Archive for October 2nd, 2008
Vietnamese Shoemaker Takes Over Father’s Business
Vietnamenet: Shoemaker Thai Van Anh Hung says his father had foreseen that the traditional trade of making wooden clogs, which had lasted for more than 100 years in Binh Duong Province’s Binh Nham village, was doomed to extinction, and had been proven right in the eighties. More than half the workshop owners in Binh Nham [...]
Entrepreneur Uses Virtual Kisses
Sacbee: Local entrepreneur Mark Otero isn’t flirting with success. He’s found it with “Kiss,” a new Internet tool that allows people to search popular Web sites like MySpace or Hi5 and plant virtual smooches on people they like. Otero is the UC Davis business grad who launched the profitable Mochii Yogurt shop in midtown just [...]
Mom Takes Paralegal Services To A Whole New Level
Since the beginning of the work-at-home mom boom, thousands of women have carved out their own niche in the business world. No matter how many stories have been shared, they have never been the same. Sure these women wanted to be home with their children, but as an individual each woman found her own unique [...]
Mom Takes Paralegal Services To A Whole New Level
Since the beginning of the work-at-home mom boom, thousands of women have carved out their own niche in the business world. No matter how many stories have been shared, they have never been the same. Sure these women wanted to be home with their children, but as an individual each woman found her own unique [...]
Twisting Balloons Into Career Change
Metro: Debbie Stevens twists balloons to entertain kids. But she could capture the imagination of little ones long before she knew how to make a balloon dog or lion. The stay-at-home mom ran a homecare back in the mid 1980s. She became known around her neighbourhood in Bowmanville, Ont., for her storytelling and ability to [...]
Yahoo! Finance: WritingRoom.com — an online community for aspiring writers to engage, encourage and appraise one another’s work — announces the 3rd place winner of their Author Launch Contest, Amanda Crum. Amanda Crum, a freelance writer from Lexington, Kentucky, unleashes her debut novel “The Fireman’s Daughter,” a mysterious tapestry of familial loss, intrigue and illusion. [...]
The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money #10
The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money was originally published in 1880 by P. T. Barnum. Part 10 Learn Something Useful Every man should make his son or daughter learn some trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes–of being rich to-day and poor to-morrow–they may have something [...]
I just posted this comment on the South Carolina Startup Blog, but I thought it would be useful to post here. In response to: Quite a few [of the business ideas that Dane profiles] are franchise-based, which may not fit your definition of a startup idea (lets face it, a franchise is a system to [...]
Her Prized Invention – The “Dripstik”
KPVI6.com: It started out as a simple idea, and has received a huge response. Mecinna Price is an inventor responsible for several inventions, including the popular Dripstik. Dripstik is a device that holds your ice cream cone or popsicle, and keeps it from making a sticky mess. Mecinna says she came up with the idea [...]
Niche Can Help You Survive Tough Times
Herald Tribune: Mortgage brokers generally work on commission and rarely get paid salaries. Yet mortgage broker Jack Sandelman has managed to survive — even thrive. “I’ve become sort of a de facto specialist on foreign national purchase transactions, all to Canadians.” Specializing in the financing of foreigners who buy homes in Southwest Florida is the [...]
Mashable: Sometimes, all it takes is a simple and seemingly stupid idea. Today I was alerted to Web 2.0’s version of the Pet Rock, a site called “Umbrella Today?“. The site takes the simplicity and utility of sites like “Is it down for everyone or just me?” and the question we all really want to [...]
Quit Your Day Job: MewPaperArts
Etsy: Alissa Sampogna had signed up to sell on Etsy just over a year ago in February of 2007. Within the span of a year, Alissa not only set up shop, MewPaperArts, but she was able to quit her cubicle day job. She is now her own boss and living her dream of running her [...]
Is Franchise The Right Biz For You?
The Wall Street Journal: It’s a common scenario: Someone walks into a chain restaurant, loves the food and ambiance and suddenly thinks, “I should own one of these.” It’s tempting to pick a franchise based on personal experiences or love of the product. But the fact that you’re smitten with the business or what it [...]
