Archive for July 8th, 2008
Many homeowners want to give their home the best advantage with a beautifully designed driveway, but the cost can be a huge factor in the decision. Hand-laid brick can be quite costly, but there is a franchise which gives potential franchisees and customers alike a chance to try something different. Through a process called StreetPrint®, [...]
Brownie Business Made 3 Generations Deep
East Valley Tribune: Step into the Brownie Connection store in the historic Farmhouse Village in Gilbert and you think you’re back in the early 1900′s. Inhale the sweet aroma of baking brownies coming from the small kitchen and you flash back to your childhood. Take a look at the company financial reports while you’re chewing [...]
Cape Cod Times: June Bertucci of West Hyannisport has been a single mom for nine years, and a home-based business owner since 2004. Bertucci’s two boys were 6 and 10 when she launched Small Office Computer Support of Cape Cod. She left behind a good job in IT and struck out on her own for [...]
As a partnership both Nancy Caigan and Susanna Ronner are quite the business team. Outside of business they are also friends, parents, and more. These two woman, using both of their individual talents put together, were able to create a successful make up business aptly named Primitive Makeup, Inc. It was Nancy as the founding [...]
The New York Times: Laura Udall noticed that her young daughter suffered back pain from lugging her books back and forth to school. Udall decided to develop and market a backpack light enough for children to wear safely. She founded her own company in 2003 and hired an industrial design firm. But after growing frustrated [...]
80/20 Rule Is 80% Accurate 20% Of The Time
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: Are you familiar with the 80/20 Rule, often referred to as Pareto’s Rule? Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist in the 19th century, was directed by the King of Italy to determine the distribution of the country’s wealth. Through Pareto’s tedious analysis he determined that 20% of the Italian population controlled 80% [...]
Mom Commits To Baby Sleep Safety
Many parents all have the same crib-related fears when their children are babies. Whether it’s the unpredictable reality of SIDS, blanket suffocation or other potential injuries that can be incurred. SleepaRoo takes those worries head on with a new, secure sleep system. The system is an easy one to use. From the support used to [...]
Mom Commits To Baby Sleep Safety
Many parents all have the same crib-related fears when their children are babies. Whether it’s the unpredictable reality of SIDS, blanket suffocation or other potential injuries that can be incurred. SleepaRoo takes those worries head on with a new, secure sleep system. The system is an easy one to use. From the support used to [...]
TV Anchor Furthering Career As Entrepreneur
The St. Petersburg Times: After years of starting her workday at 3 a.m., Jennifer Holloway says she’s ready for a change. By the end of the year, she expects to step down as Bay News 9′s morning TV anchor. But she has another job ready: promoting the exercise machine she invented, the Workout 180, as [...]
Daily News: From Florida to Massachusetts, New Mexico to Georgia, Puerto Rico to the Bahamas, Juan Casimiro is training students how to be effective entrepreneurs and in the process become change agents for a sustainable world. Casimiro is the owner and lead trainer for Insight, an international youth entrepreneurship training company that meets the needs [...]
Avoiding Startup Pitfalls: An Entrepreneur’s Guide
PRNewswire: Sidestepping the startup pitfalls so common in business is crucial to an entrepreneur’s success. Savvy entrepreneurs avoid these startup pitfalls by capitalizing on the experience of others, including tapping business mentors to help blaze their way. Here are some specific startup pitfalls that business mentors can help entrepreneurs avoid: Tackling a business you don’t [...]
