Archive for November 12th, 2007
Meet The Jen Behind Premade Scrapbooks by Jen
Appleton Post-Crescent: Q: As a stay-at-home mom, you’ve got your hands full with a 2-year-old, a 4-year-old and another on the way. Do you figure you’re building this business for the future? A: While I am doing this as a business for the future, I don’t want to take away from my primary job, which [...]
News 14: The phrase “stay-at-home mom” is more often becoming a “work-at-home mom” situation in many households, with mothers being able to spend their days working full-time jobs as both a mom and a business owner, thanks to the internet. Tracy Phipps, a mother of two from Charlotte, wanted to devote her time to raising [...]
Cookies And Kids Are Her Recipe For Success
Ohio.com: Kristin Gambaccini knows it’s all about presentation when you’re trying to sell a product, and her cookies are no exception. The 25-year-old Akron mother of three is the owner of The Cookie Mama, a local licensed home bakery that’s been in business for four months. She said the name came from her 8-year-old son, [...]
Breaking into the toy and game industry these days is a challenging (if not impossible) feat for small businesses who invent creative and educational family board games. Hats off to Brainiac Games, Inc. for their unique new board game that teaches children about the importance of safety. I had an opportunity to interview Tamara Purcell, [...]
StartupNation: Debra Cohen’s Home Remedies is a referral-network business that screens and refers local home improvement professionals. Contractors in the network pay a pre-negotiated commission to Home Remedies for any work secured which means that the service is free to homeowners. Cohen also markets Business Packages to individuals across the country looking for a viable [...]
Who Wants to Be a Facebook Millionaire?
BusinessWeek: Unlike most recent college grads, Joe Aigboboh does not have a Facebook account. But Aigboboh, 22, and his business partner, Jesse Tevelow, 24, are now among the world’s reigning experts on the Facebook platform, thanks to the popularity of one Facebook application, called Sticky Notes, that took Aigboboh less than a week to write. [...]
Trendwatching.com: Trendwatching.com is an independent and opinionated consumer trends firm, relying on a global network of 8,000 spotters, working hard to deliver inspiration and pangs of anxiety to business professionals in 120+ countries worldwide. In this 5-part week-long report, Trendwatch reports on five unique trends you won’t find anywhere else. Sure, you’ve heard of baby [...]
Setting Up a One-Person Corporation
BusinessWeek: Q: I’m starting a Web-based business and leaning toward incorporation rather than an LLC because I’d like to attract employees by issuing stock. I understand that corporations must have boards of directors that hold meetings and vote. At this stage my company is just myself. Can a one-person board of directors legally exist? How [...]
Entrepreneurs Turn To Social Networking
The Dallas Morning News: Fred Thompson, owner of an American Leak Detection franchise in Fort Worth, admits a certain amount of tech ignorance – at least when it comes to social networking Web sites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Sure, he’s heard of the popular sites, but “how they work, I have no idea.” Still, [...]
