Archive for February 19th, 2009
The Nest Collective Announces Acquisition Of Plum Organics
PR Web: The Nest Collective today announced the acquisition of Plum Organics, a leading provider of frozen, organic baby food and toddler meals. With this acquisition, The Nest Collective continues to fulfill its mission to create a suite of healthy, organic and nutritional products for babies and kids across America. The Nest Collective plans to [...]
Amy's Kitchen: From The Mind Of One Woman To Your Kitchen Table
CNNMoney.com: Like many busy couples, Andy and Rachel Berliner turned to frozen dinners when home cooking wasn’t on the agenda. One night in 1987 they came up with a better idea. The result: organic powerhouse Amy’s Kitchen. Based in Petaluma, Calif., Amy’s leads the nation in prepared organic food sales and boasted 2008 revenues of [...]
Mompreneur Launches A Line Of Maternity Belts
Comox Valley Record: Anna Mayo, Courtenay native and resident, announced this week the launch of her first entrepreneurial venture, Daisychain Maternity, a line of designer maternity support belts. Daisychain does what no other support belt on the market today does — offers all the therapeutic benefits of a pregnancy support in a stylish fashion accessory. [...]
Teacher Finds Niche Removing Junk From Foreclosures
Arizona Daily Star: Last summer, Jeffrey Swanson left his teaching job at Marana Middle School and quickly found a new calling: hauling other people’s junk. He began cleaning up properties after applying for a job with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. By the time the agency called with a job offer, Swanson said it was [...]
Fortune Small Business: A year ago, Ge Wang didn’t own an iPhone and had no plans to start a company. Today Wang, an associate music professor at Stanford, is co-founder of Smule, a startup that sells musical applications for the iPhone. Smule’s hottest program, Ocarina, is billed as the first musical instrument for the iPhone. [...]
Science Teacher Capitalizes On His Lesson Planner Software
The Register-Guard: High School science teacher Jeff Hellman is beginning to wonder if he’s bitten off more than he can chew. What started in the summer of 2006 as a personal quest to toss aside his old-style teacher planning book for a digital version has exploded into something more like a second career. Google “lesson [...]
Free Domain Name and Hosting for One Year
Webware: The words “free” and “Microsoft” don’t often appear in the same sentence, so imagine my surprise at discovering this deal: a free custom domain name, free Web hosting, free e-mail accounts, and more. As you might expect from the name, Microsoft Office Live Small Business has a decidedly business focus–but that doesn’t mean you [...]
When You Watch These Ads, The Ads Check You Out
Associated Press: Watch an advertisement on a video screen in a mall, health club or grocery store and there’s a slim – but growing – chance the ad is watching you too. Small cameras can now be embedded in the screen or hidden around it, tracking who looks at the screen and for how long. [...]
