Archive for May 8th, 2008
If mother knows best and two heads are better than one, what do you get when you put that together? Catherine Hall and Georgia Fiebrich with their business, Go Mama Go Designs. Babies like to feel secure and safe. If they don’t feel that way, they don’t sleep as well as they could have. Catherine [...]
Mother And Daughter Java Shop Dream
The Charlotte Observer: Michelle Morton and Debbie Swartz are bullish about the economy — so much so the mother and daughter team from Rock Hill recently bought a coffee shop. Their first day open was May 1. The pair liked the location — Ayrsley, is a residential development near N.C. 49 and I-485 that has [...]
Alabama Mom Chooses Embroidery To Re-Enter Business World
Impressions: When Robin Dennis was ready to get back into the business world after working as a stay-at-home mother to five children for 22 years, she did what all of the job search experts advise. She thought about what she does well and went from there. While raising her children, she spent many years sewing [...]
Stay-at-Home Moms Filling Executive Niche
The Wall Street Journal: Lots of employers would like to be able to hire cheap, temporary teams of seasoned pros with experience managing $2 billion investment portfolios, running ad campaigns or earning Ph.D.s in neuroscience. But few know the secret to finding temps of that caliber: Look on playgrounds and at PTA meetings. The decision [...]
Stop Waiting For The Magical Startup Fairy
OnStartups.com: I’ve been in the startup business for a while and it still amazes me how many founders (including me at various points in my life) have completely irrational views on how life at a startup is going to be. As it turns out, lots of success requires a sprinkling of luck to work, but [...]
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. Dave Novak was just 21 when he started his eBay business in 2002. A recent graduate of the Art Institute of Phoenix, his first [...]
A Slip-Free Business Opportunity
One of the riskiest things for a business is what accidents can happen. Worse case senario being someone who slips and falls down because the floor is a little wet. Sure Step is a business that does something about it. With their long lasting chemical treatment the floor will create an invisible, micro tread design [...]
Niche Candymakers In Shadow Of Wrigley-Mars Deal
Chicago Tribune: Henry Rich kept a low profile as he passed out samples of his top-selling mint mojito breath lozenges, but he knows Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is on the trail of his tiny business. Wrigley recently launched a mint mojito flavor of its own, teaching a lesson in market power to the youthful Rich, [...]
Publishing As A Business One Magazine At A Time
If someone looks hard enough they’re bound to find a business opportunity that suits what they are interested in. For the editor in someone there is a publishing business opportunity which is licensed through ProfitAbility Magazine. For those that don’t know who they are, the products they are most commonly known for is their “Complete [...]
Golden Years Of TV Find New Life
The New York Times: Is there still money to be made from “Matlock”? Within the last few months, television distributors have opened up their libraries of classic content online, making thousands of episodes of programs like “The Twilight Zone” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” available free. Warner Brothers is expected to add a new [...]
