Archive for September 22nd, 2008
Fledgling Business Takes Flight
Scoop: Picture walking into a candle lit room where the dining table is dressed to impress, the lounge is filled with stunning décor to satisfy the eye and gentle fragrances fill the air. Imagine a coffee or wine in your hand and the company of good friends. You’ve just walked into a Chez Nous demonstration, [...]
Soap-Making Hobby Blossoms Into Business
Leader-Telegram: When Shawnda Swanson was a teenager, her mom started making soap. It was a hobby for Carla Benson, but she also wanted to provide gentle soap for Shawnda, who had sensitive skin. Eventually the hobby grew until Benson was selling bars of soap at craft sales. Three years ago, Swanson decided to take her [...]
In Person & Online – Savvy Ways To Build Your Network
Minnesota Women’s Press: We know we should do it. Everyone says so. Especially now, when things are tighter than ever. No, we’re not talking about diet or exercise or clothes that, um, shrunk in the wash. It’s networking that’s the “should,” and experts say that in these days of shrinking employment opportunities and the “hidden” [...]
Pendaflex Makes It Cool To Keep Your Office Organized
When you take a look around your office, what do you see? There is a good chance you’ll find papers. Maybe even folders or a file cabinet. From students to business owners, everyone has paperwork and they need a way to keep it all organized! Although they weren’t always known by this name, Pendaflex is [...]
Quick Interview: Joel Libava, Franchise Consultant
I recently had a chance to exchange a couple of quick questions with Joel Libava, a franchise consultant with Franchise Selection Specialists in Cleveland, Ohio. What is a franchise consultant? There are actually a couple different types of franchise consultants. There are those who help companies franchise their concepts. Then there are those who strategically [...]
Associated Press: In fall 2006, Monica Murphy of Old Greenwich and Becca Brown had everything going for them. The respective Georgetown and Harvard University alumnae were in their last year of business school at Columbia University, with jobs lined up at Goldman Sachs upon graduation. There was just one problem: Their stilettos kept sinking into [...]
All Eyes Will Be On Sock Design
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Who would’ve thought,” he smiled. “A sock for the outside of the shoe?” His Olive Branch-based business hinges on the distribution of The Debris Inhibitor, a nylon barrier preventing the “crumb rubber” — or small bits of rubber — of playing surfaces from entering athletic shoes, namely, cleats. “My partner and I [...]
Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Biz
TechCrunch: It was only a matter of time before Amazon would decide to release a Content Delivery Network, and according to the company in an official statement, it has done just that. Designed to complement its S3 storage service and EC2 web services, the CDN will be available later this year and will provide users [...]
Google Now One Of Top 10 Most Valuable Brands
Ars Technica: Interbrand has concluded its study of this year’s top brands and released its annual Best Global Brands survey, a valuation based on several factors of international reach and financial growth. A number of tech companies, including Google, IBM, and Nintendo saw the most positive gains, while financial giants and even Microsoft saw their [...]
Has Your Small Biz Been Affected By The Woes Of Wall Street? Yes No View Results Photo by ba1969.
The iPhone is a outstanding handheld computer (and decent cellular phone) from Apple, but it’s also an amazing business opportunity for small software developers. Indie developer Steve Demeter Trism has revealed that he’s made over $250,000 in just over two months on his $5 game Trism.
