Archive for March 4th, 2009
A Look Into Max International Through The Eyes Of A Direct Sales Representative
Brenda Crompton ran a successful company for 20 years when she decided she wanted to do something new. While she did want to move into something different, starting fresh with a new startup was risky and not exactly what she wanted to do. When Brenda found Max International she knew that she had found the [...]
Bizymoms Introduces Franchise Business Site For Moms
PR-USA.net: Bizymoms announced the launch of the new “Franchises for Mom” a Franchise Business site at http://www.franchisesformoms.com, which gives moms access to a large variety of resources when looking to start their own business by franchising. The site contains informative articles, interviews with over a hundred CEOs of various franchise companies, and a list of [...]
Move to Georgia and He’ll Pay Your Franchise Fee
A reader named Tomas Jorglewich wrote in with an interesting offer for Business Opportunities Weblog readers: I have been a loyal daily reader of your blog over the past few months and have gotten some very good ideas from it. As such I have an offer and was wondering if it would be something you [...]
Bad Economy: Start a Business, He Did!
photo credit: foundphotoslj The current economic situation is giving birth to new businesses everyday. One new small tutoring business is the brainchild of Indiana college student Matthew Fouts. Last year, we linked to a story about his business, but I thought I’d ask him the inspiration for starting his business. Dane: Matthew, why’d you start [...]
Wired: The iPod was not invented in 2001 in Cupertino, California. It was invented in England in 1979, by “serial inventor” Kane Kramer. This is not a story of intellectual property theft, or of big companies putting the screws on the little man. Instead, it is just the retelling of another old story — the [...]
photo credit: eye of einstein While many business people may feel that the weekday are for hard work and new ideas, and the weekends are for rest and play time, you may want to re-consider how they delegate their weekday’s versus weekends. In a recent article, it was suggested that weekends should be used for [...]
Make An Honest Living Out Of Your House
NBCDFW.com: Working from home for extra cash is very attractive for people short on money, but some pitches will only lead to disappointment. The Better Business Bureau recommends people look for companies with a good reputation and real people. “You can find a good one by asking questions, being wary if they want a lot [...]
App Turns iPhone Into Credit Card Terminal
Springwise: As if phones didn’t already do enough, one of the latest mobile apps transforms iPhones and iPod Touches into portable charge card terminals. ProcessAway plugs into Authorize.net’s payment processing platform, allowing entrepreneurs to accept credit card payments anywhere they can access the internet. After downloading the app and (separately) setting up a merchant account [...]
Fast Company: Innovators don’t invent all by themselves: To paraphrase Isaac Newton, great inventors see further than others because they stand on the shoulders of giants. Researchers at the Center for Technology Assessment hope to use that insight to clear out the enormous blacklog of U.S. patent applications, which is stifling American innovation simply because [...]
Peanut Recall Swamps Small Bizs
The New York Times: Big food companies were not the only ones troubled by the peanut recall. Small businesses in all corners of the United States bought potentially tainted peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America and are now part of one of the largest food recalls ever in this country. There is the [...]
photo credit: Matt loves kicks Martin Lindeskog is definitely in authority to talk about mistakes that can be made during starting a business. He made a few himself and recently posted an article that may help you stray from his mistakes along your new adventure. Lindeskog states a few mistakes he made. Make sure you [...]
Avoiding Pitfalls of Social Networking
photo credit: jelene Many entrepreneurs are involved in several personal and business for many purposes. But these forums, even personal ones, not only generate a status for you personally, but can reflect on your business as well. Many people will google someone’s name to find information on them before associating with them or even before [...]
