Archive for February 18th, 2009
BellyLaf Has Bath Time All Tied Up, In Mitts.
What are some of the things found in your child’s bath? The washcloth? How about toys? Chris Hempel and Denise West has introduced something new for you to add: Grippees and MiniMitts. Sold under the business name, BellyLaf, the mitts have given bath time a new twist. Grippees are made for adult hands but they’re [...]
Toy Fair Sees Hard Times And Soft Sales
While this isn’t directly related to mom’s, this article gives a good overview on what the toy industry is going through at this time. This is especially important for those of you that base your business around making toys or accessories for them. NJ.com: Jim Madonna, holding a button that read “I Survived the ‘Bear’ [...]
Entrepreneur Living Dream With Tour Niche
IndyStar.com: Glenn Dunlap is often asked how he came up with the idea for his baseball tours company, Big League Tours. “It’s pretty simple, really. Just like everything else in my life, when my experience, passions and opportunities intersect, “big breaks” have occurred.” Dunlap said. “What led me to start Big League Tours is my [...]
Greatest Inventors You’ve Never Heard Of
News-Journalonline.com: To be sure, Edison deserves the credit he has received, and then some. But there are other inventors whose contributions have done as much to advance society and deserve a place of honor — and not just the more well-known inventors and innovators like the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford or Samuel [...]
Social Networking Your Way to Fame
photo credit: alpha du centaure Social networking is kind of like building a house, you need a good frame base to start on. Plans drawn up as to where you want your business to go and what you want it to ultimately achieve. Once you have a good solid frame started, you need to consider [...]
CNNMoney.com: Business ideas are everywhere, if you know where to look. Mitch Altman was inspired by a noisy TV in a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto. Altman, a 52-year-old electrical engineer, was trying to catch up with old friends over noodles one evening , but the tube was too distracting. “It sucked our brains out,” [...]
photo credit: Nesster The IRS kindly sent over this press release: Although no phrase may strike more fear in a taxpayer than the dreaded, “IRS audit”, the prospect of an IRS audit need not paralyze your small business. You can learn how to prepare for and what to expect during an audit by tuning in [...]
Portland BusinessJournal: Today is an excellent time to change your life for the better. It is a time when old ways of doing business are changing. Many are embracing the opportunities beyond searching for information, sending email messages and social networking. Many are embracing the Net as the main way to do business. Here are [...]
photo credit: faith goble It use to be that if you wanted to take some business courses to increase your knowledge or chances of obtaining a decent job, you would have to enroll in a big time school, spend hour’s in a boring classroom with a bunch of strangers and spend thousands of dollars that [...]
photo credit: James Jordan While big businesses and corporations are making layoffs and cutting staff left and right everyday and cutting pension plans to offset high debt costs, small businesses are going fishing — fishing for new employees that is. All those hard working people being fired and laid off, well, they have to go [...]
Consumers Complain About Work-At-Home Scam
St. Louis Business Journal: Consumers say they were misled by a Maryland Heights company, American Publications, that advertises an opportunity for people to work from home, the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois said. Spasser and American Publications advertise in Better Homes and Gardens, Parents and Parenting magazines. The BBB said it [...]
