Archive for January 27th, 2009
At first shrinkwrapping might not seem like a very profitable business, until you consider where those services are used most. Shrinkwrapping has been used on boats, RV’s, industrial equipment, freight, and that’s only the beginning. It is an important tool that is utilized often, whether it is for shipping or storage. With at least 17 [...]
Take Credit Card Payments by iPhone!
ProcessAway is a charge card terminal for the iPhone and iPod Touch that uses the Authorize.net payment processing gateway. ProcessAway is your complete mobile processing solution for accepting credit card payments both in and out of the office. Swap meets, street fairs, antique shows, mobile detailing, on-site consultants, handymen.. the list is endless on who [...]
Expert: Now’s the Time to Be an Author
Is your industry getting killed with all the changes that are happening right now? We know people in real estate, banking and construction are running out the door in search of new opportunities. Here’s another one you may not hear as much about – publishing. Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Harper Collins are laying staff [...]
Moxdog Brings New Life To Town Of Raymond Web Site
Seacoastonline.com: A local businesswoman with a reputation for bringing her clients’ Internet aspirations to life has brought a new look to the town’s Web site. Web surfers may have noticed over the past few weeks that the town’s site, once dominated with shades of nondescript beige and containing some links that went nowhere, now features [...]
Mompreneur Didn't Let Age Get In The Way Of Chasing Her Dream
MSNBC: Amy Kossoff Smith didn’t let age get in the way of chasing her dream to write about motherhood. In this essay, “Stumbling into Cyberspace,” excerpted from the book “Knowing Pains,” Smith writes about learning how to use the Internet to start her business. My fingers raced across the keyboard, and my heart pounded as [...]
photo credit: furryscaly Starting a business is risky, but not as risky as you think. The oft-stated fact that 90% of startups fail within their first year is an urban myth. OnStartups thinks, and Dane agrees, that now is the time to start that business — just forget about the venture capital. Here are some [...]
Best Businesses to Start in a Recession?
photo credit: Conor Lawless Financial analysis company Sageworks has released a study that ranks industries by their net profit margin in 2008. The study only tracked privately held companies. The top ten most profitable industries in 2008 were: Offices of dentists Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services Legal services Offices of other health practitioners [...]
Voice Mail from Google: Coming Soon
I thought it was dead, but it appears that Google’s telephone answering web application Grand Central is alive after all. It’s taken a year to merge the GrandCentral servers with Google’s, but they’re nearly done, and a 2.0 version is imminent says New York Times tech columnist David Pouge.
The Wall Street Journal: Even in a recession, people will still want to be entertained. The Great Depression saw resilience and even growth in movie ticket sales as one of the cheapest ways for people to entertain themselves. As this economy tightens through 2009, we’ll find growing numbers of “time rich-cash poor” consumers seeking today’s [...]
Kits Help Patients Fight Off Hospital Germs
Springwise: Although hospital superbugs may be infamous, we haven’t yet seen a branded, integral B2C approach to their prevention. Sold and marketed to consumers instead of to health institutions, PatientPak is a collection of antimicrobial and other hygiene items for those planning a hospital visit. Its aim: to kill 99.99% of bugs, including nasties such [...]
An eighth grade Canadian boy has invented a plastic decal that will stop birds from flying into windows. The decal is painted ultraviolet, a color that is invisible to humans, but very visible to birds. It’s like putting a big stop sign in the middle of the window, ” Charlie Sobcov on CBC Radio. 500 [...]
Telegraph.co.uk: Every day 38-year-old Laytoyia Housley logs into UpDown’s site from her home in Florida and spends two hours trading stocks and shares. “Act fast, invest smart and do not get emotional,” she preaches, giving her best impression of a ruthless Wall Street whiz kid. This year, she’s made close to a 1,500 per cent [...]
New Way to Market Weightlifting
photo credit: ericmcgregor A London gym called Gymbox has come up with a new gimmick to differentiate itself from the competition: instead of lifting weights, you can lift humans. Wearing Lycra catsuits which label their weight, they sit on specially adapted machines and shout words of encouragement. The “dumbbells” include two dwarfs – 32-year-old Arti [...]
Inventor-Friendly Companies List
Inventors Digest Blog: Inventors Digest has unveiled an upgraded and updated list of inventor-friendly companies. The companies accept product submissions from independent inventors. Please read their submission guidelines prior to submitting and follow them to the letter. Most companies only consider patented or patent pending products. Consider the Inventor-Friendly Company page your one-stop shopping destination [...]
Testing Toys Could Break Small Bizs
SmallBizResource: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, set to become law Feb. 10, has the right idea at heart: to ensure children’s toys are safe for them to play with. The CPSIA, enacted last year after all of those scary recalls of toys made in China, prohibits kids’ products from being made and sold if [...]
