Archive for November 3rd, 2008
Postage Meters Can Save Your Business Time And Money
Many businesses need mail or packages to be shipped regularly. For many smaller or home based business, that can mean gathering it all up and driving to the local post office to get it shipped. As mundane as the chore can be, it’s necessary. That is, unless you own a postage meter. These meters give [...]
Single Parent Gets Help Adjusting Her Budget
The Seattle Times: After nearly 20 years of living hand-to-mouth while making guests comfortable at her downtown Seattle bed-and-breakfast, Lindsey Nichols has finally reached a point where she can breathe easier. Business at Pensione Nichols has blossomed lately, the result of Nichols applying some of the expertise she acquired during a stint in the corporate-hotel [...]
Hillsborough Mom's Tailor-Made Gifts Inspire Customers
MyCentralJersey.com: Township resident Sandra Kircher creates the memories of tomorrow – today. Kircher, 41, is the owner of Li’l Inspirations, a personal, embroidery gift online store. The company is named after her two sons: Rudy, III, 13, a Hillsborough Middle School student and Zachary, 10, a Triangle Elementary School student. “They inspire me,” Kircher said [...]
photo credit: kevindooley One of the thing’s that I think all too often goes overlooked in any business is the importance of how the office is run. You can have what you feel is a well oiled business with a great product or service, but if the inner office business isn’t quite up to par, [...]
CNet News: Time Magazine has named 23andMe, one of the first consumer genetic testing services, its 2008 Best Invention of the Year. 23andMe, named for the 23 chromosome pairs every human has, set itself apart from other DNA-testing services, because “it does the best job of making them accessible and affordable,” according to Time. The [...]
Nashvillians Working From Home Soars
The Tennessean: More Nashville-area residents are choosing to work from home at a time when the job market is getting tighter. Davidson County saw a 54 percent increase to 14,990 people working at home from 2006 to 2007, outpacing the nation’s growth as well as that of comparable cities such as Charlotte, N.C., according to [...]
What’s Your Major? You May Be A Future Entrepreneur
The Wall Street Journal: Someone’s college major may be a good predictor of whether he or she eventually becomes an entrepreneur. A new working paper by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy follows the career choices of 1993 college graduates with bachelor’s degrees using data gathered by the U.S. Department of Education, and looks [...]
Mom Makes Millions With Hair Clip Idea
Lavellej-Momguide.com: It took Lisa Lloyd only 13 months to get a licensing deal for her new invention idea. Lisa, a 23 year old single mom, was making only $13,000 a year selling ad space when she had a great idea. She always had to keep her hair looking nice because of her high profile job [...]
Givers Embrace Micro-Loan Programs
The Dallas Morning News: Alex Counts considers Dallas his Promised Land. More individuals here support his crusade to give small loans to really poor women than any other place on earth. “Here, the story of self-help, entrepreneurship, people working their way out of poverty and taking charge of their lives as economic actors is a [...]
