Archive for June 16th, 2009
‘Penny Auction’ Sites Offer Big Bargains
Mercury News: At a time when we’re all looking for bargains, is there a catch to buying a $150 Nikon Coolpix digital camera for 34 cents? Or nabbing a $699 Apple 16GB iPhone for $8.06? There is: While you stand to get a great bargain, you could be bidding against several thousand others in an [...]
Nutty Success Story With Fortunuts
WomenHomeBusiness.com: Some successful business ideas come from childhood. As a child, Nicole Simon’s mom would make her special walnut recipe for friends and co-workers during the holidays. Friends asked for their delectable walnut treats that making it and giving it as holiday gifts became the tradition in their household. They decided to add a fun [...]
10-Year-Old Entrepreneur Takes Her Vision On The Road
Detroit Free Press: Amiya Alexander bounds in front of a parked school bus at Bloomfield Hills Montessori Center, her smile so wide it shows off the red and black bands around her braces. Those braces, her brown Baby Phat high tops and the poof of pink feathers affixed to her hair speak to the accoutrements [...]
HarvardBusiness.org: A recent report listed the happiest nations in the world. Guess what? The US didn’t even make it into the top ten. So much for the American dream. Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert argues that we can train our minds to be happier. 1. Smile. Turns out, smiling is directly linked to happiness. It may [...]
San Francisco Starts City-Wide 311 Twitter Program
Mashable: San Francisco is hip to Twitter, and not just when it comes to its tech savvy users. Starting June 2nd, the City of San of Francisco has been supporting all 311 services via Twitter, with the help of Twitter CRM tool CoTweet. Now citizens can send direct messages 24 hours a day to the [...]
What Keeps Your Kids Occupied While You Work?
Work-at-home moms are the ultimate multitaskers. They’re able to handle a business from their home office and raise their children under the same roof. It’s a tricky task but not impossible. Danica Favorite, the Denver working-from-home examiner, recently posted a list of tips by Marybeth Whalen that are geared toward helping work-at-home women like us. [...]
The Business Of Barbecue Cleaning Is A Profitable One
The sun is shining, the temperature is rising, and people are grilling outside instead of cooking indoors. This is also the perfect season if your business is in grill cleaning. You might recognize The BBQ Cleaner from earlier this month when we profiled them on the website. We wanted to learn more about this interesting [...]
