Archive for April 17th, 2008
From Stick On Labels to Bottled Water
biz.yahoo.com: Mark Sikes was selling $700,000 a year in stick-on labels to manufacturers all over the country. But one day it hit him that he could turn his label-brokering expertise into a whole new business: selling bottled water with a custom label plastered on the front.Sikes promptly set up Personalized Bottle Water in a warehouse [...]
Too Expensive to Green Up Your Business?
KiviTV: Being “green isn’t always easy or cheap. That leaves many environmentally minded people conflicted. “I wanna do the right thing,” explains Jeff Burns, owner of the company Renewable Energy Resources. Burns believes solar panels are the perfect solution. He recently installed a solar array on the roof of a Nampa eye care office. It’s [...]
Four Flours Bakery Offers Homestyle Goods
The Orange Bulletin: The entrepreneur was busy raising her children and being a good neighbor. While baking her children’s favorite cookies and muffins she would often bake a little extra for her friends and neighbors. One day she was asked by a friend if she could start making her creations for a weekly corporate event. [...]
Baby Gizmo Helps Parents Down The Baby Item Buying Path
It can be pretty daunting when it comes time to buy those big things that all parents want for their babies. The problem is choosing which is better. Heather Maclean is a mother of three who has recently written a book, The Baby Gizmo Buying Guide, and runs a website, Baby Gizmo, on helping parents [...]
eBay Snoring, Skype Roaring – GigaOM Skype continued its strong growth trajectory, reporting $126 million in revenue for the quarter, representing 61% year-over-year growth. Skype added 33 million registered users in the quarter, ending the period with more than 309 million registered users around the world. Skype now has the largest registered user base within [...]
The Wall Street Journal: The number of people making a living — or at least spending money — from their hobbies in the crafting industry has taken off in the last few years. Etsy.com, a site where small entrepreneurs sell everything from original artwork and greeting cards, to jewelry, bags and clothing, reported $26 million [...]
Quick Delivery E-Commerce Is Back
Springwise: Convenience-seeking city-dwellers have access to speedy delivery services for everything from Chinese food to legal documents. Wakozi, a new service that delivers beverages and munchies throughout Manhattan, promises to be different in ways that start-up enthusiasts should take note of. The company itself carries no inventory. Instead it works with popular (convenience) stores throughout [...]
Student’s Invention Is The Biz
Norwich Evening News: A young entrepreneur from the University of East Anglia has been named a national finalist in a prestigious business competition for his pioneering invention. Luke Jefferson, a 28-year-old PhD student, is in the running to win £20,000 after coming up with computer software to help the men and women who are colour-blind [...]
24/7 Wall St.: EBay (EBAY): Spinning Off PayPal EBay (EBAY) can post pretty good results, and the market does not care. Yesterday, the online auction company put up an earnings increase of 26% on a revenue pop of 24% to almost $2.2 billion. EBay was a bit cautious about what would happen the rest of [...]
WCPO.com: 9 News viewers ask me every day about “work-at-home” jobs. Many of us would like to make a little extra money in our spare time. But how do you find a legitimate job? Unfortunately, if you’ve tried finding work online, you know that most work-at-home jobs advertised online are bogus. But there’s a website [...]
eBay Posts Higher Profits On The Backs Of Sellers Higher Fees
EBay profit gains 22% on higher fees EBay Inc., the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates on increased selling fees and higher revenue from its PayPal payment service.Net income climbed 22 per cent to $459.7 million, or 34 cents a share, from $377.2 million, or 27 cents, a year earlier, [...]
What Grocers Teach Us About U.S. Economy
Forbes: John Wood, owner of The Green Grocer, a natural foods retailer in Portsmouth, R.I., is feeling the squeeze. As the U.S. economy flirts with recession, another toothy threat looms: inflation. And there are few places where those rising prices sting more than in the grocer’s aisle. “[I've raised prices] just three to four times [...]
How Savvy Marketers Are Cashing In On The Tax Rebates
Work at Home Chuck: As the “Economic Stimulus” rebates are about to hit the street, suddenly all your customers and prospects are going to have extra money to spend. Will they spend it with you? Good question. Have you asked them to spend it with you? Have you sweetened the deal so that they know [...]
