Archive for February 15th, 2008
Got An Idea For A Space Technology Business Opportunity?
ESA Portal: ESA is calling for proposals from entrepreneurs with new ideas on how space technology can be turned into business opportunities in non-space sectors. The deadline for the last round of proposals for this year is 31 October for the Business Incubator at ESTEC, the Netherlands. To date, more than 50 entrepreneurs have been [...]
Son's Disabilities Lead Mom To New Business
North County Times: When one North County woman decided to take control of her disabled son’s education by making DVDs showing what he was supposed to learn, she never imagined that the videos featuring him and other children as teaching tools would turn into a business. Lucile Lynch’s son Conner who has cerebral palsy, ADHD, [...]
I suppose if I had a list of all the mom-owned businesses I have ever come across, a large percentage, if not most, of them would be a clothing based business. Whether it’s a resale, handmade, or mom-designed type clothing business. They’re a popular way to go. In most cases, the reason why a mom [...]
Where Profit Comes Not In Dollars
The New York Times: At a small high-end children’s clothing and toy store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, shirts for infants go for as much as $40 and sweaters for toddlers to first graders cost $40 to $70. But many parents in the area are well off and accustomed to paying those prices, [...]
Government Help For Small-Business Owners (No Joke)
The New York Times: For years, a good way to guarantee a laugh was to walk into a room of small business owners and announce, “I’m from the government and I am here to help you.” Entrepreneurs were more used to dealing with red tape, endless delays in getting an answer to a question and [...]
Fox Business: It may seem like a crazy idea, but at 73 years old Donald Karr is taking on Internet giants like Ebay by starting a live auction site where users pick up paddles, listen to auctioneers cry out and find out immediately if they have won. Contrasting the young entrepreneurs who have found success [...]
Snack Invention Pops Into Couple’s Heads
Longmont Times-Call: Ideas can come from the strangest places. Consider the case of Ray Comeau and his wife, Wanda. The avid moviegoers were growing ever more frustrated with popcorn. They’d order their popcorn at the movies, then go over to the condiment counter to salt and butter the popped kernels. That’s when frustration would set [...]
Getting Fit Can Be Good For Biz
Cape Cod Times: Healthy habits. That’s what I’m here to talk about today. The February doldrums are upon us and I’m in need of a pep talk, so I figured you might be too. The topic of this pep talk is not healthy work habits but healthy exercise habits. Getting fit. Staying fit. And fitting [...]
