Archive for January 1st, 2008
Pie Maker Strives To Keep Business Shipshape
The Washington Post: Every mom has unique challenges, especially around the holidays. Avis Renshaw is no different. She’s the mom of Mom’s Apple Pie, a four-store chain in Virginia. Each year she must cope with shipping shenanigans and overeager customers, especially during the holiday season when her business sees a huge spike in the amount [...]
Ingrid Helton and Keiko Lopez both met through the school where their children attend. After talking they found that they both shared the same opinions when it came to quality products as well as eco-friendly items. They both decided to combine their existing companies as well as their talents and these two moms were able [...]
8 Business Technology Trends To Watch
McKinsey Quarterly: Technology alone is rarely the key to unlocking economic value: companies create real wealth when they combine technology with new ways of doing business. Through our work and research, we have identified eight technology-enabled trends that will help shape businesses and the economy in coming years. 1. Distributing co-creation. The Internet and related [...]
9 Great Tools For Achieving Your Goals
Mashable.com: Sometimes we just need that extra kick in the rear to get our act together and achieve our goals. The nine tools profiled here are some of the best online goal trackers out there. All of them are free, and they all include motivational tools to keep you going. * LifeTango – what really [...]
5 Hard Questions To Ask Before Starting A Project
Skelliewag.org: When it comes to new projects (for me, a new blog or a website), you could say that I’m commitment phobic. For a long time I was more interested in the ideas behind a new project than the execution, leading to a long trail of half-finished projects — and some that never made it [...]
10 Habits Of Highly Effective Brains
Huffington Post: If you are reading this, the good news is that you have a brain inside your head. And you have probably read about the emerging brain fitness movement: frequent articles in the media, an ongoing PBS special, more and more products and games. Newsweek’s Sharon Begley recently wrote that “With the nation’s 78 [...]
ReadWriteWeb: ReadWriteWeb asked their readers to name their favorite Mobile web app. There were apps that clearly stood out, with multiple mentions. 1. Gmail Java app for mobile phone. Java-based version of Gmail for mobile, which features IMAP sync, attachment viewing. Phrases that were associated with Gmail for mobile by our readers included: “just works”, [...]
