Archive for June 24th, 2009
I’ve been using this for a long time, but if you’re still calling 411 you should try Google’s 411 service, Goog-411. It’s free and better in one important way than your phone company’s information service: Have ever had your car battery die in the middle of the night, in a scary part of a strange [...]
Pizza Butler: Reducing Pizza’s Footprint
Necessity really is the mother of invention. Do you wish you could fit more tables in your pizza restaurant but are held hostage by the size of the pizza tray? The owner of Formaggios Pizzeria Restaurant in Tampa, Florida was, until he came up with the idea for the Pizza Butler. Here’s his story: Six [...]
Make Money With Free iPhone Apps
How does someone make money from free iPhone applications? Yesterday, they relied on using the free version as a trial version or advertising for the paid version of their application. Starting today, though, developers can monetize their free apps directly with Google AdSense for Mobile Applications. Here’s the story of one developer:
DailyCamera.com: On any weekend, you’re likely to find Bridget Lane baking cookies. But her cookies are a little more complex than the average chocolate chip treat and not just because they’re gluten free. Lane’s cookies got their start in a special situation and have grown into a business designed to nourish those in special situations. [...]
Students’ Inventions Help The Disabled
Las Vegas Sun: A glue-gun base became an invaluable welding tool, a pool ladder became a support stand and a wooden disc became new hope for disabled cowboys. Those are just a few examples of the creative responses 25 Touro University students seeking master’s degrees in occupational therapy came up with when charged to invent [...]
Fortune Small Business: A year ago Kris Drey couldn’t care less about Twitter. With 13 years of Web site experience, Drey is no technophobe. He serves as vice president of product marketing at Fliqz, an online video-hosting service with 20 employees in Emeryville, Calif. But when he first skimmed Twitter, the popular micromessaging service launched [...]
Mompreneurs Raise Money For Avon Walk
Alameda Sun: The “chicks” of Chicks-n-chickens, a mom-based Alameda business, are raising money to fight Breast Cancer. Darcy Novo Albrecht, “Chief Chick,” and Jennifer Ashdown, “Vice Chick,” will be teaming up to participate in this year’s San Francisco Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. As part of their fundraising efforts, the two Alameda moms will hold [...]
Mommies Who Shop Offers A Shopping And Socializing Experience For Women
The Boston Globe: As Gloucester native Ann Andrew recalls, it didn’t take much for her to dream up Mommies Who Shop, the series of suburban shopping events and “play dates” for mothers that she launched two years ago. A former director of merchandising at the now-defunct Sigrid Olsen who’d left her job in 2004 to [...]
Low-Cost Marketing Ideas For Your New Biz
Entrepreneur’s StartUps: You’ve got a great idea and a plan to turn it into a business. Now all you need are customers–and to get them, you need to spread the word about what you’re doing. One problem: Your marketing budget makes your grade school allowance look like a princely sum. Get Profiled In 2007, when [...]
Worcester Business Journal: Ah, the joys of working from home. No battling the rush hour traffic. No rushed lunch breaks. No crammed workspaces surrounded by sterile, gray cubicle walls. Sounds like a worker’s paradise, doesn’t it? Be advised, it may not be as easy as you think. The following advice, provided by Linda Novey-White, a [...]
You Can Have Your Chew Toy And Sell It Too With Best Buddies
Strictly for dogs and dog lovers, Best Buddies is like no other pet store. From free doggie ice cream day to a pet photo studio, they work hard to set themselves apart from the competition. For the pet loving entrepreneur, their unique business also comes as a franchise opportunity. Tell us a little about Best [...]
