Archive for August 19th, 2009
Small Business Ideas: 400 Latest & Greatest Small Business Ideas
I just picked up a copy of Small Business Ideas: 400 Latest & Greatest Small Business Ideas by Terry Kyle. If you enjoy my site, and all of the ideas we present here, you’ll definitely enjoy this book. A full review is coming soon.
photo credit: makelessnoise In The Shark Tank has up a recap of Episode 2 of ABC’s The Shark Tank. You can watch the full episode online, for free. One highlight from the recap: The last in front of The Sharks was Marc Furigay and his product Classroom Jams. Classroom Jams is an educational record label [...]
PostalMethods is a convenient method for small businesses to automate the sending of postal mail directly from the computer. You create a document and upload it. They print it, address and mail it. All for one flat rate. Their system also interacts directly with programs like Quickbooks and Simply Accounting.
Your Pro Kitchen offers a professionally-equipped, commercially licensed multi-station kitchen facility for professional cooking and baking. In addition, they are flexible enough to support many different uses, such as cooking classes, private events, and the production or bottling of your products.
Razor Blades Delivered To Your Door
Springwise: Razor blade refills are one of those purchases that tend to irk many consumers, primarily for the frequency with which they’re needed and the relatively high prices at which they’re often sold. Aiming to salve irritation on both points, Raz*War offers subscription plans for home delivery at prices beginning at EUR 27.50 per year. [...]
Dorm-in-a-Box: A Better–And Cheaper–College Experience
Fast Company: Getting a kid off to college later this summer? You could schlep around to Bed Bath & Beyond and Target, or try a new startup called Dorm-In-A-Box that’s taken aim at that ad nauseam shopping for what is, let’s face it, a pretty predictable set of goods. This offshoot of a private-label product [...]
His Invention’s A Swinging Idea
The Press-Enterprise: Even if Trevor Schultz weren’t the inventor of the Swing Heeler, he’d likely be a fan. And he certainly would’ve tried the product that looks like a sci-fi cross between a spatula and a bee stinger and is designed to provide golfers weight resistance on their hind leg, so they stay planted and [...]
The Little Secret of Web Startups
TechCrunch.com: This post is written by Marcelo Calbucci, the founder and CTO of Sampa, a personal homepage creator that will be shutting down this month. He’s writing a series of posts about the lessons learned from the venture. “In the middle of 2008 we decide to do a qualitative analysis of our user base. People [...]
The Entrepreneurs Behind The US Half Of MyPacifier.com
examiner.com: Examiner: What is your business all about? Carol: The company, MyPacifier.com, was started by our family in Denmark when the founder, Pia Callesen, was tired of picking her son up from daycare and finding another’s pacifier in his mouth. She was tired of being told to write the name with a Sharpie on the [...]
Slurls.com: What’s a slurl? To be a slurl it must abide by 4 rules. 1. There’s a website AND 2. It’s an active website AND 3. There’s a double meaning AND 4. It’s not deliberate. Here’s some examples: 1hourscrap.com – Rapid scrapbook making carsexpress.com – Vehicle leasing and sales teacherstalk.co.uk – Teachers’ discussion forum therapistfinder.com [...]
