Archive for September 3rd, 2009
Could You Sell Unassembled Snowmen?
Sometimes finding a business to start requires that you turn conventional wisdom on it’s head.
Business Week on the creation of IdeaPaint: Sometimes a product idea is as obvious as the wall right in front of you. In 2005, three Babson College undergrads were brainstorming on a whiteboard, but had to keep erasing proposals to make room for more. Then, recalls Jeff Avalon, one of them said, “Wouldn’t it be [...]
photo credit: chanchan222 Many are up in arms about the recent announcement of Disney buying out the long time favorite Marvel comics. Many wonder what this will forecast for Marvels many characters in the future. Will they change drastically, will they get rid of some of the characters that people love? One sure thing about [...]
Right And Wrong Way To Hire People
photo credit: c h e e s e roc In today’s large unemployment line and as many businesses look to fill positions that they cut out during the toughest times, it is being seen that some guidelines are becoming obsolete in the hiring process. Businesses are just so eager to fill a much needed position [...]
Interview Questions You Might See When Applying To Work From Home
If you have decided to take the route of applying for a work at home job then you need to be prepared. If you are familiar with the traditional interview process, some of these questions will come as no surprise. However, some of those traditional questions now have a new twist on them. Here are [...]
Great Online Tools For Your Small Business
photo credit: Stabilo Boss With online businesses growing before our eyes, I feel it is important to provide these online business owners with as many tools to help them in their venture as possible. We all know that you can never have too many resources and helpful suggestions to fall back on. Below are [...]
A Model on Your Bottle of Water
Ballard News Tribune: While most people see only bland depictions of mountains or umbrellas when perusing the seemingly endless varieties of bottled waters on grocery store racks, Ballard resident Marie Nicholas saw something else: Opportunity. With Nicholas’ Model on a Bottle, instead of a mountain, thirsty customers get musclebound and shirtless “Pro Fitness Model Hitch.” [...]
From His Head to Space in 21 Months
WBAY TV: Filar developed a specialized digital eye camera that attaches to a scope doctors use to look into a patient’s eyes. It plugs into a computer and takes pictures or video, “and I can actually see the inside of the eye here.” Filar says he had the idea for a portable device like this [...]
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s House
NY Times: Among the traditional brick and clapboard structures that line the streets of this sleepy East Texas town, 70 miles north of Houston, a few houses stand out: their roofs are made of license plates, and their windows of crystal platters. They are the creations of Dan Phillips, 64, who has had an astonishingly [...]
photo credit: Stéfan I’ve never been much of a manager myself. That’s no big deal, of course; lots of people aren’t managers. In my case, though, people expected me to be, because I’ve had a lifetime of successful entrepreneurship. But entrepreneurship and management are different things. Stated on BPlans.com. I recently read over Tim Berry’s [...]
