Archive for April 1st, 2008
Tots Sitting Comfortably And Tuning Into Invention
nebusiness.co.uk: Children across the world could soon be listening to stories on a North East invention after its founders secured the funding to embark on an ambitious expansion plan. County Durham-based Ameeca, which has designed MP3 headsets called StoryPhones, has secured £440,000 in funding from various sources including a venture capital fund managed by Entrust. [...]
Painting Up A CertaPro Franchise
As the largest painting company in North America, CertaPro has over 280 franchisee’s in the US and Canada. Since their start in 1992 the business has grown by millions of dollars in profits. So what makes a painting-based franchise worth considering? Well, homes need upkeep. As long as homes continue to need painted, generally every [...]
April Fools Jokes Appropriate in the Office?
Boston.com: Most pranks are better suited to fictional workplaces such as the one portrayed in “The Office,” the NBC sitcom starring Steve Carell in the demanding role of a pompous and deluded boss named Michael Scott. In the real world, April Fool’s Day pranks in the work place may be “no joking matter,” reports the [...]
The New Maple Syrup, Birch Syrup
Canada.com: The white paper-birch tree, neglected since its bark was used to make canoes, is oozing out a new, darkly flavoured identity. Entrepreneur Heloise Dixon-Warren says birch syrup made from the tree’s sap is a small idea that could get a lot bigger. “The syrup has a very bold, unique kind of caramel taste,” the [...]
Herbs And Spice – Everything Nice For Your Baby
BusinessWire: Before pharmaceuticals were widely available, humans looked to nature for cures and restoratives. Jack’s Harvest, frozen organic baby food embraces nature’s pharmacy to enhance baby’s wellness from the very first bite of food. Jack’s Harvest has chosen to add organic herbs and spices to its baby food to tempt curious taste buds and provide [...]
Daughter Takes Role in Launching Mom's Dream Business
eMediaWire: A “Small house, small budget, small business” can bring any entrepreneur down – but not Stephanie Rach-Wilson, founder of IAGmedia, Inc. Rach-Wilson is the creator of “Into the Great Outdoors”, a brand new get-ready series for young children and families curious about exploring nature and the environment. “Into the Great Outdoors” is a 35-minute [...]
Work It, Mom Launches Online Marketplace For Mom Entrepreneurs And Women Business Owners
eMediaWire: WorkItMom.com, the leading online community for working mothers, announced today the launch of the Marketplace, a dedicated area on WorkItMom.com where mom entrepreneurs, business owners, freelancers, and bloggers can promote their products and services to thousands of working moms who visit WorkItMom.com daily. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics approximately 50 percent of U.S. [...]
Boomers Eye Own Business In Retirement
Houston Chronicle: Q: I’m an early baby boomer and am thinking about leaving my corporate job to open a business of my own. Do you have any advice? A: You are not alone. Many of America’s 77 million baby boomers contemplating retirement are finding that slowing down is the last thing they want to do. [...]
Unlikely Places For Eureka Moments: Post-It Notes
Wired: Arthur Fry Researcher at 3M Choir loft, North Presbyterian Church St. Paul, Minnesota “I was singing in the church choir, and I would often put little pieces of paper into the music on Wednesday night to mark where we were singing. Sometimes, before Sunday morning, that little paper would fall out. It was during [...]
Biz Resource: Track YouTube Video Stats
downloadsquad: Google, reigning king of exhaustive analytics, has just released a specialized analytics tool for YouTube, aptly named YouTube Insight. YouTube Insight is a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about their uploaded videos. YouTube Insight tracks information such as the geographic region of your viewers, how popular [...]
eBay Changes Clocks Early, Confusing Sellers
Scopical – News Business & Finance, Sport, Politics, Tech/Media, and Entertainment Australian eBay users are now in the dark a week early as the auction site moved across to winter time on the east coast of Australia before the official switchover.Some areas of Australia this week extended their daylight savings time an extra week, leaving [...]
Professional Features On The Cheap
The Wall Street Journal: Justin Leavens manages a gourmet-marshmallow company out of his house in Sherman Oaks, Calif. But his high-end phone system makes customers think he is toiling in a big office with scores of employees. Callers to Leavens’s company, Plush Puffs, can dial “9″ for a company directory, hit “8″ to hear the [...]
Young Entrepreneurs Banking On Their Tech Savvy
Entrepreneur.com: Four years ago, Donny Ouyang cracked open one of his dad’s old computer science books and began learning HTML code and website techniques. This accidental discovery grew into a great entrepreneurial opportunity when he sold his first website less than a year later. Now 16, Ouyang is making more than $6,500 a month as [...]
Be Free With Battery Services International
Battery Services International is in the business of recycling, restoring, recovering and reselling all types of batteries. Batteries are being thrown away everyday. Those very same batteries could possibly be saved. Battery Services International owns the necessary technology and has developed the products needed to restore the batteries as well as provide the necessary maintenance [...]
