Archive for November 8th, 2007
Polka Dot Tot Offers Soft And Snuggly Items
DesMoinesRegister.com: Katie Koester of Grimes happened onto a business that reversed her status from working outside the home to having a home business. Koester, a busy mother of two girls who is expecting her third child, sells hand-made blankets of soft fabrics, reversible bibs, burp clothes adorned with ribbons, baby hats, and towels stitched to [...]
BYOkids Wins National Business Award
e-Travel Blackboard: BYOkids, a new online travel company specialising in family holidays, is celebrating its win as the country’s Best New Business at this year’s Australian Small Business Champion Awards. The brainchild of Leah Squire, director of Queensland’s Tewantin Travel, a member of the Travellers Choice national retail network, BYOkids has in little more than [...]
Coming To A Gas Pump Near You: Google
ReadWriteWeb: Google and gas pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root have announced a partnership that will bring Google Maps down to earth and provide driving directions, local search, and coupons to 3,500 Internet-enabled gas pumps across the US. “Getting directions at the pump is safer than using internet-enabled devices from the driver’s seat and far more reliable [...]
Gift Certificate Rules Burn Small Biz
FSB Magazine: With consumers screaming about abuses, more than 30 states have enacted laws banning gift cards and certificates with short expiration periods and requiring issuers to turn over cash from expired cards to the state. Eight states have added such laws in 2007 alone. Caught on the bad side of good intentions, however, are [...]
Entrepreneur: Most successful marketing tales begin and end with a well-plumbed niche. In other words, the marketer has found the most-qualified group of prospects and motivated them to action. You’ll rarely see a company that’s risen to the top using a shotgun approach–targeting a mass audience indiscriminately–yet this is where many entrepreneurs trip up. Ready [...]
Personal Assistants For The Rest Of Us
Springwise: With a few notable exceptions, concierge services and personal assistants are a luxury that tends to be beyond the reach of all but the most well-heeled members of society. Not so with Sunday, a request-based service that offers 24/7 personal assistance by internet or phone. New York-based Sunday lets busy people in the US, [...]
Employers Need to Know about Older Workers
Kiplinger: It would seem serendipitous: Just as a prolonged labor crunch is anticipated, some of the most experienced and reliable workers around — those near retirement age — are planning to make themselves available. But companies that just assume their older workers are going to stay put indefinitely could be making a big mistake. Older [...]
