Archive for December 31st, 2007
Port Moody Blanket Business Has Babies Covered
The Province: What do you do? I make personalized fleece baby blankets. I use high-quality waffle fleece that doesn’t pill, and I make two sizes — one regular baby-blanket size and a mini-size teething blanket. Both sizes have ribbons sewn along the edges for the babies to chew on. I make them to order so [...]
The Woman Who Brought Us The Cure For The Common Baby Carrier
When a mom is shopping for a baby carrier, we tend to want something that is comfortable, sturdy, and easy to use. It was the same for Robyn, the mom behind BabyHawk. After having her child she quickly learned that with only 2 hands it was nearly impossible to take care of her child and [...]
Belly Bands Help Keep Expecting Mommies Stylish
Their’s a good chance that if you’re pregnant or you’ve been pregnant recently, you might know what Belly Bands are. Baby Be Mine Maternity, which sells Belly Bands and delivery gowns, has been featured in Pregnancy & Newborn as well as Pregnancy magazines. It is two European moms, now living in the USA, that created [...]
Startup Bets Everything On New Year’s Eve
Fortune Small Business: Jann Yogman is counting down to New Year’s Eve – but his numbers are going up. Last year, the entrepreneur’s New York City startup, New Year’s Nation, hosted 5,000 guests at a national New Year’s Eve bash in five U.S. cities, all connected by streaming video on giant plasma screens. This year, [...]
Most Innovative Business People of 2007
Fast Company: Brenda Dietrich. Dietrich and her team of math geeks are changing the way IBM works. In the hands of talented mathematicians, data creates an invaluable advantage. Elaborate algorithms reveal a company’s inefficiencies and opportunities–unseen bottlenecks in the supply chain or customers’ hidden buying patterns. “It’s a great time,” Dietrich says, “to be a [...]
Must-Read Tech Stories of 2007
Mashable: 2007 was a heck of a year here at Mashable. Throughout the year there were some standout stories based on any number of criteria. This list is a sampling of the stories that shaped the year behind us. * Barack Obama’s MySpace Ambitions – February 2007 and Obama is looking to social networking to [...]
New Year’s Resolutions For Small Businesses
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: I love the beginning of a new year. Not for the champagne-filled revelry of New Year’s Eve, but for the chance for a fresh start for my business and my life. I’m optimistic for 2008, even though it’s likely to be an unsettled time for the American economy, but [...]
Six Ideas That Will Change the World
Esquire: 1. Breaking Down the Firewall. Internet censorship is the book burning of the modern age, denying as much as a third of the world’s population access to news and information. But a new brand of activists — or “hacktivists” — are using their computer expertise to help people stranded in Web-censored countries abroad (and [...]
