Archive for May 7th, 2008
Mom Designs The Web A Page At A Time
Web design is a big business area. A professional website is something that everyone wants, but not everyone knows how to get. Stephanie runs a mom-owned web design business from her home. It wasn’t always that way, though. It started out with an online store for Stephanie. She wanted to create a more professional looking [...]
Little Girls And Their Accessories
Little girls and bows for their hair just seems to go together. At least when the clip manages to stay in the hair to do. It’s a problem many parents face with their own little girls. The hair is either too thin or too short for those baby clips to actually stay in. At Bows2Cute, [...]
Mompreneurs Fill Market Gaps In Baby And Mother Products
Reuters: When former art director Ellen Diamant had a baby in 2000, there were few diaper bags on the market that were both utilitarian and good-looking. So she designed one and built a business around it. “The selection left much to be desired,” recalls Diamant, who runs New York-based Skip Hop with her husband Michael [...]
Web Lingo Helps Entrepreneur Launch Accessory Empire
Entrepreneur: How did Brian Fried, a marketing director for a mortgage bank, get into selling apparel and accessories? The entrepreneur says he simply turned his hobby of inventing into “a real side business.” Fried, 34, is the creator and licensor of IM:It apparel, accessories and school supplies–brightly colored gear featuring acronyms such as “LOL” and [...]
Who Says You Can’t Reinvent the Wheel?
Forbes: Duncan Fitzsimons is a tinkerer. When he was 5 he put together Lego spaceships in seconds. When he was 15 he made a wooden rocking chair. At 26 Fitzsimons has decided to reinvent the wheel. Standing in his London workshop, Fitzsimons picks up the bicycle wheel he designed and pushes on the sides. In [...]
Solo Entrepreneur: Jim Fairchild
InformationWeek: One-person companies are earning upward of $1 million in revenue annually. How do they do it? With high-speed Internet connectivity, mobile apps, automation, and a little help from their customers. As the first one-person business to make the Inc. 500 — Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies — Jim Fairchild does [...]
An Etsy Automat For Handmade Jewelry
Etsy has become well known for their collection of estores that offer handmade products. It’s been a good starting ground for many people because they cater to those that want these handmade items. A work-at-home mom, Lotta sells her vintage styled jewelry and other items through her Mom O Matic’s Automat Etsy shop. All her [...]
An Etsy Automat For Handmade Jewelry
Etsy has become well known for their collection of estores that offer handmade products. It’s been a good starting ground for many people because they cater to those that want these handmade items. A work-at-home mom, Lotta sells her vintage styled jewelry and other items through her Mom O Matic’s Automat Etsy shop. All her [...]
Business Of Burgers Makes A Juicy Read
Fast Company: Given the ubiquity of the all-beef patty and the global spread of the golden arches, one can be forgiven for struggling to imagine America before the burger. In The Hamburger New York magazine food writer Josh Ozersky traces the origins and obstacles of a sandwich that—more than apple pie or hot dogs—defines the [...]
Paymate Issues Challenge to eBay Over Buyer and Seller Protection
iTWire – Paymate issues open challenge to eBay over buyer and sell protection Australian-based Internet payment services provider Paymate has issued an open challenge to eBay Australia to prove claims made to iTWire last week that eBay-owned PayPal offers better buyer and seller protection than Paymate are true. In addition, Paymate says that its payment [...]
Beat The Slump With Customer Service
Fortune Small Business: I recently ran across foodie entrepreneur, Paige Ohliger, who is thriving despite the downturn. Her winning secret? Extreme customer service. Ohliger is one of four founders of Time for Dinner, launched in 2004 in St. Louis, Mo. Her niche is the meal-assembly business – those stores you visit to prep ingredients for [...]
