Archive for February 10th, 2009
Casino Baby Brings A Bit Of Vegas Fun To Baby Clothes
They might not be able to gamble but they can wear it. Clothing, that is. Casino Baby offers parents a chance to dress up their babies in fun designs that can only be inspired by a day in the casino. Through their unique sense of style, Theresa and Tanya have successfully jumpstarted a new kind [...]
When Recession Equals Opportunity
MSNBC: It’s a sad fact that pretty much everybody knows people who have lost their jobs in this recession. But sometimes, hard times can turn into opportunity. An article in USA Today states that a recession is a great time to start a business. Did you know that Trader Joe’s, Disney and Hewlett-Packard started during [...]
Female Business Owners Are Turning To The 'Princess' Network To Gain Support
Deseret News: In the background, you can hear a little voice shouting for attention: “Mom, turn on my music!” “Can you hold on a second?” asks Kelly King Anderson. There’s a pause in conversation as she sets down the phone and asks her daughter to be patient while she finishes talking to a reporter. Seconds [...]
The Wall Street Journal: Now Procter & Gamble wants to wash your car. The giant manufacturer of household staples including Pampers diapers, Crest toothpaste and Gillette razors is forging a new business model: franchising car washes. To jump-start plans for a nationwide chain of Mr. Clean Car Wash franchises, P&G in December acquired the franchise [...]
All You Need Is Love … To Run Your Biz
Rhonda Abrams At USA TODAY: All you need is love, love; love is all you need. The Beatles weren’t business consultants when they sang that, of course, and you certainly need more than just love to run a small business. But this Valentine’s Day, let’s look at 10 ways that love helps your business succeed: [...]
BusinessWeek: Want to drown your economic worries? HowstheBar.com, a new social-network site that lets members rate bars in real time to find the most hopping places, may help. Some 600 members in Illinois are already clicking on where to go—and where not to—says Randy Rantz, founder of the venture. After working as a real estate [...]
Biz Resource: Printable Checklist
Download Squad: Add Printable Checklist to your list of single-use web applications with incredibly straightforward names. In fact, go ahead and use Printable Checklist to make the list. It’s almost ridiculously simple to use: add, delete, and rename are the only options. Sometimes bare bones is best, though. Loading up Printable Checklist in a browser [...]
Trendhunter: Speed bumps are becoming an increasingly attractive option to advertise products and services by catching the customer at a moment when he has to slow down his speed and pay attention. The latest is a McDonald’s outdoor campaign by DDB New Zealand that promotes the new McDonald’s Shaker Fries (the ones that come in [...]
