Archive for May 29th, 2008
It’s not often we hear about people taking a moment for tea. Karen Hattaway still does. She’s even built a business around it. Sweet Necessi-Teas is an online boutique that offers wonderful little tea treasures such as aprons, cup/saucer totes, clothing, and other accessories that can be enjoyed. A mother and wife, Karen was a [...]
Mom Creates Web Site With Family Dining Deals
WBNS 10TV: Stay-at-home mom Dana Davis found a recipe for success in her kitchen — not on the stovetop, but on her laptop. Davis created a Web site to help families find dining-out deals from restaurants, 10TV’s Tracy Townsend reported. At KidsMealDeals.com, visitors enter a ZIP code, the day of the week and the number [...]
Single Mom Starts A Home Business, Earns Master's Degree
Democrat and Chronicle.com: Everyone loves a good deal. Francine Jones ’06 recognizes this, and bases her business around providing the best bargains for all of her customers. FAB Products (Francine’s At-home Business), created in May 2005, offers cost-effective gifts for all occasions. “I saw a vision of how as a flea market and catalog shopper [...]
Virtual Assistance Gives Single Moms The Opportunity To Stay Home With Their Kids
PR.com: In November 2007 just before her new son was born, Tia Peterson, soon to be a new single mother, made the decision that she would stay home to raise her son. She began freelancing as a virtual assistant and has never looked back. Instead, she has moved on to form a virtual assistance firm [...]
A Baby Sling That's Ready To-Go
With her real child, Shani also came up with her own brain child. It didn’t have a business name as of yet. Putting together things she liked about different slings she created her own fashionable pouch style sling that she soon found other parents wanted too. This simple creation that fit her own needs ended [...]
A Baby Sling That’s Ready To-Go
With her real child, Shani also came up with her own brain child. It didn’t have a business name as of yet. Putting together things she liked about different slings she created her own fashionable pouch style sling that she soon found other parents wanted too. This simple creation that fit her own needs ended [...]
PowerHomeBiz.com: House sitters provide a professional service for house, pet and plant care in your absence. House sitters are trained and trusted people who have been groomed to take up the responsibility. There may be occasions when you might be out on a holiday, business trip or even hospitalized having nobody to take care of [...]
Springwise: As the weakening economy causes purse strings to tighten in many parts of the world, consumers are increasingly looking for new ways to earn some extra money. Enter My Gold Party, which facilitates Tupperware-style parties that help guests sell their unused trinkets, cashing in on record gold prices. Launched earlier this year, My Gold [...]
USA Today: The One Minute Entrepreneur, written by a team headed by motivational speaker Ken Blanchard, author of the classic The One Minute Manager, dispenses inspirational wisdom on the keys to creating, nurturing and sustaining a business. Most people who launch a small business fail within 10 years, according to the trio. An aim of [...]
