Archive for August 29th, 2007
From Metro These neon signs for Red Zones are so cool that I hope they are real installations and not print ads. Photo by Billboardem.
Rob May on why blogging sucks and video is where it’s at: The more I play in the online video space, the more I like it. Normal blogging is difficult because the moment there was money in it, everyone started trying to game the system by stuffing posts with keywords, maximizing titles for SEO, but [...]
Dunwoody Mom's Invention Gives Shorties A Lift
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: If you’ve visited a public restroom in a Whole Foods location or at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport lately, you may have noticed a new convenience — the Step ‘n Wash. Joi Sumpton, a mother of two, was sick of hoisting her kids up to wash their hands and realized there was something missing in [...]
Work-Life Balance for Caregivers No Longer a Struggle at Denver-Based Transportation Company
PRNewswire: Johnson Storage & Moving Co., a Denver-based transportation company with affiliates in five states representing both United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit, sets itself apart from its competition with a creative, flexible work arrangement philosophy. Since 1995, Johnson employees have worked from their home offices, cared for their families and still excelled professionally at [...]
Selling Mary Kay Helps Mom Balance Career And Time With Kids
OC Register: Describe your business: I am an independent consultant for Mary Kay. I sell skincare products and cosmetics. Why did you start this business: I started using Mary Kay’s Time Wise line about18 months ago and my face looks amazing now. I get compliments all the time and people can’t believe I just turned [...]
redferret: Unlike most electric fly traps, Fly Pod isn’t at all industrial looking, and instead, is silent, neat, hygienic and discreet – making it ideal for use in the home. The flies’ fascination with the light is their undoing; the soft glow lures them in, and they wing their way to a very sticky end. [...]
Opening A Biz? Do Your Homework
Clarion Ledger: Nancy Tanner Crisco and Janis Burgess lacked a written business plan when they opened What’s Cookin’ in Brandon in 2005 but nevertheless took a hands-on approach. The two women visited a similar business in Starkville for menu ideas and a lesson in how to start a business that specializes in preparing and stocking [...]
Toronto Sun: Knowing how much people love to enter contests, Carolyn Wilman has made a business out of it. “I teach people how to have more fun in their lives by entering contests and winning,” the entrepreneur says. Wilman’s company is called Imagination Edge Inc. but she’s best known as the “Contest Queen” . Her [...]
MSNBC: First there were pet spas featuring puppy pedicures, so we should not be suprised that now dog lovers everywhere can make Fido more fashionable with celebrity-styled dog wigs. The brainchild of Hollywood stylist Ruth Regina, the canine toupees are called Wiggles, and come in variety of shapes and sizes to accessorize the tiniest chihuahua [...]
NYPost: Today Keith Millman and Westley Ciaramella have parlayed their love for inventing toys and games into a thriving business, Brooklyn-based Catapult Concepts, which produces more than 100 concepts a year for manufacturers including Mattel and Hasbro. It started eight years ago, when the two met at their first day attending the toy-design program at [...]
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: Every entrepreneur I know wants to make more money. But surviving in business is not only about how much money you make, but when you make it and when you spend it. In other words, “cash flow.” If you can’t control your cash flow, you can’t control your company. [...]
