Archive for September 18th, 2007
Home Spa Parties Great For Socializing And Making Money Too!
FloridaToday.com: Stephanie Williams filled her plate with crackers, cheese and dips, then joined the semicircle ofwomen in Pam Clark’s living room, all soaking their feet in tubs of warm water. The West Melbourne woman estimated she’d been to about six or seven of the Girls’ Nite Out home parties, including one she hosted in her [...]
Mom Blooms In Gift Basket Business
MarketWire: It was an exciting morning for stay-at-home mom Danine. “I found eGiftBaskets.com,” she says. “They were so friendly. They set up everything for a low cost and easy start-up. I had my own at-home gift baskets business up and running within two weeks. Then I knew it was not only possible, but easy, to [...]
National Post: Necessity is the mother of invention, and that’s how Gina Tersigni’s Principessa line of jeans “for real women” was born in Woodbridge in 2003. The curvy, stay-at-home mom simply couldn’t find jeans to suit her busy lifestyle, taste and changing body. What started as Just Gina Designs and a small line of denim [...]
Mom Starts Business To Give Her Son A Lift
East County Business: Sixteen years ago Michelle Gouveia-Smith was pregnant with her son Cameron when she developed a virus known as slap-cheek. Normally an innocuous disease, it can cause birth defects when contracted by mothers during their first trimester. Eight months later Cameron was born with myriad disabilities. Today the teenager has the mental capacity [...]
One Mom's Home Business Motivation
The Times West Virginian: Shawn Myer lives in Morgantown with her husband Phil and two daughters. “I always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, however I always wanted to have a job too,” she said. The Pampered Chef was a good outlet for her to stay at home with the kids while also working, she [...]
Popgadget: Don’t you just hate it when you run out of battery power for your mobile devices? Then you need the Just Mobile Gum Portable Power Pack. With a capacity of 2200mAh, it can charge a typical mobile phone twice to full capacity. Only 70mm in length, it’s small enough so you can throw it [...]
Videographer Finds Niche In Personal Histories
Explorer News: His grandmother always had a story for him. Alice Pender would regale her first-born grandson with stories of the family’s past. “She loved her family,” Steve Pender recalled recently. “And, she loved to talk.” For years and years he listened to her stories. Then, one day, the professional videographer set up his camera [...]
Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur?
Career-Intelligence.com: If you’re like most people, the idea of working for yourself has crossed your mind. At least once. While talent and a great idea will help you get started, having an Entrepreneurial personality may help you make it the long run. What is an Entrepreneurial personality? Most successful Entrepreneurs are enterprising, resourceful and energetic. [...]
CNNMoney.com: Economic news out last week pointed to a weakening trend in job growth. With tightening credit standards and a stagnant housing market and worries about a recession on the horizon, you may be thinking about padding up that bank account a little. We’ll tell you how to make a little extra income at home. [...]
Newsquest: By 11 o’clock in the morning, your inbox is groaning with 150 unread e-mails. Most of it’s a surreal mish-mash of unwanted information: a sales pitch for Viagra; a ticking-off from the boss; a request from the kids to bring home fish and chips for dinner; and countless others sent for no reason at [...]
This week’s Carnival of Small Business is up at The Freestyle Entrepreneur. The Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Sharp Brains.
Winners of The Two Free Copies of The Engine of America
From our giveaway last week, the two free copies of The Engine of America by Hector V. Barreto are going to readers Joseph Powder and Dave Davis. Congratulations, guys! If you haven’t already, please send me your mailing address.
Knapsack Maker Finds Its Niche
Seattle PI: As quirky companies go, Seattle-based bag and briefcase manufacturer Tom Bihn would appear to have an abundance of qualifications for the title. The company motto in Latin, “Siquid mantica non capit, domi relinquendum est” (“If it doesn’t fit in your knapsack, leave it behind”); the unconventional colors and materials, such as cork, used [...]
Work at Home Chuck: I’ve been getting lots of traffic here about Angel Food Ministries because folks are saving lots of money every month by participating in the program. It’s everything Network Marketing SHOULD be, except it’s not MLM. Why do I say that? Because this service is growing by leaps and bounds basically by [...]
