Archive for December 18th, 2008
Celebrity Moms And Dads Make BabyLegs® A Star
Market Watch: BabyLegs®, the pioneer of fun and innovative leg and arm warmers for children, has quickly become a must-have accessory for A-List parents. Celebrity moms and dads are being spotted left and right with BabyLegs on their children. Launched in 2005 by a stay-at-home-mom, BabyLegs has quickly grown to sell more than 2.2 million [...]
One Mom Is ‘Sitting On A Whole Lot Of Diapers’
gazette.com: Dani Tobey figures she did a good thing by cashing in her 401(k) last year to invest in something that, well, wouldn’t go down the toilet. “Now, instead of sitting on a little bit of money, I’m sitting on a whole lot of diapers,” she says. Tobey, 34, has a garage full of about [...]
Selling $300 Jeans In A Down Economy
CIO Today: A little over five years ago, Michael Ball looked at his then-girlfriend’s expensive jeans and decided he could design a much better pair himself. Not long after, Ball, who had no fashion design experience, did just that, creating an ultra-slim fitting line that caught on with the celebrity set in Los Angeles. Having [...]
The Best Biz Books of 2008 – Buying In
Fast Company: Our consumerist society is awash in marketing, and no one has thought more critically and intelligently about it than Rob Walker. Buying In chronicles the shift to what he calls “murketing,” or marketing that’s parading as not-marketing, and tells compelling stories of the 21st Century’s most deft purveyors of it. This is one [...]
AnaNova: A British design company have launched a new product to help children concentrate at school – pre-chewed pencils. The company, called Concentrate, says the pencils look like they have already been chewed making pupils less likely to put them in their mouths. And they say this is a cheap but effective way of encouraging [...]
Overworking From Home: Risks Overlooked
Live Science: Working from home has its advantages. No need to shower, shave or even dress; traffic jams are minimized to dodging laundry in the hallway; and then there’s the Judge Judy break at four. Yet with such fringe benefits come disadvantages and dangers few employers are taking seriously and few employees understand, such as [...]
5 Key Characteristics Of Successful Entrepreneur
LifeHack: I’ve heard a lot of great business ideas lately — and more than a few people announcing that now is the right time to go into business for yourself. I think that there’s a lot to be said for becoming an entrepreneur during a down economy — although the risks definitely go up. There [...]
