Archive for March 6th, 2008
Plenty Of Achievements Amid Sins
The Australian: Media coverage of the plight of Eddy Groves, with his company’s share price plummeting as much as 70 per cent in one day, nearly always comes with an inference that he had it coming to him. He is nearly always described as: “Ferrari-driving” or a “Ferrari-loving tycoon”, with the suggestion that buying expensive [...]
Two Men And A Truck Move Long The Road To Success
The Jackson Citizen Patriot: In 1981, a single mom with three kids from Okemos invested $350 in an old moving truck. Last year, the company had more than $220 million in sales and last week was named one of the top 25 franchises in the world by the Wall Street Journal. “If you have an [...]
Kidzsack Catches Growing Attention
The Daily News Online: For Tina Hill, the “Aha!” moment that launched her business came at the bus stop. The former clothing designer had been thinking about “Doodle Bears,” a popular toy that lets kids ink their own design on teddy bears. A mother of four, she was walking to the bus stop when an [...]
Simply Music is an Australian-developed, piano and keyboard music education business opportunity. Playing the piano is a high status skill, and billions of dollars are spent each year on piano lessons. For centuries however, traditional methods have remained largely unchanged and, for the most part, continue to require that students first learn to read music [...]
A reader asked: We have established a company in Los Angeles, CA that requires funding, we are searching for either of these in this order, or all 3: A) A SBA or Bank loan of $400,000 (Shareholders have excellent credit, but no more collateral, however the shareholders have invested quite a lot in the company] [...]
ReadWriteWeb: A lot of people scratched their heads when Etsy raised $27 million. What on earth? Handmade goods, that’s about as low tech as you can get! Then Umair Haque, a well respected blogger and strategist – albeit one who is known for being a bit “out there” – asked Is Etsy the next Google? [...]
Forum Helps ‘Imagineers’ Bring Products To Market
San Diego Business Journal: Not every inventor will garner fame like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. But today’s curious thinkers are keeping the tradition of these forefathers alive by creating what they believe are new and improved ways of making things work. Today, inventors across the nation are trying to push their [...]
Inventor Takes ‘Hands On’ Approach
Jefferson County Journal: What started with a pain in his back became a passion for Paul Tyler, 45. After suffering with the pain, Tyler had difficulty twisting in the driver seat of his vehicle to reach over his shoulder and grab his seat belt. As a truck driver and someone who spends a great deal [...]
Cheap and Effective Advertising Ideas
Not all methods of advertising require a third party or expensive fees. It takes as little as a T shirt to start getting your name out there. AssociatedContent: Wrap your car. You can wrap your car in corporate advertisements. Sites such as MyFreeCar.com offers free sponsored cars for two years or pay drivers up to [...]
Getting Less Itchy Business Attire
Tired of wearing itchy sweaters and suits? Two students found a better way to wear your daily office clothes. Entrepreneur.com: As undergraduate business students in North Carolina, Amy Kistler Lambert and Anna Roop White were preparing for 12- to 15-hour corporate workdays. Yet there was one thing they hadn’t planned on: wearing itchy sweaters and [...]
MiamiHerald.com: Frustrated with buying and selling schoolbooks, Brian Karpf set out to change the process as he approached his third year of law school. ”I was sick of the system, so I started thinking how I could fix it,” said Karpf, 26. “I thought a blog where people could trade one thing for another could [...]
Entrepreneur Stretches Meaning Of Fun
Journal & Courier: After Jill Topolski and her daughters, Abby and Brooke, got stumped while looking for a new way to make a child’s birthday party fun and exciting, they started their own business. Happy Helium was launched on Valentine’s Day. Wearing costumes that depict various facial expressions, the Topolskis deliver helium balloon bouquets to [...]
