Archive for March 28th, 2008
News.com.au: business owner wants a competitive rate when signing up for essential services such as gas and electricity but failing to look beyond cheap introductory honeymoon rates can come back to bite, as hundreds of small business owners found recently. In February the Federal Court found Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas had misrepresented the true ongoing cost [...]
Having a special needs child opened up Alycia Shapiro’s eyes to how hard it was to find exactly what she wanted. When Alycia’s child was born she had no idea what to get for toys. So she commonly just got what looked good. It wasn’t until he got a little older that they found out [...]
The Return Of The Cloth Diaper
Winona Daily News: Tina Darr believes in saving the environment one cloth diaper at a time. Well, actually two cloth diapers at a time for the mother of 13-month-old twins. “There has been a cloth diaper revolution,” she said. “Cloth diapers are not like they used to be.” Like breastfeeding, glass bottle usage and organic [...]
Mother/Daughter Team Up To Create Italian Restaurant
The Natchez Democrat: A mother-daughter duo are keeping it all in the family with their new restaurant Ve’Gyarne Pasta Garden. “It’s 99.9 percent family owned and operated,” manager Vickie Green said. This quaint Italian restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Street, with its dim lighting, strings of white lights, bubbling fountains and reservation-only nooks, has [...]
Lori Roberts' Career Path Focuses On Family
Tallahassee Democrat: Lori Danello Roberts cherishes being a work-at-home mother “because I see everywhere a battle between working moms and stay-at-home moms, and I get to be in the middle of that and couldn’t be more thrilled.” At FSU she refined her graphic arts skills, but she grew impatient with theory and wanted to set [...]
Advertising With Giant Green Dragons
Wtoc.com: I’ve never understood the giant green dragons and purple gorillas that you see on the side of the road from time to time. Oh, I know they’re they’re for a reason. I just don’t see their appeal to car dealers or their use as a marketing tool. I mean, has anyone ever been driving [...]
A Beary Big Success from Build a Bear Workshop
News.Yahoo.com: The Entrepreneur: Maxine Clark, 57. Clark left a successful corporate career to start her own business, Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW – News), then a relatively new concept in retail entertainment. (According to Clark) I have always believed in listening to what others have to say, but being careful about the advice you actually take. Rather [...]
The Man Who Pushed The Blue Envelope
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Terry Loebel wasn’t looking to start an advertising phenomenon when he went to his mailbox in 1967 and inspiration struck. Valpak, the company Loebel soon started, is today an advertising giant, sending its trademark blue coupon-stuffed envelope to 45 million homes each month. Valpak wasn’t the first company to start targeting consumers [...]
Three Steps To Paperless Office
PC Magazine: 1. Think Before You Ink. The change has to start here. We all have to change how we look at paper. Before you print out anything, ask yourself if it is absolutely necessary. If you have a digital copy of that e-mail, why do you need a printed version? The green blog TreeHugger.com [...]
Helpful Websites For Venture Start-Ups
Young Entrepreneur: Have you started a new business but don’t have the time to sort through all the websites online to find the best and most relevant information? 1) Venture Hacks Venture Hacks is an entrepreneur’s guide to hacking venture capital. Their goal is to help entrepreneurs get on an even footing with their better-informed [...]
It’s A Whole New World Out There
Times Daily: Ever since I gave up the corporate life a few weeks ago and left the land of cubicles, memos and staff meetings, I’ve realized why we created those things in the first place: Working at home is hard. Believe me, before I left the office to be a freelance writer, I spent many [...]
“Remember the Hook” When Marketing Small Biz
The Profit Repairman: Have you ever been fishing or seen how fishing is done? Without some sort of “hooking” device, very little fish would be caught (most do not just jump into the boat willingly). The same is true in selling your product line. Even when you have the most wanted product around, if you [...]
Work.com: Do you enjoy children? Do children like you? Can you tell stories, be a clown, play sports or a musical instrument? If so, then you may be able to start a small business doing kids’ entertainment. You can work for yourself and make good money at the same time. There are as many ways [...]
