Archive for January 20th, 2009
Cardboard Lemonade Stand for the Unimaginative
Did you have a lemonade stand when you were a kid? I did, and it was usually just a folding table I’d drag out of the garage and set up on the sidewalk in front of my house on hot summer days. I’d decorate it with crudely drawn advertisements on scraps of cardboard. Many complain [...]
Business Owner Finds Refreshment In The Coffee Biz
When the recession seems to be knocking some businesses down, MyCupCoffee.com continues to grow. Through a combination of customer service and bulk pricing, they have successfully grown their customer base in the 4 years since the launch of their website. Jim Cotton, the owner of MyCupCoffee.com and Midwest Refreshment, spoke with us about his business, [...]
WAHM Articles Writing Workshop Helps Mompreneurs Learn "Write" Way To Build Internet Presence
bignews.biz: WAHM Articles, a website with nearly 3,000 work-at-home-mom articles written by over 600 authors, recently launched a writing community to give members the necessary tools to write for the Web and gain visibility for their businesses. Writing and publishing online articles, press releases, blogs and e-books are popular ways for mom website owners to [...]
Missing Mittens Turn Mom Into Ski Entrepreneur
azcentral.com: Skis? Check. Boots? Check. Goggles? Check. Gloves? Arrrgh, back to the parking lot. Julie Hall, an Ahwatukee Foothills Army veteran, skier and mom, was fed up with dropped mittens, missing goggles and the effort it took to lug her family’s skis from the car trunk to the slopes. The frustration turned Hall into an [...]
Dean Kamen Reveals ‘Toughest Question’
CNN: Segway scooter inventor Dean Kamen freely admits it: He often suffers sleepless nights wrestling over whether to quit a project that’s not panning out. “You end up lying there saying, ‘I’m not stopping. It would be an act of shallow cowardice. Or you decide to quit and you say, ‘This is one of those [...]
ars technica: Things are not looking good for Amazon and other online retailers who have been avoiding collecting sales taxes from customers, and for customers who have avoided paying them. A fairly new New York state tax law—dubbed the “Amazon Tax”—has been given the green light as a judge dismissed two lawsuits alleging that the [...]
Self Improvement Rollout Shelves
Although the home improvement industry has felt the effects of a slumping economy, some improvements are necessary and help keep this industry in business. One thing that people tend to enjoy are inexpensive ways to make their day-to-day life easier. Shelf Improvement Rollout Shelves offer a way for those in the home improvement industry a [...]
Although they are admittedly a Direct Sales business opportunity, Green Irene is not another Avon or Tupperware business. Known as Eco-Consultants, these men and women offer their services to people that are interested in conserving energy within their home. The $99 Green Home Makeover is their main product. It is a consultation which takes 60-90 [...]
Reuters: Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas won’t be at U.S. President Barack Obama’s inauguration. Instead he’ll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV. Anas, 34, who from some angles bears a resemblance to the new U.S. president, shot to fame in Jakarta after Obama, 47, won the election in November, and is now earning [...]
Planning a Start-Up? Help and Advise Abound
The Wall Street Journal: Laid off in the recession and thinking of starting a business? Or just tired of working for someone else? It’s hard to start a business alone. Aspiring entrepreneurs must tackle an onslaught of questions like what and where to sell, how to effectively market their product or service, how to structure [...]
The Would-Be Entrepreneur’s Handbook
Money Magazine: The last day of a recession is the best day to start a business, the saying goes. So tackle the 10 steps in this guide now – and be ready to ride the rebound when it comes. Step 1: Interview yourself for the job Step 2: Have a cushion Step 3: Leverage your [...]
