Archive for August 11th, 2009
Small Businesses In Tough Economies
photo credit: giuvax Blinded by mass layoffs and the financial follies of Fortune 500 companies, we have overlooked a smaller but more important transformation: the increasing importance of small businesses in our economic recovery. Action is the single most important part to a small business surviving during tough economies. Those who just sit around waiting for [...]
INFORUM: Kimberly Hess has been an inventor her whole life. She’s also been a gardener, a florist and a seamstress. Now she’s found a pursuit that allows her to practice all those skills at once. Hess has invented The Tomato Bag, a hanging, cone-shaped container made of recycled tarp remnants. “It keeps remnants out of [...]
Home-Based Means Making Some Adjustments
The Associated Press: First, they had to deal with being laid off. Then the challenge became figuring out how to run a business from a spare bedroom while the kids are fighting and the dog is barking. Many members of the latest generation of entrepreneurs are people who lost their jobs and decided to start [...]
WalletPop: Did you get a chance to check out the reality TV program Shark Tank Sunday night on ABC? How did a young nanny with no business training manage to persuade a real estate magnate into investing $50,000 of her own money in her hand-made idea? And what does an Frankenstein costume have to do [...]
The Mommy Minds Behind the Miche Bag
Examiner.com: Examiner: What is your business all about? Michelle: It’s all about every woman’s first love! Convenience, low cost and cute HANDBAGS! We achieve this with interchangeability! Check it out at www.michebag.com. The Miche Bag eliminates hassle by letting you change the outside of your hand bag in 3 seconds flat with a new “shell”. [...]
Inventors Digest: A design patent protects the ornamental appearance of a physical product. A utility patent protects how the product works, or possibly the steps used to manufacture it. For example, automotive rims often are protected with design patents. You cannot get a utility patent on what is basically a wheel and therefore already in [...]
Entrepreneur: Here are eight franchise myths that will help you realistically evaluate whether buying a franchise is right for you: Myth 1: I’ll only be successful if I find the right business. Myth 2: I can only be successful doing something I love. Myth 3: I’ll instantly know the right opportunity when I see it. [...]
