs classes in Haddon Township elementary schools. Why, she wondered aloud to her husband, Gregg, couldn’t that invention be taken to the [...]
My wife just forwarded me a very funny comic from the strip F Minus by Tony Carrillo. Click the comic the entire thing. If you like humor, you may be interested in reading or subscribing to my newest site, the Business Humor Blog.
Business Week: Gary Goldberg’s aha! moment came in the spring of 2004, when Dr. Robert Klein, a pediatrician at Rhode Island Hospital, told him how difficult it was to combat allergen-related illnesses. Those conversations, coupled with Goldberg’s own 8-year-old son’s struggles with allergies, left the third-generation textile specialist convinced there was a big market for [...]
eCommerce Cache: The addition of customer reviews can benefit any eCommerce store by increasing conversions, cutting return rates, and forming communities around stores and products. While opening up your site to user comments might seem like a scary proposition, if you have confidence in your product, there is little to fear. In the age of [...]
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught, A Response
The following is a guest post by Cristian Dorobantescu of Small Business Entrepreneur Blog. He is responding to our post Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught from Tuesday. Just the other day I read the article Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? and seeing the comments I thought I might have something to say of my own as evaluating [...]
Entrepreneur: Finding a solid niche in a huge marketplace was key to the success of SunRx Inc., a Cherry Hill, New Jersey, prescription benefits administration company. Not only does the company provide prescription drug plans to businesses nationwide, but it does so on a transparent fee basis–every client knows exactly where his or her money [...]
PinkTentacle: For people looking to liven up the formal rigamarole surrounding the exchange of business cards in Japan, Arigatou Co., Ltd., a company specializing in the sale of laser-etched food products, offers “Taberu Me” edible business cards printed on peanuts. Taberu Me cards are created using Arigatou’s high-grade CO2 laser engraver nicknamed “Shiawase-kun,” which can [...]
Inc.: Mophie makes cases, splitters, arms band, and clips for the iPod. The iPod accessory market may be crowded these days, but Ben Kaufman’s goal is to turn Mophie into a community-based product-development company that will solicit ideas for all kinds of new products — not just iPod add-ons — from a 50,000 member online [...]
Inc.: The Census Bureau has launched a new website, www.business.census.gov, designed to help business owners make sense of economic Census data — and use the statistics to their advantage. The site features industry snapshots, a compilation of basic facts and figures on various industries that business owners can use to plan a marketing strategy or [...]
One evening after dinner, a five-year-old boy noticed that his mother had gone out and he asked his father, “Where did Mommy go?” In answer to his question, he was told, “Mommy is at a Tupperware party.” This explanation satisfied him for only a moment. Puzzled, he asked, “What’s a Tupperware party, Daddy?” The man [...]
