Archive for April 4th, 2008
Edelson’s £9m Swoop Down Under
Manchester Evening News: Prolific Manchester businessman Michael Edelson is ploughing a new furrow Down Under in a £9m swoop for one of Australia’s fastest growing companies. The veteran entrepreneur is reversing Australian electronic payments company Paycorp Group into one of his listed shell businesses, Birch Partners, registered in Heaton Mersey. Mr Edelson, 63, from Hale [...]
New Business Offers Services To New Parents
The Capitol Times: Caring hearts and hands of two Madison moms are reaching out to other families. It’s part of a grassroots effort to start a small business called “Mother’s Little Helpers.” “The idea for the business came out of my own experience of needing help after my son, Caynan, was born,” says Cassidy Kirkpatrick. [...]
Hardin County News: Nestled in the heart of Kountze lies a new business called The Potato Shack which has already received a perfect score with county health inspectors and receiving the blue ribbon award, even though it’s only been open five weeks. Many long-time restaurants in the county still haven’t managed to accomplish that feat. [...]
WPTV.com: Feeding her 4-month-old son Dillon, helped inspire Lisa Alfieri to create one of the new must-have baby products. Lisa Alfieri-mom inventor says, “I always found that my forearm would go numb and it was uncomfortable supporting the baby’s head–because as he got bigger he got heavier. So, I was always padding my arm.” There [...]
Moonday's Baby Sling Creations
After Rebecca had her son she soon realized how much she wanted a baby sling to carry him in so she could have two free hands to take care of other things she needed to do. It was with her experience in sewing that drove her to create a sling that would pass her own [...]
Is Your Great Idea A Real Biz?
Forbes: We’ve all been there: drinking our morning coffee, reading the business section, washing our dogs, when–Bam!–an idea for a new gizmo or service that’s going to change the world comes crashing home. But before you liquidate your 401(k) for startup capital, step back and figure out whether your “great idea” truly translates into a [...]
Why not start a business in college?
Why wait until after college to start a business? Gocollege outlined a few great reasons why it’s never to early to start: Minimal responsibilities: You’re calling mom and dad every so often, hanging with your friends, and doing your schoolwork. You may have a significant other. But you don’t have kids. At least, not now. [...]
BusinessWeek: The Internet has become a podium for rants, but Andrew Mason hopes his Web site will spur actions, not just more hot air. ThePoint.com invites people to create or join a campaign on anything, from winterproofing Chicago with a dome to pressuring Pfizer to cut drug prices in developing countries. Signing up is free, [...]
Unlikely Places For Eureka Moments: Netflix
Wired: Reed Hastings Founder and CEO of Netflix Canyon Video La Honda, California “I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late, and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault. I didn’t want to tell my wife about it. And I [...]
More People Pushed Into Part-Time Work
The Wall Street Journal: As the softening economy begins to push more people into part-time jobs in place of full-time work, the part-time world is getting tougher. Take Linda Barry of Pittsburgh, a 57-year-old gas-station cashier who typically works 40 hours a week. Her employer classifies her as part-time and gives her no health benefits [...]
Amazon Launches Text-Message Shopping
Associated Press: Amazon.com Inc.’s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones. Amazon TextBuyIt lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that’s “Amazon” [...]
eBay Bans Vista Hacked Laptop From Auction Site
eBay Delists Compromised Vista Laptop | WebProNews There are a few things that we all know are banned from eBay: alcohol, guns, dead bodies. And it seems we can add “hacked computers” to the list, as the auction site recently cracked down on a mildly famous example.Shane Macaulay tried to sale laptop Shane Macaulay Last [...]
