Archive for July 7th, 2008
Student Creates Big Coffee Seller
ABCLocal: You’re probably enjoying your first or second cup of coffee right now, brewed the usual way: in a coffee pot. But that’s not the only way to make a Cup-of-Joe. A college student from Westchester is finding success with his unique approach to brewing. Luke Kelly is making a special delivery to the Chocolations [...]
Web creates year-round ‘Black Friday’
Bizjournals: The allure of getting up before dawn to battle massive crowds at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving escapes some people, but a Greensboro entrepreneur is hoping to improve on the “Black Friday” shopping concept with a new Web site, TomorrowOnly.com. The site will feature dramatic discounts for a very limited period of [...]
Launched in 1983 as The Sports Section, Inc.; TSS Photography got their start in the sports photography business, founded by Carl Hansson and Dan Burgner. It wasn’t until ’84 that they started franchising. Since then they have brought on over 200 franchisees in 45 states as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It was [...]
Construction is a large business. Whether it’s home repair, or starting from the ground up. There is always someone, somewhere, looking to hire the right contractor to work on their home. G.J. Gardner is a home building franchise opportunity that is opening up in a variety of regions which include the US, Australia, New Zealand, [...]
London Free Press: The babies of Hollywood stars will soon be bathing in a tub designed and sold by a mom-preneur from London. Brandy Cameron designed Spa Baby, a bathtub that lets infants sit up as they bathe. Cameron, who now lives in Kitchener, launched the product just before Christmas and persuaded some Toys “R” [...]
Prize-Winning South Carolina Cook Dishes Up Whimsical Fare
The Associated Press: A South Carolina woman’s whimsical approach to food is helping her crack the insular world of cooking contests with such novel dishes as pecan-encrusted oysters over asiago cheese grits. And she’s taking home a lot more than blue ribbons and kitchen gadgets. Candy McMenamin has won more than 105 prizes in the [...]
Single Mom Joins The Home Schooling Trend
ReviewJournal.com: Christine Plaisted said she is lucky because she works from home. A telecommuter, she writes permits for oversized-load bearing trucks. Like their mom, her 14- and 12-year-old sons are working from home, taking their classes over the Internet. When Plaisted worked outside the home in the past, she relied on her mother and sister [...]
Experimenting Turns Mom Into Mogul
KansasCity.com: Two years ago April Lacher was a stay-at-home mom and wife. That alone was hard work — taking care of her son, paying bills, cleaning house, running the day-to-day errands. Still, she wanted more. She’d discovered she had an artsy side when she was planning her wedding. To save money, she took on the [...]
How Parents Can Help Young Entrepreneurs
Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: For young entrepreneurs, it’s not just homework or hormones and friends or fashion. For these exceptional young people, it’s all of that — plus finding funding, building business and securing their futures at an early age. And it’s important that their parents understand and appreciate their struggles and offer them support every [...]
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall — These Biz Mistakes, I’ve Made Them All
Biz Chicks Rule: Take this list to nearest mirror, look yourself in the eye, and consider the path to success you are traveling to grow your business. Just a few meaningful changes can result in a smoother journey and a faster road to success. This I know for sure based on over 30 years of [...]
When that time comes around and you’re about to be another year older, did you know that many establishments will actually give you a discount or offer a free birthday promotion? Most people don’t know that, but one mom is taking the time to change that perception with her new website, Free Birthday Treats. With [...]
When that time comes around and you’re about to be another year older, did you know that many establishments will actually give you a discount or offer a free birthday promotion? Most people don’t know that, but one mom is taking the time to change that perception with her new website, Free Birthday Treats. With [...]
Star Tribune: Mark Kroll is running out of time. The man who is already Minnesota’s most prolific inventor wants to keep pumping out patents before the Grim Reaper ultimately arrives at the door. “You got things in your brain, and if you die with them left in there, it’s a waste,” said the 55-year-old inventor, [...]
Separating Bright Ideas From Busts
New York Post: Before a TeleBrands product gets tagged with a snappy name, before its virtues are lauded in the breathless tones of an infomercial, before it’s whisked to eager customers who’ve made the first of two easy payments, it has to survive the scrutiny of a panel that regularly convenes around the conference table [...]
Independent Inventors Conference
USPTO: The 13th annual Independent Inventors Conference will be held on the campus of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia August 8-9. A pre-conference workshop, for anyone interested in learning about the basics of patents and the importance of intellectual property protection, will be held on August 7 from 5 to [...]
