Archive for May 19th, 2009
Today’s Twitter Updates 05-19-2009
# An Unlikely Way to Save a Species: Serve It for Dinner http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/dining/30come.html # What endangered species would you like to eat for dinner? I’d like to try a Giant Panda. # Coney’s is a new franchise with frozen custard items and food menu items. http://www.coneyscustard.com (via @franchisedev) # Iggy’s Sports Grill is a sports [...]
photo credit: lepiaf.geo Social media can represent an overwhelming set of tools, websites, and communities for an organization that hasn’t yet gotten involved. Whether you’re trying to sell leadership on a plan to get going in social media or you’re trying to figure out how to get your own company more up to speed, you’ve [...]
photo credit: Eddie~S Now a days while hiring new people may be in order for companies, it is one of those long drawn out tasks that most managers don’t even have time really to deal with. so for the time challenged managers, HarvardBusiness has come up with some hiring blunders to stay away from in [...]
photo credit: wili_hybrid With so many thriving businesses already set in place and those that are newcomers to the business world, it is no wonder why the BBB was set in place in 1912 in order to help consumers find the right business for them. Inc.com recently did a post regarding the businesses that received [...]
photo credit: woodleywonderworks Today in business rather than having one blog related to your company or a few blogs that you advertise on, more and more business owners are realizing that Brand related communities are the way to go for getting more traffic and business sent their way. But how do you create a truly [...]
photo credit: MK Media Productions Today there are many different options that can boost your companies image, which is ultimately what all business owners are striving for today…a stronger image that will last. So why not try adding a video in order to boost your image? Entrepreneur.com suggests that it is not only a great [...]
Ridiculous Ideas That Made People Millions
KIVITV: Learn the stories behind some (seemingly) ridiculous ideas that have made inventors and investors very wealthy. You’ve may have never heard of Scott Stillinger but somewhere in your home or office you probably have one of his inventions – the Koosh ball, which made millions of dollars. Stillinger came up with the idea for [...]
Inc.: In The Republic, Plato famously wrote, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” What the esteemed Greek philosopher failed to mention is that reinvention is the way to build the mother of all companies. Innovation is the current buzzword, but in many ways, it’s become an overused term that means all things to all people. [...]
See Jane Fly Eases The Pain Of Flying For Women
The flying experience is not something that can be considered one-size-fits-all. Each person as their own needs. See Jane Fly realizes that women have separate needs from men and aspires to help them meet their needs with a customizable, free travel guide. Any Jane that wants to fly in comfort is likely to find the [...]
Venturebeat: There’s been a lot of talk about virtual currencies recently, with Facebook reportedly testing a payment system for third-party applications and MySpace considering something similar. Meanwhile, teen social network myYearbook is already making a healthy amount of cash with its virtual currency, dubbed “Lunch Money,” according to co-founder Catherine Cook. The New Hope, Pa., [...]
PCWorld: Many free, online resources can help answer your business questions. While some sites are skewed towards single-person startups, you can still find a community to help an established, larger business. The U.S. Small Business Administration is densely packed with information. You can learn basics about writing a business plan, establishing a trademark, and managing [...]
Inc.: Keeping employees engaged in the midst of layoffs, pay cuts and a skittish economy can be difficult. A new study suggests that organizations should adopt policies that address different generations of workers’ needs, rather than attempting one-size-fits-all fixes. The study, conducted jointly by Boston College’s Sloan Center for Aging and Work and MetLife, examines [...]
photo credit: Raúl A. The economics of news are changing, as the web forces prices down. What’s the future of the newspaper? I don’t know, but it’s almost like the early days of radio again. Back then, everyone wondered how it was possible to make money from radio, because with the right equipment anyone could [...]
Mom Makes Splash Selling Tummy Tubs
MSNBC: [Janis] McKellar — who was joined in Studio 1A by her husband, Brent — was expecting her fourth child in November 2007 when she first set about finding a better way to bathe a baby than the standard tubs she had been using. What she discovered not only filled her requirements — it filled [...]
8.64 Trillion Hits in One Day!
Fast Company: The day before India’s Lok Sabha elections, the country’s election commission made a new Web site live to provide election results in real-time. The commisson overbuilt the site, so it thought, readying it for almost 3,000 hits per second–that’s 80.6 billion hits in a single 8-hour day. The six-day voting process was supposed [...]
digtriad.com: The recipe for Sue Catherine’s greatest kitchen invention included aggravation and necessity. “I would get so frustrated because lunches wouldn’t fit, and so I thought, ‘Why not, I’ll just start making my own,’” she said. Catherine created the CaddySac in 2007. She based it on size on the size water bottles and plastic containers [...]
