Archive for February 12th, 2008
Australian Directory Promotes E-Quality
Trans World News: Launched only in December 2007, clickfind is a new Australian online business directory and search engine that, according to Alexa traffic rankings, is making phenomenal progress in the short time since going live. Unlike most online business directories, clickfind allows for comprehensive business listings that give business owners an opportunity to really [...]
Knitting Hobby Crafts It's Way Into A Business
MLive.com: Ruth Boelkins resisted her mother-in-law’s crafty suggestion for years. “(She) kept trying to push me to pick up needles and yarn,” said a smiling Boelkins, 38, of Jenison. She longed for a creative outlet but didn’t think knitting was the answer. Then, about five years ago, Boelkins surrendered — finally picked up a pair [...]
Stuffin' Fun For Birthday Parties
Chances are you’ve heard of Build-A-Bear Workshop. Their’s also a good chance that if you have children, they’ve bugged you to take them. Well, thanks to the popularity of Build-A-Bear many other opportunities are popping up all over the place. You don’t have to stick with that one option anymore. One mom in Round Rock, [...]
How to Get a Provisional Patent
According to Wikipedia, a provisional patent application is a provisional application for patent is a type of national application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but which does not mature into an issued patent unless further steps are taken by the applicant. It is a patent application with a [...]
Baby Essentials Succeed Where Pet Food Failed
The New York Times: It sounds like a recipe from the Internet’s cookbook for business disasters. Sell bulky commodity items at prices low enough to compete with grocery stores, and ship them for free to consumers. The recipe vaporized businesses like Pets.com, Webvan and other giants of the dot-com bust, but now it is being [...]
Small Biz Cracking Code For Federal Contracts
Reuters: In 2006, William Witcher’s company did virtually no business with the federal government. Last year, his Walpole, Massachusetts-based Minuteman Trucks Inc., sold some $1.2 million worth of truck parts to the federal government – primarily the U.S. military – and he expects to more than double its sales in 2008. “The economy has been [...]
Greatest Fast Food Invention Yet
Serious Eats: Proving yet again that South Korea is light years ahead of everyone else in fast-food technology is The Col-Pop. The Col-Pop is the brainchild of BBQ Chicken, a South Korea–based fried chicken chain that has recently set its sights on worldwide chicken domination (though at this time, it only has locations in New [...]
eBay Affiliates: What’s New, How It Pays
eCommerce-Guide.com: Even with all the fee changes afoot at eBay, there’s still a way to keep making money at the auction giant that doesn’t necessarily tie into listing fees and such — Affiliates. eCommerce-Guide decided to take a look to see what latest developments are underway with the eBay Affiliate program, as well as provide [...]
Great American Jobs Machine Is Conking Out
BusinessWeek: Like lava flowing from a volcano, creative destruction—the economic notion that old companies and industries have to be wiped out before new ones can be born, first popularized by economist Joseph Schumpeter—is scary but beautiful. In the New Economy of the late 1990s, this phenomenon turned the U.S. into an amazing job-generating machine, because [...]
