Archive for April 9th, 2008
Burbank Leader: Like many mothers, Burbank resident Debby DeOliveira wanted to be everywhere at once. Especially at mealtime, when she struggled to feed her newborn daughter, Emmy, while watching her 18-month-old, Lili — who was just learning to feed herself — get more food in her hair than into her mouth. “All my bathrooms with [...]
A Foolproof Pin Code Invention
CopenhagenPost: Four business students have won an international competition for their invention of a nearly foolproof way to stop the practice of thieves being able to figure out pin-codes of people withdrawing money from ATMs. The girls, students at Århus Business College, came up with the idea after a programme about an elderly woman who [...]
Vital ID Kids Will Wear Willingly
The Vancouver Sun: It took a personal scare five years ago to prompt Sarah Neal to start her new business. The 42-year-old Nanaimo resident was visiting a busy Calgary shopping mall in 2003 when she looked around and couldn’t see her three-year-old son. Although the boy had simply wandered off and was found a short [...]
Rent a Kitchen, From Unemployed to Rental Cook
DailyPress: What pushed Priscilla Maddox was the relentless smell of vanilla. Maddox was toying with launching a cookie line after retiring from her 36-year hospital care job, but was overwhelmed by the vanilla smell in her apartment. When she couldn’t find a kitchen to rent, she started a rent-a-kitchen that has become a small-business incubator [...]
Mom’s Baby Gear Rentals Are A Success
When someone goes on vacation with their family, chances are they don’t have the room to bring along the stroller and other big things that are needed once they’re at their destination. Rather than seeing it as a problem, Lisa Cook saw that as a business opportunity. Her baby equipment rental and baby registry consultant [...]
Mom’s Baby Gear Rentals Are A Success
When someone goes on vacation with their family, chances are they don’t have the room to bring along the stroller and other big things that are needed once they’re at their destination. Rather than seeing it as a problem, Lisa Cook saw that as a business opportunity. Her baby equipment rental and baby registry consultant [...]
How To Actually Earn Money With Social Media
SearchEngineWatch.com OK, everyone knows the nearly mythological powers of social media to help grow long term site equity. Link building comes to mind immediately to most. Traffic waves can carry motivated visitors who might subscribe to your feed, engage in comment threads, complain about how bad your company sucks, and/or rave about fantastic customer service. [...]
Internet Rises In Down Economy
Internet Retailer: At The Talbots Inc., the web represents 10% of sales but accounted for 68% of sales growth in 2007. At office supplies retailer Staples Inc., web sales accounted for 29% of all sales but 58% of Staples’ 2007 growth. At Circuit City Stores Inc., December sales were down 10% and comparable store sales [...]
Niche Biz: Painting Goalie Helmets
Duluth News Tribune: Jeff “Pappy” Early of Hermantown started putting pinstripes on buddies’ cars on weekends in the 1970s, admittedly, he said, to earn a little beer money. Now, most of Early’s work isn’t done on hot rods, but on hockey goalie masks. “That’s primarily because of geography,” said Early, who never played anything more [...]
Calling All Young Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur: If you’re an entrepreneur between the ages of 12 and 19, this contest is for you. Financial author and speaker Peter Bielagus is writing an entrepreneurship guide for tweens and teens. But first, he wants to hear from this demographic on the struggles they face as aspiring entrepreneurs. So he’s asking youngsters to submit [...]
Small Biz Creates 55,000 New Jobs
Entrepreneur: The overall economic outlook may be grim, but according to a new report, small business is providing a much-needed employment boost. The ADP National Employment Report highlights the 55,000 new jobs created in March by companies with less than 50 employees. Compare that statistic to February, when only 16,000 new jobs were reportedly created [...]
Founder Rob Fritzer was an entrepreneur in 1985, seeking an opportunity to own a business that not only kept his interest but also helped provide other people some happiness. Realizing that family photographs were a part of everyone’s life, as well as other nostalgic pieces of memorabilia, Fritzer began producing custom videos that contained the [...]
