Archive for March 27th, 2009
Concierge Home Services Franchise Article to Appear in Mompreneur Magazine
BeTheBoss.ca: Rebecca Page, President of Ottawa-based Concierge Home Services, has been selected to be included in the current issue of Mompreneur Magazine. The March/April 2009 Franchising issue is available nationwide at Chapters locations, and is available online at www.themompreneur.com/mag_current.htm. Her article “Is Franchising Right for You?” appears as the Business Management column for the issue. [...]
The Mother/Daughter Pharmacy Team
5 KFYR-TV: Finding children and parents employed in the same profession isn`t all that unusual, but you`d have to travel pretty far to find four such workplace pairings on the same block. Main Street in Velva could be called the unofficial capital of female family businesses. National “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” is observed [...]
How to Start a Business in a Recession
Too often, many would-be entrepreneurs spend all of their time planning before they actually figure out whether or not they actually have a product or service that someone will pay for.
Manage Your Temper in Work and Out
photo credit: Señor Codo Today more people are getting enraged with anger, frustration and sometimes even rage. But in today’s economy and world…it’s easy to get this way fast and mostly understandable. But, we must remember that releasing our anger and rage in a destructive manner will only worsen the situation. The problem isn’t our [...]
10 Ways to Promote Your Business Book
photo credit: pnoeric It seems that when people can not do well in business today due to the economy and all, that they are reverting to writing book’s on their business knowledge for those who may be opening a business or are currently struggling to keep their business open. The problem is that at amazon.com [...]
photo credit: rachaelvoorhees A lot of highly qualified and talented people have been laid off or fired with it being no fault of their own. While a lot of companies may find it to be a risky move right now to hire new people, now is actually the time to hire employees provided your company [...]
photo credit: PinkMoose Business around the world are searching for new and improved ways of selling their products and services. With the changing times and technology out there, there are many different ways to market your company and produce more sales. More effective ads and customers as sales people are a couple sales tips. Word [...]
Run Your Own Business when Being Laid Off
photo credit: The Wandering Angel In a recent article written by Rich Sloan, ideas were presented on what you can do to start your own business if you have been laid off or fired from a job and you’ve had enough! Make sure your business idea is something your passionate about, it’s bound to go [...]
Niche Biz: Painting With Ribs And BBQ Sauce
Editor’s Note: Why did I include this post? What does it have to do with business opportunities? It’s a perfect example of creating a business out of an unusual skill. This “artist” could follow the BBQ rib festival circuit and put on shows at each festival. He could get sponsorship ($$$) and free “paint” from [...]
Spring Clean With Small-Biz Savings
USA TODAY: Each of us who runs a business has fixed expenses: rent, telecommunications, shipping, credit card fees. This monthly overhead takes a big bite out of our cash. Over time, these costs slowly creep up — and they certainly add up. At least once a year, sit down and go over all these costs. [...]
Freakonomics: It’s next to impossible to find an economist who will support a gas tax holiday, but cutting the gas tax altogether is an option in Budget Hero, a surprisingly entertaining online game that puts you in charge of balancing the federal budget. Based on budget models from the Congressional Budget Office, Budget Hero starts [...]
Seed Funding Options For Entrepreneurs
ReadWriteWeb: One of the most difficult parts of starting a startup for any entrepreneur is finding that small bit of seed capital to get things going. Luckily, there are a number of different roads you can take to get from concept to Series A. Below is a list of seed funding options for startup entrepreneurs. [...]
’30 Rock’ Episode Helps Inventor
WKYC.com: The plot line of a recent NBC’s “30 Rock” seemed to take a page from Cleveland inventor Phil Davis’ playbook. On “30 Rock,” Alec Baldwin’s character Jack Donaghy spent the episode searching for the right name for his new small, portable microwave. In real life, Davis named his invention the iWavecube and has been [...]
