Archive for February 13th, 2008
Smartpack Kitchens Take The China Heat
Smart Company: Smartpack Kitchens chief executive Mike Caminer realised five years ago that if he didn’t take quick action, competition from Chinese imports would destroy his kitchen manufacturing business. Today Smartpack still sells kitchens, but just about everything else has changed – its product is now almost entirely manufactured in China, a new digital strategy [...]
Every so often I come across a business whose idea is so different I have to wonder, “Where the heck did that idea come from?” The most recent mom-owned business I’ve learned about fits in that category. It all started with a mom and not being able to find something she wanted, as many innovative [...]
If you don’t already know, Suze Orman is an internationally acclaimed personal financial expert. She also has her own show appropriately called ‘The Suze Orman Show’. For a short time only, Oprah is offering everyone a chance to download Women & Money by Suze Orman on her website. If you’ve been thinking about buying one [...]
Asbestos Floors! This gem is from 1965. Nothing says dance party like asbestos flooring. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9aLIc-lFXTQ[/youtube]
Will Ferrell Bud Light Commercial
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Tired of Work? Panhandle in Oregon!
From KOMOTV.com COOS BAY, Ore. – A police survey says panhandlers outside Wal-Mart in Coos Bay can make $300 a day. Inside, it takes a clerk a week to make that much. Police say people who have a problem with that needn’t look to the law – asking for money is considered protected free speech. [...]
Weekend Entrepreneur: When Patrice Meluskey and Penny Domschot put their talent and ingenuity together they whipped up an outstanding formula for success. These two stay-at-home mommy moguls created Baby Celebration L.A. from their kitchen tables. This is the only event where new and expectant mothers can trendset like celebrities and find all the hippest, exclusive [...]
Failure Isn’t Always A Bad Thing
The New York Times: Successful entrepreneurs invariably say that they have learned as much from their failures as their successes. Counterintuitive as that may sound, there is something to it, Jeff Wuorio writes. Among the advantages, he contends, are these: Failure underscores the need to take chances. The cliché is right: If you take no [...]
Home Workspaces Evolving To Fit Times
The New York Times: It was not so long ago, Neal Zimmerman recalls, that the term home office meant something very different from what it does today. In the early ’90s, when Zimmerman, a prominent workplace architect in West Hartford, Conn., started designing residential work spaces, most people thought “home office” meant the headquarters of [...]
Fortune Small Business: Q: Are there any tax breaks for small businesses? If so, what are they? A: As Florida has no state income tax, any tax advantages for Florida small business owners would be on the federal level, according to Lynn Schmidt, a tax practitioner with Lynco Financial and Tax Services in Winter Haven, [...]
Why Invention Submission Companies Are Still Around
InventorSpot: Dr. Natalie L. Petouhoff teaches in Pepperdine’s business school, coaches inventors and is the author of the upcoming book: Smart Inventors Finish Rich: Ten Steps to Reaching the American Dream. She wanted to share some important information about the inventing process with the readers of InventorSpot.com. Here’s an excerpt of her article: “Why Invention [...]
