Archive for July 10th, 2009
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention. The Father Is Unknown. BBQ Grill Beach Towel. Grill marks on your back are optional. Bottleclip. Wonder if it would work for a six-pack? Oh Snap! Cheese Board Set. Just tell your guests you have a LARGE rodent problem. Smoke in a Can. Nothing is more romantic than coughing [...]
Fortune Magazine: Leasing a TV may sound like the type of scheme cooked up by college students and others suffering from cash-strapped fever. But renting to own ordinary household items is expanding to more mainstream consumers. Just ask the folks at Aaron’s, the Atlanta-based company with $1.56 billion in sales that leases new and used [...]
Entrepreneur: You need money to start up; you need money to operate; and you need money to grow. Throw the dismal economy into the equation–when people are spending less and it’s taking longer for small businesses to get paid (according to the “Economic Pulse” survey)–and money is even harder to come by. Most important, you [...]
10 Best Places For Boomers To Start Bizs
Daily News: Contrary to the stereotype of 20-somethings starting Web-based businesses in their basements, it’s actually the baby boomers who best embody the entrepreneurial spirit. Over the past decade, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity was among people between the ages of 55 and 64, according to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation. Luckily, [...]
Bumper Stickers Recruit Twitter Followers
Springwise: If a Twitter user tweets, but no one is following them, do they really tweet at all? Aiming to make such philosophical gymnastics less necessary, Tweet My Bumper helps Twitterers recruit new followers by targeting one of life’s few remaining captive audiences: drivers in traffic. Twitterers seeking followers need only visit Tweet My Bumper, [...]
Mom Makes A 'Killing' With New Business
Kitsap Sun: You might say she’s stabbed, shot and strangled her way into a business she says is perfect for stay-at-home moms. Rae Walaska, 29, of Port Orchard started Murder & Mayhem: Murder Mystery Parties a few months ago and already has gone from whodunits in her home to some big-time public fundraisers. Not bad [...]
SWCreations Inspires Others With Push Your Own Button Bracelets
Much like a photo, jewelry has a voice of its own. While it might not say something directly, it still represents a feeling, a thought, or event a special moment in time. All of which is very true for Stephanie White’s button bracelet collection, a design that was inspired by a negative time in her [...]
