Archive for January 22nd, 2009
AWE Unites Entrepreneurs From All Over The Web
What does it take to be a successful Web Entrepreneur? The advice may vary from person to person but the International Association of Web Entrepreneurs is dedicated to helping you find the answer. Sheri McConnell, the founder for a series of associations including the AWE, has used her experienced eye to spot out areas of [...]
Argus Press Spectator: Why would more than a dozen working and stay-at-home moms run 13.1 miles in a Chicago winter? Because they can – and they really want to. And they’re helping a cause to boot. The group is calling it “The Deep Freeze,” a half-marathon being run through Elmhurst at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. It [...]
Mom & Entrepreneur Lives To Compete
TBO.com: Competition has always been in Dawna Stone’s blood. She thrived on it as a 6-year-old entering her first aquatic meets; as an elite college-level swimmer; as an Ironman endurance athlete. And the contests didn’t have to be athletic. Her competitive spirit showed up in professional venues as well: on Wall Street, where she put [...]
Don’t Wait For The “Perfect Opportunity”
YoungEntrepreneur.com: He’s one of the Top 25 Businessmen Who Broke The Rules And Won, he made a $4.5 million salary last year and he’s the #14 Top Celebrity Entrepreneur. Michael Dell was giving a lecture on the ABCs of entrepreneurship to a business class at his psuedo-alma mater, the University of Texas. Dell: “One of [...]
Calgary Herald: Tory Weber was the driving force behind Thermablade, a skate blade that heats up to create perfect skating conditions. He awaits approval from the National Hockey League. But that’s just one of Weber’s brainchildren. His signature already adorns dozens of patents. And he’s got another 100 projects–yes, 100–on the drawing board. One wintry [...]
Killer Startups: One of the questions on everybody’s lips right now is how to monetize online videos in a way that is not detrimental to the quality of the video itself, and which actually spices the interest of the viewer. There is not an easy way to solve this dilemma. The team behind TadCast believes [...]
Direct Selling Grows As Economy Slides
MSNBC: Due to today’s challenging economy, stay-at-home moms — many of whom are highly educated, experienced and motivated — are jumping back into the workforce, but they are choosing their new-found careers very selectively. Paperly, a Chicago-based direct sales business focused on the stationery industry, provides opportunities for stay-at-home moms who do not wish to [...]
Mobile Payments Getting Popular On Social Networks
TechCrunch: Users are increasingly choosing dead simple SMS mobile payments for micro-transactions on social network applications and gaming sites (it fills the void while they wait for more direct options), but super-high transaction fees are limiting growth. The problem is that legacy transactions – specifically scams that give users a “free” ring tone with the [...]
