Archive for February 18th, 2008
Booming Into International Cinemas
Scoop Independent News: As an 11 year old, Matthew Simmons had a small-time business fixing stereo speakers. He cycled around radio shops asking for old and broken equipment and quickly gained a reputation for an ability to fix items previously deemed beyond repair. Now, the 36 year old Christchurch entrepreneur has his revolutionary acoustic technology [...]
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Mom Spreads Inspiration And Hope With New Website
Live-PR: Stay at home mom, Joanna Betlej, grew tired of the negativity she experienced while going visiting social networking sites currently available on the Internet. In response, she decided to create her own social networking site that would focus more on the positive than on the negative. After starting her own freelance business, eAnka Design, [...]
WAHM Is Facing $10M Fine For Unlicensed eBay Auctions
Arizona Daily Star: Mary Jo Pletz was really, really good at eBay. But now the former stay-at-home mother and gonzo Internet retailer fears a $10 million fine for selling 10,000 toys, antiques, videos, sports memorabilia, books, tools and infant clothes on eBay without an auctioneer’s license. A Department of State official knocked on the door [...]
Giving Your Child The Blue Bird Baby Touch
If you haven’t heard of Etsy, I’m a little surprised. The website has been growing in popularity recently, especially because all the items sold there are handmade. Those who haven’t had much luck selling handmade items on other websites or through other e-store websites generally find that it’s easier on Etsy. Erin Wallace is a [...]
A Short Course in Brain Surgery highlights the plight of an Ontario man with a cancerous brain tumor who crossed the border to the U.S. to get the medical care that is rationed in his home country. He was helped by a Canadian company called Timely Medical Alternatives. It was founded in 2003 as Canada’s [...]
100 Ways To Use Your iPod To Learn
the-ipod-hacker: If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven’t been keeping up with the latest technology. The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the iPod. [...]
Striking Gold From Other People’s Ideas
Blogging Stocks: One of my favorite books is Patricia Seybold’s “Outside Innovation.” Her main point is that much of a company’s innovation will come from outside its walls — such as employees, partners, investors, and so on. For example, the hip online clothing retailer, Karmaloop, gets about 40% of its brand ideas from its customers. [...]
Entrepreneur Taking Olives To Next Level
GateHouse News Service: Dana Parson was looking for something to eat that would satisfy his craving for hot and spicy foods when the idea hit him: habanero-marinated olives. The construction worker bought some green, pimento-stuffed olives at a supermarket, added some of his home-grown habanero chiles to the brine, let the concoction sit and liked [...]
PowerHomeBiz Small & Home Business Blog: Ryan Allis, CEO of the marketing and online communications firm iContact Corp., in his book “Zero to One Million: How I Built a Company to 1 Million in Sales … And How You Can, Too” has a great section on what makes a product great. According to Allis, the [...]
Biz Poll: Most Productive Day Of The Week
What is the most productive day of the week? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Don’t know View Results Source: National poll included responses from 150 senior executives — including those from human resources, finance and marketing departments — with the nation’s 1,000 largest companies. It was conducted by an independent research firm and developed by [...]
Bingo Caller’s Small Business Jackpot
ThisIsMoney.co.uk: After 24 years working in a bingo hall, Gill Barton decided it was time to take a gamble herself. The 50-year-old mother of five set up her own training and recruitment company despite warnings that it would never get off the ground. Now she is a multi-millionairess and has exchanged her modest semi for [...]
