Archive for July 3rd, 2008
DIY Entrepreneur Creates Tools for Women
NZHerald: Watching DIY entrepreneur Angela Beer totter down a steep driveway in 10cm heels and designer fur-trimmed coat, it’s hard to picture her on a building site. She’s clutching an over-sized handbag, not a 30-piece toolkit. Beer launched Hello Dolly in 2006, with five products, meagre funds and a huge ambition to go global. The [...]
Entrepreneur Creates New Rickshaw Business
WCSH6.com: Andy Tyne hopes the rising price of gas helps his new business thrive. He recently bought a rickshaw and is now riding it around town. Tyne said he decided to buy the bike and carriage to ride his children back and forth to scool, but then realized it could make him some money. “I [...]
Energy Automation Systems Inc.
It may not be as EASI as it seems, but Energy Automation Systems Inc. might make it feel that way for their customers. This business offers a service which helps their clients make changes that will visibly lower their electric bills. They have been offering these services since 1978.
It’s not hard to find health insurance for ourselves, but if we want pet insurance to help cover our loved ones if something happens that’s a whole different story. Trupanion is looking for some people interested in a territory partnership. They want to expand into new areas and to do that they need people interested [...]
If taking a plain looking room and making it look unbelievable is something you enjoy, then you might love the Decor & You franchise opportunity. Backed by a brand, they offer buying power to find the best possible prices for all the items you’ll need to do the job. That way you can set your [...]
Invention Could Change Lives Of Diabetics
nbc5i.com: A Texas mom frustrated with constant insulin injections has invented a device that she said is changing the lives of diabetics. K.K. Patton invented an injection port and now she only has to feel the pain of the needle stick once every three days. “When it was something that I was going to have [...]
Marina Westerdahl used to be a wildlife biologist, but when she had her children she decided it was time to stay home. It was from her experience as a parent that her business was born. She wanted to find some padded clothing for her son, as he was starting to crawl around. With sewing experience [...]
DeepLinking: People have been sketching user interfaces since the birth of the web (possibly even before) but the sketches usually stay locked away in old notebooks and discarded bar napkins. Many of the websites we use started out as scrawlings, and with people like Jakob Nielsen and Bill Buxton spreading the gospel of faster, cheaper [...]
A while back we did an interview with Katja of Skimbaco where I noted about the Oprah mention made about the ladybug shoes that Suri was wearing on her show. Although Katja’s online store sells these great shoes, it is Jenny Ford’s business, Monkey Toes, where they originated from. These fun shoes are as unique [...]
A while back we did an interview with Katja of Skimbaco where I noted about the Oprah mention made about the ladybug shoes that Suri was wearing on her show. Although Katja’s online store sells these great shoes, it is Jenny Ford’s business, Monkey Toes, where they originated from. These fun shoes are as unique [...]
Small Bizs Sell Online With PayPal
Rhonda Abrams at USA Today: Do you want to sell over the Internet — and actually get paid? Do you sell on the Web now but want to increase the pool of potential buyers? Then you’ll want to know about PayPal, the online payment system celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Years ago, when we [...]
Fortune: Ramon Reyes had a problem. He could only get sound from one channel on his iPod video player. At first, he thought his ear-buds were busted. But he replaced them with a pricey new pair made by Sony, and it didn’t make any difference. So on a recent sunny afternoon, Reyes stood outside his [...]
Can A Microbiz Help Your Retirement?
Expression: Not having enough money for a comfortable retirement tops the list of financial concerns among aging Americans, according to a recent Gallup Poll. It even outweighs peoples’ worries about having a serious illness or accident. With statistics showing that Americans can expect to live 20 or more years after reaching retirement age and our [...]
MarcAndAngel.com: I finished reading David Allen’s unofficial productivity bible, “Getting Things Done” (GTD) about 2 and a half months ago. Since then I’ve made an asserted effort to implement his suggestions. The fundamental goal was to simply increase my daily rate of productive output. After 2 months of fine-tuning I’m happy to report that I [...]
Entrepreneurship: It’s Not About the Money
MarketWatch: When asked whether they would work for someone else if that job promised more money than they currently make, 59% of small-business owners said they’d turn that job down and continue with their own business, according to the monthly survey in June of 1,000 businesses with five or fewer employees. Still, 30% said they’d [...]
