Archive for January 9th, 2009
Trift Stores And Children: Business Closing Everywhere
YourHub.com: As a local manufacturer specializing in baby-children products, I am writing to express my concerns regarding the enforcement of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), effective Feb. 10th, 2009. I support this new law and feel that children’s safety should be of up-most importance in our world today. However, this particular legislation will [...]
Ideas To Inspire Your Launch Into The Work-At-Home World
examiner.com: Moms these days prefer the idea where they would want to stay at home and make money while being able to care for their own kids. Moms that prefer this due to wanting to make something for themselves and at least help with the money part. I, for one, am one of them so [...]
Obamabilia Craze Is Boon To Retailers
San Francisco Chronicle: Can President-elect Barack Obama save the economy? Well, it’s true that he has assembled a crackerjack team of economic advisers, but that’s only one way Obama can help America get back on track. American entrepreneurs and salespeople of all stripes have recognized the opportunity in Obama’s win – namely, that anything associated [...]
Fitness Gadget Tracks Every Calorie
Fortune Small Business: After falling in love with the Nintendo Wii’s physically demanding sports games, serial entrepreneur James Park, 32, started to ponder other ways to combine video games and fitness. The result: a $99 lipstick-size gadget that clips on to your clothes and uses a motion sensor to track everything from steps taken to [...]
Shipwrecked Treasure Allegedly Found Via Google Maps
Slashgear: Treasure hunter Nathan Smith testifies that he used Google maps to find buried treasure in South Texas. Smith also monitored the treasures location with updated satellite images to ensure that no one was poking around long enough to gain legal rights to his findings. The 39-year-old musician from Los Angeles located a 19h century [...]
Bad News For Workers Is Good News For Linkedin
USA TODAY: Where everyone else sees economic gloom and doom, Reid Hoffman sees opportunity. As the freshly minted CEO of LinkedIn (and its founder), he is shepherding a moneymaking tech company in battered Silicon Valley. And he anticipates more growth next year. That is no small achievement. The social-networking site, which lets business professionals create [...]
Five Things Every Small Biz Owner Should Do
Open Forum: Five things that every small business owner should do in 2009. Don’t consider it a New Year’s resolution because there’s a whole psychology behind such things. Just do it. 1. Act like a prospective customer and call your company to see how the phone system and receptionist treat you. 2. See if your [...]
