Archive for February 17th, 2009
RetroDress Brings Back The Vintage To Fit Your Lifestyle Now
Styles are always changing, yet they also find a way to recycle themselves into something new for each generation. Some of the latest styles borrow ideas from those older creations but nothing beats the original. Vintage items are not always easy to find and they’re not always cheap but, when you get a hold of [...]
Inspiring Mompreneurs That Just Might Inspire YOU
At then end of January MSNBC covered a series of mompreneurs in a feature called “A Day in the Life”. Each woman has her own strength and specialties which helped her succeed. Are any of them inspiring to you? Below is just one of the women they mentioned. MSNBC: Name: Joanna Meiseles Name of Company:The [...]
In Midlothian? Maybe You Should Chat While Your Kids Play!
examiner.com: When is the last time you had a leisurely cup fo coffee or a nice chat with your friend or spouse? If you have to think too long about your answer, then consider heading to Chat & Play Cafe in Midlothian. Chat & Play was started by a local mom who clearly understands what [...]
Young Australian Entrepreneurs Say “Start Now!”
Out of Australia comes the interesting story of a number of young entrepreneurs with one thing in common. They all think that now, in this “recession”, is the best time to start a business. “If we can start up in a recession and be successful, we can survive anything,” said 20-year-old Ryan Djurovich, who started [...]
Easing Into Business Ownership
Thinking about starting your own business is both exciting and daunting, especially when the economy seems uncertain. But, if you have the option to ease into it, it could be a sound decision for your future. Franchises such as Snap-on Tools are creating opportunities that assist qualified candidates get their business up and rolling. Through [...]
photo credit: jenn_jenn Everywhere we look it is hard not to see some sort of interview, article or survey on how bad thing’s are going to be for businesses in 2009. Whether or not things are really so bad will have to wait for a different post. While consumers are not shopping as often as [...]
Defining your personal brand can be overwhelming. We are complex individuals with so many passions and aspects to our lives. So where do you start? You should begin by taking a step back and looking at where you are in your career and where you would like to be. This helps you to define your [...]
photo credit: wakalani The most popular resolution almost every year is either to loose weight, or to be more organized, since organization goes along with business… we’ll discuss that one. In a recent article I read that it was advised to STOP cleaning your office. Really? There is a difference between clean and organized. An [...]
USA TODAY: There’s much to be said about a book that makes you pull out a pen and paper to start jotting notes and jump-starts your mind to examine the work you do, why you do it and how it makes a difference in the lives of others. That’s exactly what It’s Not What You [...]
Fast Company: David Lidsky at Fast Company is reporting that the hot items out of this year’s Toy Fair are action figures. “They were buyers’ number-one request,” says Marian Bossard, a VP at the Toy Industry Association, the fair’s host. If that strikes you as kind of low tech for kids who are wired younger [...]
Springwise: Lucky Seven makes custom caps that bear the logos of fictional companies featured in cult films and television shows. Founder Jay Jay Burridge is a self-proclaimed seventies kid, who spent much of his childhood wearing a Star Wars cap. Burridge, who is an artist by trade, founded the London-based company as a hobby, and [...]
Inc.: You have better things to do than hoard and sort receipts. Several companies have recently launched tools that can help you organize receipts and track expenses. Here’s the lowdown on three of them. Expensify tracks every purchase made on your corporate credit cards. Users can log on to Expensify.com to see their spending sorted [...]
Ways To Find Cash In A Bad Economy
Inc.: 1. Search for an angel investor. Check out this angel directory. It’s organized by geographic area and includes contact information for the angel groups. A caution, however: as banks are raising lending and investment standards, so too are angel investors. 2. Tap self-directed IRAs. Individual retirement accounts can be invested in privately held companies, [...]
