Archive for June 17th, 2008
Low Cost Office Space for Small Businesses
DenverPost: A company that provides office space and business services to small businesses is expanding its reach in Colorado with the expectation that a softening economy could prompt more workers to strike out on their own. Your Office allows customers such as lawyer Tara Gaschler to go it alone but still project a big-business image. [...]
As we see our loved ones get older, it is important to us to find them the care that we feel the need as well as deserve. Those who are passionate about helping the elderly as well as motivated in business might enjoy the opportunity that can be found with ComfortStay Assistance. Using their proven [...]
A Moment With Erika-Marie Geiss From theWAHMmagazine
Special correspondent Lisa Di Clemente recently spoke with Erika-Marie Geiss, the editor and founder of theWAHMmagazine. theWAHMmagazine calls itself “first and only content-driven digital magazine for work-at-home parents.” Taking the time to share information on how she got to where she is and what inspired her in this interview, hopefully some of you will be [...]
Chem-Dry Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
The carpet and upholstery cleaning industry is huge. Everyone needs their carpet or furniture thoroughly cleaned regularly to get the longest life from them. For that reason it’s also a good industry to start a business in. Chem-Dry Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning does exactly what the name says. As a franchisee you won’t have your [...]
As 'fliggity' As A Child's Imagination
When her daughter asked for a butterfly shirt, she made it. What it became from there was a business “inspired by a child’s imagination,” as the tagline says on her website, fliggity. Just a quick look through her website and what she has available tells me it honestly is something that children would love. With [...]
Nova Scotia News: It’s Friday. Carole-Ann Miller hurries out to the reception area of Maple Trade Finance’s offices. The offices are on the 7th floor of the Cornwallis Tower at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Queen Street. The huge glass windows look out over the Halifax Harbour. Miller is the company’s co-founder and [...]
USA Today: The souring job market and rising costs of the usual teenage indulgences — a slice of pizza, a drive to the mall, the hottest new jeans — are causing teens to do something they rarely do: be thrifty. It’s a far cry from the freewheeling spending of recent years, when teens splurged on [...]
Dawn Coolahan started her yard sign rental business in 1991. She began working from her kitchen table, which, over time grew into her garage, basement, spare bedroom and so on! Now there are 7 Card in-the Yard locations and all are owned and operated by stay-at-home-moms. What is a Card in-the Yard exactly? Imagine surprising [...]
Exchanging Biz Services Slash Startup Costs
Entrepreneur.com: Let’s face it: 2007 wasn’t the best time to start a new business in Miami Beach. The real estate market had already crashed, and spiraling gas prices would soon dent the vital tourism industry. So when Cleveland Cook, 40, found the need to hire an accountant for Can I Have Your Attention, his new [...]
A reader asked: I stumbled upon your webapge for business ops, looks like a great blog! I am wondering what are some suggestions or op for making money in Second Life? First, I’d definitely recommend checking out The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life: Making Money in the Metaverse. In it, you’ll delve into the most [...]
Colombian Cashes In On Beetle-Mania
Los Angeles Times: Cooing softly in baby talk, German Viasus gently uses a toothbrush to bathe the little animal he has raised since infancy and then pampers it with a fresh meal of mango, bananas and melon. The object of his affection? A beetle the size of a hamster with a hard, shiny shell and [...]
Deliveries Get BentBustedBroken.com
AppScout.com: I work from home, so I still need to get copies of our mothership publication, PC Magazine, sent to me. I’m lucky enough to get them just before subscribers… but I wonder sometimes if I’d be better off not getting them from UPS. I think the driver uses the envelope they come in to [...]
Call For Home-Based Biz Tax Break
Business First of Buffalo: A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would offer a standard $1,500 deduction to taxpayers who work out of an office in their homes. The bill from Rep. John McHugh, a Republican, is backed by the National Association for the Self-Employed. It also has won the support of the [...]
