Archive for December 16th, 2008
Run Your Franchise Your Way, With SearchPath International
When most people look for a way to work from home, they eventually end up finding a variety of opportunities that tend to fall within the multi-level marketing (MLM) category. However, some franchises fall under the at-home category. SearchPath International is a franchise that offers the potential to be launched and run in or out [...]
With Job Openings Running Few And Far Between, At Home Businesses Rise
FloridaToday.com: Amy Wagner has heard the stories: Stay-at-home mom starts home-based business, makes it big. “I’m not expecting that, but we all have dreams,” the mother of a 2-year-old son said. Her dream is Songbird Cotton Co., which sells the purses, diaper bags and baby quilts that Wagner makes. She started reading the success stories [...]
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Her Lapper dinner trays have appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and the home-shopping network QVC. Now entrepreneur Ashley Hatcher is taking her invention before yet another national audience. She and her non-slip dinner trays will appear on NBC’s “Today” show, during a segment hosted by nationally known marketing guru and TV host [...]
Mother's Desperate Need Drives New Take On Old Idea
Market Watch: Blue Celery, a Mom-preneur run Canadian manufacturer of ‘double-loop style’ baby slings, is spearheading a Baby Sling Bank for the Birth & Parent Companion Program of Mothercraft Ottawa. This unique initiative will benefit young single mothers, and mothers suffering abuse, addiction, or mental illness. “Promoting strong parent-infant attachment lays the groundwork for healthy [...]
Mom Invented And Mom Approved: The Tubby Bundle
As any mom knows, a wet baby that is fresh from a bath can be slippery and that can be dangerous. Then just when you want to cuddle your baby while drying them off, you end up absorbing all the extra water. One understanding stay at home mom knew exactly what it was like and [...]
The Best Biz Books of 2008 – Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Fast Company: The pioneering work of Nobel Prize-winning economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has led to a number of books that consider rational and irrational behavior in a new light. The Brafman brothers tell the story of irrational behavior in business and life and how we can combat it with sharp anecdotes and a [...]
Making Hard Times Work For Your Biz
The New York Times: Times are tough, and now, especially, every small business is looking for ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Overtime, the office holiday party and the company’s off-site gatherings at the wonderful resort on the water may be off the table for the immediate future. But there still are some inexpensive [...]
Pitch Your Startup In One Sentence
College Mogul: Are you able to pitch your company in under a minute, or even thirty seconds? Well, you should be able to do it in one sentence. The easiest way to do this is to compare your model to another one (or two if it is a combination) that people already know and understand. [...]
Self-Employed People Finding It Harder To Get Mortgages
The Wall Street Journal: The government’s recent moves to backstop the mortgage market have made it easier for many people with decent credit scores to get a loan. But for many self-employed people — even those with pristine credit — the mortgage freeze has yet to thaw. A reversal of the loose lending practices that [...]
