Archive for March 26th, 2009
Tucson's First Lady Of Fashion Turns 100
TucsonCitizen.com: Her parents owned a clothing store in Bisbee so “I knew a little bit about fashion.” In 1931, with a pair of women from Tucson, she opened her first store downtown called The Coed Shop. That name stuck until she changed it to Cele Peterson’s a few years later. “‘Fools rush in where angels [...]
Mother Earth Reigns In Business, Too
While the products that weren’t very earth friendly came in bright, beautiful styles and colors, the organic products had one thing in common: they all seemed to be a little plain. That was the conclusion Robbie Mahlman had come to while at her sister-in-law’s baby shower. That observation would eventually give her the drive to [...]
Make Money Online? Go For iTunes Not Ads
VentureBeat: The top digital media companies increased their revenues by more than 20 percent in 2008. How? Well, it wasn’t online ads. Instead, it was largely thanks to a pay-for-media approach, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. Leading the way in this field was Apple, with the “Other Music Related Products and Services” area [...]
Startup Creates Self-Cleaning Keyboard
KING5: A Washington State startup is looking to keep people healthy by zapping germs off computer keyboards, starting with local hospitals. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimate up to 99,000 people die each year from hospital-acquired infections. The makers of the Vioguard keyboard hope to cut that number by a quarter with their product, [...]
Advertising That’s Cheap And Effective
BayNews9: A new trend in advertising can be seen on sidewalks across the Bay area. People stand for hours holding signs, trying to encourage drivers to stop for a minute and spend some of their cash. But does it really work? Yes, say several business owners. Lee Pattison manages flaggers who advertise for Quizno’s. He [...]
Create Think Tank For Your Biz
Entrepreneur: As a business professional, you need a constant supply of information to achieve success. You must stay aware of trends and issues and keep up with rapid economic and technological changes to become and stay competitive. You may have already discovered that it’s next to impossible to keep up with all this information on [...]
