Archive for February 8th, 2008
Buy And Sell, What Mommy's Do Best
Pregnant moms tend to shop like crazy for the baby about to come. Looking everywhere they can for the best prices and making sure their new bundle of joy will have everything a baby could ever need. But it’s not until after the baby is born and time starts to pass that they start to [...]
Jewelry Designer Gets National Attention
The Bakersfield Californian: When twenty-somethings Kirby and Lauren Krausgrill go to a club or hang out with their girlfriends, you can bet at some point they’ll sell jewelry off their ears and necks. Mom makes their accessories, and they’re proud of it. While celebrating the New Year at chic Clift Hotel in San Francisco, Lauren [...]
Baby Boot Camp Gets Moms Moving
Reno Gazette-Journal: It’s not clear who is more excited in the morning when the time comes to head to Baby Boot Camp — the toddlers or the mothers. Baby Boot Camp is an hour-long class of exercises including cardiovascular and strength-training exercise led by a certified instructor. It is done with the child in the [...]
Fortune Small Business: We first met Diana Reed when she was a senior at the University of Iowa, double-majoring in business and dance, starring at football games as one of the Big Ten’s top baton twirlers, and running her own for-profit twirling studio on the side. Back in January, the rest of the world got [...]
Springwise.com: Taking personalization in a new direction, Japanese Yosimiya is selling bags of rice printed with a newborn’s photo, name and date of birth. The bags are shaped to resemble a swaddled baby. But the key feature is that the bags contain the baby’s exact weight in rice. Holding the bag will therefore feel like [...]
DownloadSquad: GreenPrint software launched a new free edition to help home users and non-profits reduce home and office printing waste. Known as GreenPrint World edition, this edition has fewer features than other versions and includes advertising. The software works by analyzing every page of a document sent to the printer, and looks for banner ads, [...]
Do you find yourself forgetting little tidbits of information? Is cousin Sara’s name spelled with or without the “h” at the end? Is her birthday on the 11th or the 12th? What did that mechanic tell me about rotating my tires? Perhaps your schedule is so complicated that a day planner just isn’t enough. Wouldn’t [...]
Can Internet Mishaps Affect Your Home Biz?
HomeBizNotes: Most of you probably heard about the Internet cables in the Mediterranean north of Egypt that were cut recently, disrupting service in that area and others further east. At first there were two and then a third became known according to an article at BBC News. The incident caused disruption to 70% of the [...]
