Archive for July 21st, 2009
TheRecord.com: Realtor Mary Bales is too busy to walk her two dogs every afternoon. The solution is Dog Gone Walking, a pet-care business started seven years ago by Mandy Storey. “They do a great job,” Bales says. “They love and look after the dogs and give them the exercise in the middle of the day [...]
photo credit: HAMED MASOUMI Wired: “Electric airplanes are experiencing a development boom similar to that seen during the first airplanes 100 years ago. Electric cars are getting all the headlines, but aircraft designers around the world are working at a feverish pitch to bring to market an electric airplane that meets Federal Aviation Administration standards. [...]
Family Finds Niche Selling Scrubs
Chicago Tribune: Creating a thriving business in this sour economy is a tall order, but one local man has combined technology and ambition into a business plan that is showing promise after only a matter of months. Combining the convenience of Internet shopping, an ever-expanding medical field and competitive prices, James Bell saw a market [...]
BusinessWeek: Wally Blume worked in the dairy business for two decades, first for grocery chain Kroger and later as sales and marketing director for a large dairy in Michigan, where he helped market new ice cream flavors. But soon after another company purchased the dairy, Blume decided that the once-innovative company was falling short, prompting [...]
Unique Ways Entrepreneurs Are Raising Money
SmartMoney: Paula Conway only needed $3,000 to launch her Westport, Conn.-based travel information web site ConwayConfidential. While she didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay for the site, she did happen to have plenty of sugar, flour and icing. Rather than ask friends and family to hand her some cash, Conway sold them cupcakes [...]
Convenience Stores Tapping Into Twitter And Facebook
CSNews: Convenience store retailers are tapping into the popularity and reach of social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, to drum up more business. On its Facebook page this week, Quick Chek is offering a free iced coffee to all its Facebook fans when the chain attains its goal of reaching 1,500 fans. Meanwhile [...]
Work At Home And Make Big Money?
The New York Times: Most of us think we’re far too savvy to be taken in by some advertisement promoting a work-at-home opportunity that promises great income with minimal work. That’s for those rubes who also fall prey to Nigerian e-mail messages promising untold riches or who believe that a pill a day will melt [...]
Mr. Fixit: What it Used to Be Like in Small Towns
photo credit: HVargas Des Moines Register: A typical morning for Larry Lyon includes a lot of phone calls. The owner of Mr. Fix It always has repairs to make, new jobs to examine, contractors to direct. The first calls on Thursday came to Lyon’s office, conveniently attached to his Waukee home. Lyon, a member of [...]
photo credit: fdecomite We all find ourselves stressed and overwhelmed with too many things to cram into one day from time to time. Generally if there isn’t enough time to accomplish everything in one day then we put it off until tomorrow and so the busy cycle starts all over again. Here is a quick [...]
Mom Builds Business One Bead At A Time
Examiner.com: Coral Springs mom, Kay Klasen, started her home business, Kay’s Gems and Treasures, quite by accident. “A friend found stylus leashes for her children’s DS games online, but felt the price was too high. I started shopping for beads to make them, and got hooked on beading.” A working Mom with a special needs [...]
photo credit: aloshbennett Tim Berry recently posted an article suggesting that the age of newspapers is on it’s way out if not already out. However, I do still see many people today reading newspapers including myself. I think there is still a great deal of people who rely on the newspaper for their news, [...]
Direct Sales Opportunity Suits Mompreneur To A "Tea"
Brantford Expositor: “I’m a single-parent mom and I work full-time,” said Giosi, of Brantford. “This is a great way to supplement my income. “It’ll help pay for renovation or help with my daughter’s college or university education.” And, she added, there are a few other benefits. It is a heck of a lot of fun, [...]
LiveWire Keeps Their Distributors Buzzing
What makes energy drinks so popular is what makes people like LiveWire Energy, they give you the energy that you need. Except, with LiveWire you get the energy you need with less waste. There are no cans to worry about, just a little wrapper to toss when you are done. Just ask Tony Torgerud, a [...]
