Archive for June 11th, 2008
Kid Entrepreneur Creates Board Game
Kiplinger: in a world where we’re all expected to be entrepreneurs and reinvent ourselves to stay competitive in the workplace, it’s never too soon to encourage kids to develop and follow through on their own ideas. Perhaps the example of a project initiated two summers ago by Amanda Wilcox, now 10, and facilitated by her [...]
Entrepreneur Creates Electric Boats
Charlotte: Record gas prices are keeping some boat owners docked and sending boat sales off the deep end. The perfect time to start a boat company, says Frank Jones. At least if your company is called Carolina Electric Boats. Jones, who carries the title of company president, launched the business in 2005 in a former [...]
Tutus For Your Little Girl, Or The One In You
Almost every little girl wants to be a ballerina. Miss Priss Tutus gives little girls of all ages the ability to pretend that dream is real. These very full, beautiful tutu’s come in all sizes starting from newborns up to adult. Dallas Roe was a teacher at first. She had her first child and as [...]
Female Construction Company Owners Receive Award
WVLT-TV: When you think of construction crews, you probably don’t think of women–especially in terms of the owner. Well there’s a mom in town who owns a construction company with her daughter and they’re building a big business. We caught up with them today to find out what it’s like to be a woman in [...]
HugaMonkey Selects Locally Owned Manufacturer to Make Baby Slings
PRWeb: HugaMonkey baby slings has partnered with local business Sew Tuff. HugaMonkey selected Sew Tuff to expand they capacity. After working with interns and part-time help, the business needed a better solution. “We needed a lot of baby slings in not a lot of time, so we began looking for a manufacturer. Sew Tuff is [...]
Meals On The Go For Upscale Set
BusinessWeek: Forget Boston Market or the prepared-foods section of Jewel or Whole Foods. In Oak Park, there’s Perfect Dinner, a kitchen that prepares “home-style” take-out and delivered meals. The startup is aimed mostly at “El” riders, who can go online to scope out the shop’s menu of 8 to 10 daily entrées and order ahead [...]
The Windwing? Better Than A Wind Farm
The Daily News: It’s called the next step in wind power and alternate energy sources. The WindWing improves on the wind turbine by using airplane technology and running more efficiently, cheaply and quietly than traditional turbines, he said. A large parallelogram that resembles a set of oversized venetian blinds on a metal rod, WindWing has [...]
Moonlight On The Internet, Part III
Entrepreneur: With all the doom and gloom news about the economy, there’s never been a better time to make an extra paycheck online with a minimal amount of time and effort. If you have an internet connection, you can get started on the road to having the internet pay for your mortgage, car payment, kids’ [...]
Sweet Necessi-Teas Helps Others Enjoy Their Teatime
If you are wondering about market availability for a product you’re interested in offering, there is no need to worry. Where there is a will, there is a way. Karen Hattaway can attest to that. She is the proud owner of Sweet Necessi-Teas, an online store that offers over 300 different tea related products. Sitting [...]
Sweet Necessi-Teas Helps Others Enjoy Their Teatime
If you are wondering about market availability for a product you’re interested in offering, there is no need to worry. Where there is a will, there is a way. Karen Hattaway can attest to that. She is the proud owner of Sweet Necessi-Teas, an online store that offers over 300 different tea related products. Sitting [...]
Don’t Spill BBQ Sauce On Your Biz Cards
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: Your neighbor invites you over for a swim party. You arrive in your most unflattering bathing suit, with a beach ball in one hand and a beer in another. Then you discover your neighbor’s cousin is the purchasing manager for the largest company in town. They buy widgets; you [...]
G.L. Hoffman at U.S. News And World Report: Worry less about the big competitors and more about the guy in the garage. The typical new entrepreneur is overly concerned about the “Big Company.” Their idea is so good that the big company may steal it, they think. Once, a friend of mine had developed a [...]
