Archive for December 10th, 2007
Calgary WAHM Says It's Not Too Late To Skyrocket Online
PR Web: If Christmas sales aren’t where they should be — or even if they are — Calgary work at home mom Denise Willms says online business owners can still skyrocket their online sales, despite there being only two weeks left until the big day. “It’s all about the content on your website,” Willms says. [...]
The Emperor as a Temp. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pvZWIY_SZE[/youtube]
What not to do when looking for a job! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvU8fL4MiSQ[/youtube]
How to lose your job in one phone call… [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=RLkOddgjYuY[/youtube]
My Favorite Books of 2007: BMOC
Continuing my list of my favorite business books of 2007 brings us to another unconventional one: BMOC. While the book, by Warren Meyer, is fictional, it does contain a number of interesting business ideas, including my favorite outlandish business opporunity of all time: fountain coin harvesting. Warren Meyer runs an exceptional blog of his own, [...]
The Hidden Business Ideas Letter
Dien Rice’s The Hidden Business Ideas Letter is one of my favorite weekly reads. It is all about little-known, unusual, profitable businesses that people are running right now. Most of the business ideas you’ll see here are also low-cost to start. In this week’s issue, you’ll find four great ideas: Hidden Business Idea 1: Treasure [...]
NY Times Magazine: Year in Ideas
The NY Times Magazine is out with its annualYear in Ideas issue. Here’s the complete list: Airborne Wind Turbines Alzheimer’s Telephone Screening Ambiguity Promotes Liking Appendix Rationale Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid Biodegradable Coffins Biofuel Race Braille Tattoo Cardboard Bridge ‘Cat Lady’ Conundrum Climate Conflicts Community Urinalysis Craigslist Vengeance Criminal Recycling Crowdware Culinary Orientalism [...]
Just a reminder that today is the last day to enter our giveaway for an iPod Nano. To enter read this post.
Amaze’n Mazes Business Opportunity
Wandering around the web searching for unusual business ideas I found a very nice one – an American company that offer custom-made wooden and plastic mazes, called Amaze’n Maze. The idea itself is fresh, interesting and I was also surprised by company’s approach to this business: An Amaze’n Maze isn’t just about wandering around inside [...]
Many parents probably wish they’d thought of this first. I’m sure we’ve all been that mom who had to borrow a pen to write down our number for another parent we’ve met. Or worse, emptying out our purse to try and find one. One mom didn’t like the trouble, so she instead started a business [...]
Teen’s Invention Is Nothing But Net
WKYC.com: When Adrian Lindsey was 12-years-old, his basketball fell out of his arms. “Me and my cousins were going to the park on our bikes”, he said. “And the basketball got lost and went out into the street”. He took a basketball net, attached a strap and some drawstrings, and made what he calls the [...]
Utility Offers Electricity On eBay
BusinessWeek: The high price of energy is driving bids higher yet in a Connecticut electricity supplier’s unusual eBay auction. MXEnergy, one of several electricity suppliers in the state’s deregulated market, is offering homeowners and small businesses electricity rates that are locked in, similar to power purchases by large commercial and industrial customers. To promote its [...]
From Couple To Business Partners
Entrepreneur: Is this a familiar experience? You and your spouse or partner return home after a long day at the office. You share a takeout dinner while recapping the day and discussing how dissatisfied you are with your jobs. Then you have a brainstorm and decide to start a business that will allow you to [...]
The Gazette: Worried that your participles are dangling or your infinitives might be split? The Coralville woman behind TweakMyWords.com, Belinda Bombei, can come to the rescue. She won’t write a paper for you, but for $7 a page, she’ll eliminate structure, grammatical, spelling and clarity issues in academic or professional papers in as little as [...]
Springwise: Most of us realize there are changes we should make in our lives to become more environmentally friendly, but overcoming inertia and actually doing it can be another matter. Now a few different companies offer starter kits to help make those changes happen. Greensender, which just launched in October, sells green gift boxes designed [...]
