Archive for October 30th, 2007
Holiday Gift Giveaways At Mama's Musings Blog
eMediaWire: Santa Claus is coming to the blogosphere this holiday season. Expat writer and mom blogger Christine Louise Hohlbaum is hosting a Mama’s Musings Holiday Giveaway every Tuesday and Friday until Christmas. Sponsors such as ESPN, Scholastic, Schoolzone and DaBib will be giving away fabulous family-friendly prizes twice a week. From books to DVDs to [...]
Idaho Entrepreneur, Lisa Manyon, Appointed To National Advisory Board For Mompreneurs
eMediaWire: According to the organization Moms Making Money, 80 percent of work-at-home moms fail at their business within 6 months of start up. With statistics like that mompreneurs need solid and practical business advice to help them succeed. That’s exactly why Moms Making Money is in existence and why advisory board members from across the [...]
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life
CNET News: One of the things Daniel Terdiman has been doing for the last seven months is working on a book, and it was published on Monday. The title is The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life: Making Money in the Metaverse, and, as the title implies, it’s a guide to planning, building and maintaining a [...]
Women Entrepreneurs Flex Their Muscles
SeacoastOnline: Women own nearly half of the privately held businesses in the United States, says the Center for Women’s Business Research. That translates to more than 10.5 million businesses that generate more than $2.5 trillion, the center reports. For many women — particularly moms — the flexibility that comes with owning their own business is [...]
Inventor’s Board Game Pays Off
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Wendy Hampton hasn’t quit her day job. Yet. Her first royalty check hasn’t yet arrived yet, either. It’s for a board game the Lawrenceville inventor created. A national inventor talent search discovered Hampton and her board game, Befudiom, in 2005. Since then, the public television series “Everyday Edisons” has turned her idea [...]
Mary Paulsell At The Columbia Tribune: Someone asked me the other day what makes entrepreneurs different from other people. I think it’s in how they see the world. Where most of us might see a challenge or a problem, entrepreneurs see an opportunity. And when most of us might assume the current way of doing [...]
positivityblog: Lee Iacocca said, “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere”. One of the trickier things about social skills is to get your message across. One reason why people have difficulty with this is because they use more words than needed. 1. Clarity. Obviously. [...]
