Archive for March 20th, 2009
Precision Hangers Has The Well-Being Of Your Clothes In Mind
If you own a delicate shirt and it has hung for a while, then you might be familiar with the dimples that are left behind by the hanger. Rick Muller also saw the problem they created and set out to do something about it. Inspired by an old hanger, he tweaked the actual shape until [...]
La Dolce Vita Retreats Is Empowering Women to Live the Life They Envision
BigNews.biz: La Dolce Vita Retreats offers a nurturing environment for women to gain a better understanding of their ability to relate to themselves as well as with others. The long-time dream of mompreneur and professional Life Coach, Janice Briggs, created the company to help provide women with international travel opportunities that combine experiential learning and [...]
The Top 10 Must-Have List As Noted By Successful Mompreneurs
When you’ve had the opportunity to interview as many successful mompreneurs as Lisa Druxman has, you gather quite the list of recommendations. Well, MSNBC has recently posted a list of necessities, gathered by Lisa, that some mompreneurs are unable to live without. 1.Phonetag.com It’s a service that transcribes phone messages, which are then sent to [...]
For Psychic, Bad News Is Big Biz
The Los Angeles Times: On the sixth floor of the Paddock Building downtown, a line of people milled restlessly along the hushed hallway. They paced in front of a wooden door, which looked more like the entrance to a broom closet than the law offices surrounding it. The curious leaned inside, hoping to catch a [...]
It’s A Guy Thing! – Weird Inventions
DarkRoastedBlend.com: There are over 7 million patents registered in the United States, a great number of which describe practical inventions designed for use by everyday, ordinary human beings. Then there’s the “guy” stuff. Ideas so lunkheaded and irrational they could only have come from that tiny portion of a guy’s brain not dedicated to scratching [...]
BusinessWeek: After two-and-a-half years in marketing at Yahoo!, Ryan Kuder was among the 1,000 let go in the portal’s first round of layoffs. He teamed up with Colombian entrepreneur Jonathan Tarud over the summer to work on a local social network called Neighborsville. But by the fall, when it was clear funding would be scarce, [...]
Secrets Of Marketing In A Web 2.0 World
The Wall Street Journal: Consumers are flocking to blogs, social-networking sites and virtual worlds. And they are leaving a lot of marketers behind. Millions of people have become familiar with these tools through sites like Facebook, Wikipedia and Second Life, or by writing their own blogs. And a growing number of marketers are using Web [...]
Biz Poll Results: Start A Biz Now?
On Monday, we started a biz poll that asked, “If you were entering the workforce during this recession, would you still want to start a small business?” A whopping 90% of you said YES, you would start a business. Jaclyn commented, I know of a couple people who have opened up their own business in [...]
