Archive for May 30th, 2008
Mom/Daughter Team Create One Special Wedding Gift
Many mom-owned businesses exist because the woman was looking to work from home and care for family. The Blue Top Hat is different. This is a business run by a mother and her daughter. Their business idea came about when they were trying to figure out a gift to give one of their best friends [...]
Spokane Journal of Business: Sarah Bishop named her business, Moxie Nannies Inc., after the type of person she thinks makes a good nanny: energetic, determined, and knowledgeable. Experienced as both a nanny and a parent, Bishop says she knows how hard it is for parents to find a person who’s qualified to come into their [...]
Kids Worming Way Into Family Business
syracuse.com: Some warm, rainy night when you’re driving along Route 321 in Camillus you might notice a woman and her young children with flashlights and headlamps on, walking the grounds at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery. Don’t worry, they’ve got permission from hatchery officials. It’s Sara Holden and her kids looking for night crawlers. The [...]
Alaska Star: Traffic into the store is steady, and the mood is happy, most of the time. Things can change at the whim of the real boss, Cora, the 22-month-old daughter of Alexis Kallen. Kallen brings Cora to work with her most days and juggles business and mommy-hood as best she can. Cora is potty [...]
Necessity Fuels Entrepreneurial Mom
The Morning News: Ashley Leis is proof that necessity is the mother of invention. The former mortgage lender invested about $50,000 to open an hourly drop-off daycare service out of frustration. She decided to be a stay-at-home mom when she had her daughter four years ago but soon found that at-home life was a tough [...]
Everyday Edisons® Announces Virtual Casting Call To Close Out Season Three June 2-23
Due to popular demand, Everyday Edisons will extend our Season Three casting calls with a sixth and final casting call. Rather than visit one more city, we’ve decided to open it to anyone and everyone via the Internet. Now anyone may prepare and submit an idea for review by Everyday Edisons and major national retailers [...]
Want To Save The Planet? Stay Home.
Laura Vanderkam at USA Today: Kermit the Frog need not be morose — it seems everyone wants to be green these days. Americans increasingly care about the environmental impact of their decisions, and so magazines teem with ads touting companies’ environmental cred. Unfortunately, this strategizing has missed some low-hanging fruit. We might be using Coldwater [...]
Inventor Aims To Make ‘Hip Visions’
Poughkeepsie Journal: Instead of heading into corporate America after college, 21-year-old Rob Ianelli works for himself, as the president of a company he wants to make known for its cool ideas. Realizing his talent for thinking creatively and visually, Ianelli launched Hip Visions LLC after becoming a patent holder for his bottle-opening sunglasses design. He [...]
Niche Biz: Nagging Service For Dieters
Springwise: Anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight or improve their fitness knows that it can sometimes be tough to get motivated. For those who need a little extra help getting going, a new service called WeightNags will nag customers mercilessly until they get off the couch and get some exercise. WeightNags, which was just [...]
Springwise: We’ve written about eBay feeder businesses before. Now, another example has popped up in the UK focusing on the collection and delivery of ‘pickup only’ furniture and antique items. For prices beginning at GBP 40, Lots2 will collect and deliver items bought on eBay or other auction platforms from or to anywhere in London, [...]
Walmart Launches Online Classifieds
AuctionBytes.com: Walmart launched Walmart.com Classifieds beta to provide additional opportunities for their customers to save money and live better. This free, community-based resource allows customers to buy and sell items locally, find local jobs and learn about events in their area. The new Classifieds at Walmart.com provides an expanded offering of products and services, the [...]
