Archive for January 22nd, 2008
Food Allergies Stir A Mother To Action
The New York Times: Robyn O’Brien likes to joke that at least she hasn’t started checking the rearview mirror to see if she’s being followed. But some days, her imagination gets away from her and she wonders if it’s only a matter of time before Big Food tries to stop her from exposing what she [...]
Women-Owned Businesses Increasing
BYU NewsNet: Kelly Anderson decided she wanted to do more with her free time. The BYU alumnus looked into starting a retail business thought it would be beneficial to network with other women entrepreneurs. After many experiences networking over the Internet, Anderson started startupprincess.com, a women’s entrepreneur networking site. This is just one example of [...]
From Yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) – Work really can kill you, according to a study on Wednesday providing the strongest evidence yet of how on-the-job stress raises the risk of heart disease by disrupting the body’s internal systems. The findings from a long-running study involving more than 10,000 British civil servants also suggest stress-induced biological changes [...]
Ninja gives advice on what to do if you’re bored at work. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q94XTQWWL1M[/youtube]
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A Day In The Life Of A Telemarketer
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10 Reasons Why Freelancers are the Rockstars of the Business World
At first glance, you may not think rockstars and freelancers are a lot alike. However, when you look a little closer you see why freelancers are the rockstars of the business world. Keep strange hours Rockstars – Play a show at 10pm. Party until 3am. Sleep until 3pm. Freelancers – Start work at 9am. Break [...]
Game Show Pays Out Big For Invention
DVICE.com: In Korea, a game show called Idea – How Much? pits budding inventors against nearly two dozen CEOs of real businesses. The contestants try to secure support for their idea and win a payout based on how good it is — and then, y’know, maybe actually doing something with it. One contestant managed to [...]
Union-Tribune: It’s National City’s version of a startup incubator. The Southwestern College campus in National City’s downtown is in its third year of finding potential entrepreneurs and putting them through a 14-week training program that sets them on their way to establishing microbusinesses. The businesses: child care centers in the homes of the trainees. The [...]
Financial Post: Freelancers have a certain reputation — one that I am perhaps not the best candidate to bust. After all, I take full advantage of the work-at-home lifestyle. This morning I came very close to retrieving the mail with no pants on. Some people like to believe that freelancers slob out of bed at [...]
The Small Biz Debate That Wasn’t
Inc.: The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has a dream: to get the presidential candidates to address issues specific to small businesses, particularly Hispanic small businesses. And the organization thought it finally had the means: it signed on to co-host a debate among the Democrats on Jamuary 15th. By the end of the debate, it [...]
12 Learnings From My First Turn As Startup CEO Jason Goldberg, CEO of Jobster, shares some things he learned as a startup CEO (tags: advice business career ceo ecommerce entrepreneur entrepreneurship execution hiring interesting internet lifehacks management marketing productivity reference sales startups tips web bizopblog startup leadership)
FORTUNE Small Business: Q: I have a newly patented floor tile topped with carpet, turf, or cork. I want to sell it to Home Depot and other DIY companies, but the Home Depot on-line submittal got me an automated rejection, and there seems to be code for preferred suppliers. How do I get through? A: [...]
