Archive for September 22nd, 2009
DateCheck: A PI in Your Pocket
Looking for someone to date but want to avoid the the deadbeats and criminals? A new iPhone application called DateCheck is like having a “private investigator in your pocket”. Today’s dating scene is tough to navigate, which is why Intelius developed DateCheck, a free mobile app that deciphers fact from fiction in the palm of [...]
Wow, how times have changed. In August 1993, the Chicago Sun Times ran an article about the T-Shirt business in which they said: The T-shirt business has always been one of the easiest small businesses to get into. Just about anyone with a few thousand dollars’ worth of equipment and a box of shirts can [...]
This is going to be interesting: Sedo, the leading online marketplace and monetization provider, has been selected to exclusively auction 31 of the available catalog of one-character .BIZ domain names in cooperation with the .BIZ Registry. The availability of these brand new domains marks the first time ever that a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry [...]
photo credit: ljcybergal Bangor Daily News: Everything changed one morning during a conference call Mark took while waiting for a flight out of Portland, Ore. He and four others were laid off. A year after losing his suit-and-tie job with its first-class airline seats and clients all over the country, Mark spends most days over [...]
Patent Auctions Offer Protections To Inventors
The New York Times: The world can be a rough place for independent inventors. They can often find themselves in court, battling big corporations, spending piles of money on lawyers and leaving it up to judges and juries to determine the value of their hard-won patents. That could be changing. Wrangling over patents is beginning [...]
Backyard Bizs Find Niche Market
The Salt Lake Tribune: Adam de Havenos didn’t know much about gardening when he moved to Utah from New York City, but it seemed a shame to let the small plot in the backyard of his Sugar House dwelling become weed infested. The 31-year-old neurology resident didn’t have much time to spare, so this summer [...]
Simple Ideas Can Mean Big Success
Marketwire: According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) new businesses have a 50/50 chance of failure within five years. Many failed businesses are based on a complex idea or product and some of the most successful grew out of someone seeing a simple solution to a problem. English entrepreneur Kay Illingworth used her need to [...]
Inc. Magazine Lemonade Stand Winners
Inc.: Meet the next generation of entrepreneurs! This year’s contest winners proved that they have what it takes to run a successful business, from hours spent peddling lemonade on the beaches of New Hampshire to the elaborate details that went into constructing their lemonade stands. Weekly winner: Wyatt, Karson, Harmony, & Haylea Mraz, Ages 10, [...]
What Kind Of Entrepreneur Are You?
USA TODAY: Brent Bouchez, David Page and Nancy McNally are no strangers to corporate perks. They’ve each worked for top-tier ad agencies in top-tier roles. They’ve had able assistants, private offices, great retirement and health benefits, and the use of professional car services. Now the trio sometimes debate who should run out and buy printer [...]
Galileo, Inventor And Entrepreneur
WHYY.org: This month 400 years ago the astronomer and inventor, Galileo, was presenting his new fangled device, the telescope, to the Venetian court. He had to plead his case on the many ways the telescope could be used and because of the lack of knowledge in astronomy at the time he had a hard time [...]
Seacostonline: A desire to have restaurant fortune cookies taste better prompted York resident Cindy Francis to formulate her own fortune cookie batter, a recipe that ultimately led to the creation of Fantastic Fortunes, LLC. According to Francis, while her “gourmet fortune cookies” are the same shape as typical fortune cookies and possess a “classic crisp [...]
Woman Starts Own Garbage Company
Leslie Eisen was tired of taking her trash out to the street. After calling the local refuse company and finding out that no matter how much she offered, they wouldn’t provide the service, she started her own company to do it.
photo credit: Ana Santos Some of you I’m sure by now have heard of the service Evernote for small businesses. Evernote is a very clever service that allows even the biggest pack rat to store every little note, detail, tweet and photo that they have. However, what many of you don’t know is just how [...]
Lessons Learned From The Economic Downturn
photo credit: » Zitona « [ UK ] Over the past couple of years during our recession we have seen over 83,000 businesses declare bankruptcy as a result of the financial burdens upon everyone. However, the businesses that have made it so far haven’t gone unchanged, they have all made some changes to their company [...]
Make Money Making Electric Cars Noisier
Slashdhot: “A campaign backed by automakers and some lawmakers to make electric or hybrid cars noisier in a bid to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists has taken a strange, Blade Runner-type twist. Nissan sound engineers have announced that the Leaf electric car set for release next year will emit a ‘beautiful and futuristic’ noise [...]
Standing Out From The Crowd In Your Niche
photo credit: michale Many niches are considered to be very crowded, with tons of competitors going for the same goal. So how in your niche are you suppose to make yourself visible amongst the rest? Copy Blogger suggests finding the “hidden benefit”. What is the hidden benefit you ask? The hidden benefit is different for every [...]
Interesting Creations By 2 Mompreneurs, 1 Dadpreneur Too
If you’ve ever had an idea and you were too afraid to move ahead with it, it’s time to reconsider. For many there is no idea too crazy and in some cases there is even a market for the unusually interesting. If you need some proof, here are some innovative products that were invented by [...]
