Archive for February 4th, 2008
National Post: Nobody wants to be caught reading The Joy of Sex while on the subway, or be deep in the final chapter of Understanding Your Bowels right when a hot date shows up for dinner. Well, nobody, that is, except Michelle Watters, who thrives on making jaws drop at the sight of controversial reading [...]
Direct Sales Offer "Best Of Both Worlds"
Tampa Bay Online: Sheryl Chelena never sat down. For three hours the tiny blond whirlwind sold her purses, talked with each of her guests and walked away with future business contacts. Chelena was giving a party at her Trinity-area home to promote Purse Party, a home-based, direct-sales business selling purses and jewelry. Women arrived throughout [...]
KansasCity.com: Caleb Markovich started Moovers Inc. back in 2005. It’s a household moving company, which has seven employees and operates within a 50-mile radius of downtown Kansas City. About 5 percent of the business is commercial. Why did you want to go into business for yourself? Markovich: “Entrepreneurship has always been a dream of mine, [...]
Gazette.net: Say you’re in China and come upon a road sign in Chinese. The problem? You don’t speak Chinese. The solution: your cell phone. That’s the idea behind new software being developed by David Doermann, a researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park, and part-time entrepreneur. Doermann is among the cadre of University of [...]
Fortune Small Business: Cooking fuel doesn’t seem like much to ask for, but an estimated 2.4 billion people worldwide struggle to find it. Consider Haiti, where 700 tons of wood is burned annually, and smoke from thousands of charcoal fires has led to widespread respiratory infections. “Propane is not accessible, and electricity is not affordable,” [...]
Low-Cost Resources For Business Owners
BusinessWeek: Many entrepreneurs are eager to help new business owners find success, either through networking, mentoring, or even investing in startup firms. Fortunately, meeting them is not difficult and it can be a powerful way to obtain vital information and contacts in your industry. “Networking takes an investment of your time, but it can be [...]
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: What Startup?
Tim Berry at Up and Running: It’s another question I get asked a lot. What’s a good business to start? As if there were good businesses to start. Whoops, I guess people do make lists, experts even, about types of businesses to start. Does anybody ever go back and check on them? My favorite answer [...]
