Archive for September 3rd, 2008
With the slogan, “Coaching. Not just for sports.”, ActionCOACH has grown to become the #1 business coaching firm in the world. They currently have over 1000 offices within 26 different countries where they are able to coach as many businesses as needed to help them reach the success they are looking for. Of course, if [...]
A quick look around your home might lead you to believe it’s clean, but there is a good chance you might be wrong. Homes are full of allergens and many other contaminates. The Hygienic Home is a green business which will come into a home and thoroughly clean it using only eco-friendly products. Some of [...]
CafeMom.com To Launch Unprecedented $10 Million Nationwide Schools Initiative
dBusinessNews: CafeMom, the largest and fastest growing online community site for moms, is enlisting moms across the country as part of an initiative to donate up to ten million dollars to support schools nationwide. CafeMom is launching over 100,000 school groups so that all of the K-12 schools nationwide are represented on the site. Moms [...]
Mother Of 3 Keeps Agency And Travelers On Right Course
montgomeryadvertiser.com: Liz Sutton has successfully guided Alabama World Travel (AWT) by staying ahead of changes in the travel industry. She has altered the focus of the business twice, and just this summer the agency became part of a new program. AWT is one of 300 services worldwide, and only two in Alabama, that will be [...]
Mother & Daughter Design Kids Clothing
aikenstandard.com: A local mother and daughter have turned their talents into a booming business. Carole Carver and her daughter Melissa Bryan began sewing together several years ago. The pair have created and designed everything from handbags and headbands to dresses and pants. Earlier this year they decided to name their growing business Palmetto Cuties and, [...]
Is Your Idea Already Patented? Patents.com Will Tell You.
All great inventions start as an idea, but how many of those ideas have already been patented and have started to take form? Not all ideas are unique, but when you have one it is important to make sure to get the right paperwork done so your idea won’t be stolen by the next person [...]
The Washington Post: A former high school football player, Billy Mays dropped out of West Virginia University and worked for his father’s hazardous-waste trucking company. In 1983, he ran into a high school friend who was heading to Atlantic City to sell Ginsu knives on the boardwalk, then the pitchman capital of the United States. [...]
The Wall Street Journal: Last fall, South Dakota businessman Steve Polley was scouting for ways to make some extra income when he saw a news headline: The price of hops was surging because of a global shortage. At the time, Polley knew little about hops, the flowering plants that give beers their distinct aromas and [...]
Fortune Small Business: Are you getting enough sleep? For years, Cynthia McKay wasn’t. McKay, CEO of Le Gourmet Gift Basket, a specialty-foods company based in Castle Rock, Colo., spent most of every night wide awake with her mind racing – “mostly due to the stress of business ownership and jet lag,” she says. She managed [...]
Cashing In: Adding Real Names To Sports Games
ars technica: Creating a truly authentic experience when playing video games based on the National Collegiate Athletics Association’s leagues is a daunting task for the average gamer. The NCAA doesn’t allow games to feature the names or likenesses of any of its student-athletes; in-game characters will be the spitting image of real-world players but feature [...]
Can You Take Your Biz On The Road With You?
The Wall Street Journal: Can’t tear yourself away from work for a vacation this summer? Consider bringing your business with you, says Jeff Zbar, who has spent the past six summers traveling the U.S. with his family, working on the road. “A lot of people think they can’t take a vacation,” says Zbar, a free-lance [...]
