Archive for February 20th, 2008
Tourism Brings The Opportunity For Business
News.Scotsman: Edinburgh, the capital of choice for more than 13 million visitors a year, recently became the first UK city to come out shining in a poll of the world’s top cities. Accolades like that show Edinburgh has grown far beyond its reputation for spectacular showpiece events, such as the Fringe and Hogmanay. This exciting [...]
Montgomery Advertiser: From the time Ivy Davis was 5, she has made baking a top priority. As a child returning home from school, she preferred making dinner over studying. And it was that time measuring and sifting in the kitchen with her mom and grandmother that crafted her future. And when Davis taught herself 30 [...]
Mom Starts Online Toy Rental Service
The Associated Press: After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest. If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys? That’s the idea behind Baby [...]
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Mom Starts Online Toy Rental Service
The Associated Press: After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest. If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys? That’s the idea behind Baby [...]
10 Small Biz Technologies That Just Plain Work
Business Week Online: There are things in life that just work as promised. Refrigerators. Clock radios. Flattery. Children’s Motrin. FEMA. Velcro. Blue jeans. Big Macs. “Seinfeld.” Jack Daniel’s. As a small-business owner, I’m happy to say there’s also technology that consistently works. None of it is as good as, say, a Big Mac, but there’s [...]
Greeting Card Designer Finds Niche Market
Burlington County Times: Walk down the greeting-card aisle at the new CVS Pharmacy on Route 130 and you’ll come across a rack of cards designed by a former township resident. John Erving started designing greeting cards 13 years ago after the company he worked for was purchased and moved him from an outside sales position [...]
New Law Will Help Small-Biz Owners
Air Force Times: President Bush signed into law an expansion of small-business help for veterans and reservists. The bipartisan initiative, now Public Law 110-186, creates new grants and loan programs aimed specifically at small businesses harmed by mobilization of reservists who are either owners or key employees, and it extends help for small-business owners, including [...]
Turning Your Invention Into A Biz
Fortune Small Business: Q: I invented a new way to produce electricity for which I am about to seek a provisional patent. If I get the patent, I know that there are potentially millions of dollars that could be made with my invention, but I don’t know where to go from here, and financially I [...]
