Archive for January 25th, 2008
Life Is Sweet For Family Bakery
The Daily News Journal: Julia Clapp is carrying on a family tradition in Murfreesboro — and those with a sweet tooth couldn’t be happier. Clapp and her husband, Roger, opened Julia’s Home Style Bakery in November in The Oaks shopping center on Medical Center Parkway. The bakery is next to the Pei Wei Asian Diner. [...]
Two Nanny Agencies To Adopt Groundbreaking Software To Utilize In Child Care
PR Urgent: Babble Soft, dedicated to creating Web and mobile software applications that help make the transition into parenthood a little easier, became a software provider for Austin-based nanny agencies Mom’s Best Friend and Nannies from the Heart in agreements finalized last week. The agreement will enable nannies with the two agencies to use Baby [...]
Before And After Cordless Phone
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From FOXNews.com When Marie Lupe Cooley, 41, of Jacksonville, Fla., saw a help-wanted ad in the newspaper for a position that looked suspiciously like her current job — and with her boss’s phone number listed — she assumed she was about to be fired. So, police say, she went to the architectural office where she [...]
Before you throw your computer out the window, remember how bad things used to be.
Wired: A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn’t interfere with food supplies, company officials said. Coskata, which is backed by General Motors and other investors, uses bacteria to convert almost any organic material, from corn husks (but not the corn [...]
Web Sites Bring Together Entrepreneurs And Investors
WSJ Small Business: Nate Alder believed clothing insulation could be warmer and more efficient, so he and a few partners set out earlier this year to reinvent winter-jacket lining. Unfortunately, prospective angel and venture-capital investors didn’t warm up to the idea on first look in the spring. The second time around in the fall Alder [...]
The Times: More than two years ago, Kathi Pavlou and her daughter Tina saw a need, devised a design and now are producing the Ticklebug Baby Changing Kit. It all began when a frustrated Tina, trying to change the diaper of her squirming infant son, vented to her mother that there must be an easier [...]
Inventor Solves Dilemma For Women
WALB.com: Many women are looking for a product to protect their delicates from snags, tears, and tangles in the wash. A Texas woman is now selling something that can do just that. With its delicate colors and purpose, it’s hard to believe this idea was sprouted in the U.S. Army. “I lived with about 50 [...]
Arts And Crafts Find New Life Online
BusinessWeek: It’s an overcast afternoon, but the Pop Up Community Center in downtown Manhattan is buzzing. Spread along a white wooden table, a half-dozen people are ironing plastic bags together to create a fabric made of recycled material. Others are bent over sewing machines, turning the plastic into colorful tote bags, wallets, even pillows. Occasionally [...]
Belly Buster Parties Make Dieting Fun And Being A Consultant Even More Fun
I recently got the opportunity to interview a woman who’s a consultant for a diet business that is something I’ve never seen before. Becca is a consultant for Belly Buster Diet which is a new business that offers their customers a chance to lose weight starting out with a Belly Buster party and going on [...]
Finding Kiddies – And Parents – For Your Business
Fortune Small Business: Q: I own a daycare. My prices are very competitive and so is my curriculum, but I seem to have a problem getting more kids into the daycare. I do not have a problem keeping them once they get in. What am I doing wrong? A: “You’re not doing anything wrong with [...]
