Archive for March 10th, 2008
London Moms' Referral Network Targets Daycare
The London Free Press: No matter how much they love their offspring, there are two words parents everywhere come to cherish as a salve for their sanity — child care. Whether for the occasional Saturday night out or all day, Monday to Friday, qualified child care is a crucial component in the lives of many [...]
A reader wrote: I have been an avid reader of your blog for quite sometime now and check your blog daily. I am curious to know if maybe you could use my dilemma as a blog post on your site. Either way I would love any feedback you or your readers might have. I am [...]
Underwire: As dedicated readers of the most popular business blogs are well aware, the web is positively awash in terrible ideas for startups. So many, in fact, that Waxy.org’s Andy Baio was inspired to create a contest to see who could dream up the most awful, short-sighted and unfundable business plan. Bad idea: Image Search [...]
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: That’s happy New Year in Chinese — or close. If you own a business (and believe in any kind of astrology), this is a New Year you’ll want to observe. In case you missed it, the Chinese lunar New Year began on Feb. 7, but celebrations continue in Asia [...]
Biz Books: The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Start, Run and Maintain Her Own Business
Entrepreneur: From preparing the kind of business you want to run to fine-tuning your image and conflict management style, the inspiring stories and advice offered in the following book will help women entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level (even if it’s just the first). The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to [...]
am NewYork: The Big Career Switch: From chiropractor to inventor Who Pulled It Off: Jack Atzmon, 40 What He Does: Atzmon invented the Pro:Motion keyboard, which is marketed through his company, Smartfish Technologies. What He Did: Atzmon was a Manhattan chiropractor who still practices part-time. Why He Switched: “Chiropractic work is social, beneficial and challenging. [...]
Vindy.com: When a Fresno mother-and-daughter duo’s idea for a hide-and-seek doll made it onto the shelves of one of the nation’s largest toy stores, they felt like they had won the lottery. Shelly Conte and her mother, Cindy Reichman, were riding high. Their patented Hide-N-Seek Hayley doll was being sold at Toys “R” Us stores [...]
Make Your Web Site Work For You
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: Is your Web site working for you? Do you even have a Web site yet? Since many clients and customers won’t do business with a company unless they can first check them out on the Web, even a very simple Web site adds credibility to your business, leading to [...]
A Banker Who Makes House Calls
House calls are one way to save on rent. An Alabama bank doesn’t have any ATM machines, tellers or a fancy lobby. Like a mobile glass repair company, or doctors of days gone by, their bankers come to you. And because of their unique operation, they’re one of the ten fastest growing banks in the [...]
Retail Takes Downturn, Second Hand Booms
CNN: Unlike most retailers who are blaming the economy for their poor sales, one store chain is boldly declaring that an economic downturn can actually be a boon for its business.Taylor Bond, CEO of Children’s Orchard, sounds excited about the next 10 months and beyond. “Recycling has become more acceptable today among consumers because of [...]
A $300 million Domain Name Empire
CNN: Kevin Ham leans forward, sits up tall, closes his eyes, and begins to type — into the air. He’s seated along the rear wall of a packed ballroom in Las Vegas’s Venetian Hotel. Up front, an auctioneer is running through a list of Internet domain names, building excitement the same way he might if [...]
