Archive for November 17th, 2008
Elevation Burger Offers A Dine-Out Healthy Burger Option And Franchise Opportunity
For the health conscious who crave a hamburger, they generally find themselves eating a veggie burger instead. Elevation Burger has created a dine-out opportunity for those individuals that want the healthy hamburger instead of that veggie or tofu alternative. During a time when people care about their own health as well as the well-being of [...]
Mother & Daughter Team In Dana Flourish In The Candy Industry
Terre Haute News: In a little shop in a quiet corner of the Wabash Valley, the delectable smells of fudge and caramel, mint and espresso, waft through a 100-year-old home where two women are realizing an entrepreneur’s dream. Brooke Schmidt and her mother, Donna Thompson, co-owners of Brooke’s Candy Co. in Dana, have seen their [...]
Honeywear, Inc. Advances To Final Round Of 'Forbes Boost Your Business Contest'
Honeywear, Inc., an Asheville, NC grassroots, mom–run, organic children’s accessories and clothing company, is a finalist competing for the $100,000 prize in Forbes.com’s “Boost Your Business” Contest. The contest began in May with 1,500 applicants, and 20 semi-finalists were chosen by contest officials at Forbes.com. Online voting for thirty-second ‘elevator pitches’ determined selection of 5 [...]
Niche Biz: World’s Smallest Postal Service
Leafcutter Designs: Lea Redmond runs the World’s Smallest Postal Service, a teeny tiny letter transcription service. She sets up shop in cafes and stores, and is now available online. Here’s how it works: You write a letter (up to 12 whole sentences!) and Lea transcribes it onto tiny stationary (1 x 1.5 inches) with a [...]
Inc.: Over the past few weeks, economic experts have introduced us to a deluge of statistics and indices to chart the current financial crisis. As a microbusiness owner, however, I’ve found one reliable index that won’t show up on most economic forecasts, one I’m calling the Haircut Index. In my small town in New York’s [...]
Small Bizs Can Help Obama Fix Economy
Rhonda Abrams – Gannett News Service: Like all Americans, we in the small business community congratulate President-elect Barack Obama on your victory and are optimistic about the hope your election brings. Now we’d like to answer your call. On election night, you set out your vision: “There’s new energy to harness, new jobs to be [...]
Do You Really Own Your Domain Name?
Inc.: Just because you pay the domain name bill doesn’t mean you own it. That’s right. You may not be the legal owner. Whoever is the legal owner of your domain name, that person has total control over it including – what Web site it points to, what domain name registrar maintains it, changing information [...]
Grameen America Distributes $1 Million In New York City
MarketWatch: Grameen America, a microfinance organization based on the Grameen lending model, announced it has successfully disbursed more than $1 million in micro-loans to low-income women, many of whom are immigrants, in Queens, New York. Grameen America is a microfinance organization with a mission to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship. In January 2008, Grameen America launched [...]
