Archive for August 10th, 2007
The MidWeek News: Lisa Leady operates her pet grooming business, Primp My Pooch, out of her home in Genoa. As part of her business, she travels to her clients’ home in her purple business van. The van is equipped with a grooming table, bath tub and various types of pet grooming supplies. “It’s a fully-equipped [...]
An investment banker was on the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. His boat was full of beautiful yellow tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on his catch, asking how long it took to catch. The fisherman replied “only a short time.” The banker asked why [...]
5 Tips To Help You Excell In A Home Based Business
American Chronicle: 1. Evaluate Each Business Opportunity For Suitability: A basic research is necessary. Indeed one can find a large number of places to search for the best home based businesses, including magazines, business publications and the internet. Out of which, the information on Internet is the best bankable source. No doubt, Internet is the [...]
Tay Zonday Performs Chocolate Rain
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World’s Tallest Midget On 60 Minutes
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This Is Not Your Father’s Funeral
Job Journal: Check out the new book, “Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death”, by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. The book is filled with characters like Lou Stellato, a sort of futurist among funeral directors, who declares, “Funeral service as we know it is over.” Cullen’s book explains the issues of [...]
Photo by Avi_Abrams, via Dark Roasted Blend.
Birthday Parties With A Purpose
Entrepreneur Daily: It’s a new trend that’s causing some debate among parents: Many moms and dads are experimenting with gift-free birthday parties for their children. Instead of watching extravagant gifts pile up at their child’s party, they say they’d prefer to raise money for a charitable cause chosen by the child. This trend follows the [...]
Entrepreneur: Ablade Odoi-Atsem moved to the United States from Ghana in 1984 and realized his long-held goal of becoming an entrepreneur when he launched Odoi Associates Inc. in 1998. As founder and president of the construction, facility and energy management services company in Greenbelt, Maryland, he has overseen an impressive growth curve. Odoi-Atsem funded the [...]
Ecommerce-Guide.com: Forrester Research Inc., analyst Charlene Li makes the case that social networking sites, notably MySpace and Facebook, are not just for those targeting the Gen Y and Gen X demographics. She also offers a case study that e-tailers can use as a resource for reaching this audience. In her report, “How Consumers Use Social [...]
9 Ways to Generate More Interest In Your Business
Whether you have an internet business or a store-front, it is often challenging to breathe new life into your business, bring new customers through your door, and find excitement in your daily routine. It’s easy to get into the habit of throwing money toward advertising and worrying about what your competition is doing. We lose [...]
Entrepreneur Daily: Even more surprising–Disney just announced the launch of a body spray and fragrance targeting 4- to 11-year-old boys. Scents like Pirates of the Caribbean and Buzz Lightyear will retail between $9.95 and $19.95 and will target boys in Latin communities. Is this really a necessary product for a ‘tween boy? According to the [...]
