Archive for March 3rd, 2009
Training: Get Your Piece of the Government Pie
photo credit: net_efekt Joanna Kenworthy sent in this note: In a statement released in October, President Obama said “small businesses are the engine for economic growth.” He has since unveiled a multi-billion dollar stimulus package part of which will help small business owners grow and create jobs. American Express OPEN, the small business division of [...]
They're Going To Work On Their Own Terms
The Boston Globe: In a failed toy store in Hingham Square, four women are taking on the recession in style. Their brainchild, which opened in December, is a cooperative shop that the four “mompreneurs” hope will weather the recession and serve as an incubator for other mothers with business ideas. “We wanted to do something [...]
How A Valley Mom Went From A Swim Coach To Millionaire
ABC15: Why do some women make big bucks in their home-based businesses while others don’t? That’s the question internationally renowned author/speaker Maureen G. Mulvaney, aka MGM, set out to answer when researching her latest book, The Women’s Millionaire Club In the book, readers learn the secrets of building and owning a successful million dollar home-based [...]
photo credit: pheezy Independent Street: 400 customers each night. A wait of sometimes two hours. For a taco? Yes, this is the frenzy that accompanies Korean taco trucks in the Los Angeles area. And the reason is the way it gets its word out. Starting last November, Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go, the vendor that sells the [...]
Look Beyond Email and the Phone
photo credit: geishaboy500 In a world of high technology and so many different forms of communicating, email and the phone should not be your only resource for getting in touch with clients, business colleagues and more. So what are your other choices for communication today? You can send messages via IM’S, twitter, text messages to [...]
How Obama’s Plans Could Affect Entrepreneurs
The Wall Street Journal: President Obama mentioned “entrepreneurs” and “small-business owners” – “the hardest working people on earth”- several times in his first address to Congress. The U.S. economy, he says, relies on innovation and small businesses continuing to hire workers to stay strong. Though the President didn’t offer new proposals geared directly at entrepreneurs, [...]
GetEntrepreneurial.com: Having a tough time finding a job? Unfortunately that’s not surprising news due to the fact that this current recession has already to near double digit unemployment rates in some regions. One viable alternative that has always been available to workers who either want to leave the restrictions of the corporate world, or can‘t [...]
photo credit: mccun934 A recent article explained how differently a corporation plans out their business from the way an entrepreneur does. For example, in a large corporation it is entirely possible to obtain enough resources to run a project for a long period of time before anybody every goes back to check the actual plan [...]
How To Reach Baby Boomers With Social Media
ReadWriteWeb: A new report from Forrester Research revealed some surprising information: apparently Baby Boomers aren’t exactly the technology Luddites that people think they are. In fact, more than 60 percent of those in this generational group actively consume socially created content like blogs, videos, podcasts, and forums. What’s more, the percentage of those participating is [...]
Downsizing the Corporate World
photo credit: MK Media Productions Downsizing is becoming more and more common to people today. With corporations and companys all over cutting their costs (a nice way of saying they are cutting out jobs), and lowering their revenue expectations franchising and entrepreneurship is rising. However, people are being a lot more cautious this time around [...]
Turn Customers Into True Believers
CNNMoney.com: Businesses, if they are lucky, can have a lot in common with cults. Apple Computer, Harley-Davidson and Trader Joe’s are all examples of companies that inspire fanatical loyalty in their customers. If you live in or near California, you probably know that In-N-Out Burger has inspired the same kind of devotion. Customers line up [...]
Little Caesars’ Veterans Program
Franchising.com: The Little Caesars Veterans Program continues to exceed expectations and is making a difference for U.S. veterans as they become independent business owners as Little Caesars franchisees. The program was launched in 2006 with the intent to review the level of interest and results after two years. Nearly three times the expected number of [...]
Healthy World Environmental is a turnkey moisture inspection and mold remediation business opportunity. Their process is safe for the environment.
photo credit: Spigoo When we become parents we soon become glassy-eyed, sleep-deprived and the smallest thing amuses us for hours. As parents however, we have just as much to learn from our children as they do from us. If you really watch them and their lives, they actually have some good points that you can [...]
