Archive for September 19th, 2008
Mother's Helper: She Assists Parents With A Necessary Task
phillyBurbs.com: Poop happens. And much to many a parent’s chagrin, so must potty training. By the time their little ones have reached the age of 2 or so, most moms and dads are more than ready to ditch the expensive diapers and move on to big kid pants, but mix in a full-time job, a [...]
Sign Shop Grows Out Of Owners House
Outlook: When she’s driving around East County, April McIntyre says she likes to note how various businesses have their signs and banners displayed and designed, and how well they get their messages out. It’s a natural instinct for McIntyre, whose own business, The Sign Shop, has contributed a great deal to the businesses and organizations [...]
Moms Take Start-Up To Stardom With First Saline Wipes Created Especially for Kids
Market Watch: Less than one year after delivery of the first shipment, two Oregon moms’ innovative product, Boogie Wipes, will pay off to the tune of $2.9 million. Created by inventor-moms Mindee Doney and Julie Pickens. Boogie Wipes are the first and only saline-enhanced personal wipes designed especially for kids’ runny noses. “We got tired [...]
Franchise Genius Helps Pair Potential Franchisees And Franchises
No matter what niche the business is in, it’s important to learn as much as possible about a franchise before committing to it. We can thank websites like Franchise Genius for making it easy to access that information. A potential franchisee can depend on Franchise Genius to offer a list of franchises in a variety [...]
Fortune Small Business: When a cool breeze breaks the desert heat and the faint scent of mesquite wafts through Tucson, photographers Jeff Smith and Tom Willett hit the road to chase lightning. The duo drive their pickup beneath dark thunderheads, shooting hundreds of photos during the summer monsoons that rumble over Arizona’s Sonoran Desert and [...]
BusinessWeek: Forget social networking. The next big Web-based thing is going to be “knowledge sharing.” So says Benjamin Wald, who dropped out of Babson College his sophomore year to start a business that capitalizes on this concept, with his fraternity brother, Dean “Tyler” Jenks, who also dropped out (he was in his senior year). Knetwit, [...]
Forbes: The 77 million baby boomers (adults aged 44 to 62) represent one-quarter of the U.S. population–and a whole lot more of its buying power. Boomers generate $2 trillion in annual income, own more than 70% of U.S. financial assets and represent half of all discretionary spending, according to Age Wave, a San Francisco-based demographic-trend [...]
The New York Times: For eight years, Arnold Kim has been trading gossip, rumor and facts about Apple, the notoriously secretive computer company, on his Web site, MacRumors.com. It had been a hobby — albeit a time-consuming one — while Dr. Kim earned his medical degree. He kept at it as he completed his medical [...]
Entrepreneur: Chris Mittelstaedt was just a child at the controls of a Cessna aircraft when he got his first lesson in business. An entrepreneur and a pilot, Mittelstaedt’s father taught him the importance of keeping an eye out for early indications of trouble. Later on, when the dotcom bust severely damaged his regional fruit delivery [...]
