Archive for September 23rd, 2009
Bits, Bytes & Bots Computer Adventures
Bits, Bytes & Bots Computer Adventures is a home based computer education business. You can run computer camps, teach classes in your school, offer new programming for your school, museum or recreation center, supplement your current child-oriented business with new programs and offer exciting birthday parties. Best of all, kids, parents and teachers love our [...]
Gadget Lab: Scott Amron, friend of Gadget Lab and serial-innovator, has come up with yet another why-didn’t-I-think-of-that invention: The rather painful sounding Split-Ring Key-Blank. The key blank, which can be taken to your locksmith and cut to fit your locks, incorporates its own keyring: Instead of a tiny hole, you get a more-or-less standard split-ring, [...]
Entrepreneur: In the beginning, there was the notion of just a single washable kilt. A loose, comfortable garment that, Steven Villegas says, “I could walk around naked in.” And because you couldn’t just go out and buy a man-skirt in those days, Villegas made one. And when he saw how nicely it fit him, he [...]
NYDailyNews: It was a business idea that seemed right for the times: taking a legendary dessert treat and making it nutritious. Since forming small but thriving People’s Pops in April, these Brooklyn entrepreneurs have barely kept up with demand. The company makes about 1,200 popsicles a week, up from 300. “Week after week we’ve pushed [...]
Inc.: From protective vests to synthetic dirt, a number of small companies play a big role in the world of horse racing. Horse racing is a dangerous sport, for both horses and humans. To protect jockeys who fall from their mounts, Santa Anita stretches this blue safety netting, made by Los Angeles — based Canvas [...]
Practical Small Business SEO And SEM Marketing Ideas
photo credit: rachaelvoorhees crowdSPRING is a small company (our team is 10 people). For a small company, efforts spent on one marketing initiative typically take away from other marketing initiatives. Entrepreneurs and small businesses often ask us about how we market – and especially about SEO (search engine optimization) and SEM (paid search). Here are [...]
You Should Choose An Internal Successor
photo credit: notsogoodphotography When you have reached the point where you’re moving up in the company or moving to a better position at a different company, it is important who you choose as your successor. Many people wonder if they should choose someone within the company already or if they should look elsewhere. The answer [...]
Coloradoan.com: A local entrepreneur’s latest invention may sound like the latest must-have children’s toy this Christmas, but is making its mark on the gift wrapping industry. Liz Mrofka, president of the Fab Fob Company, LLC, invented the Fobbie, which is a small decorative circle that can be affixed to packages. In May, the Fobbie was [...]
New Government Rules on Garage Sales
Fox News: Americans who slap $1 price tags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign. The “Resale Round-up,” launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, enforces new limits on lead in children’s products and makes it [...]
photo credit: sunshinecity I recently read an article posted on Seth’s blog regarding business priority lists. It is shocking how some have one but they are short and incomplete, as well as some that do not even make priority lists all together. Maybe this is why many of us from day to day feel overwhelmed [...]
Milkmade is a membership-based ice cream company that hand-delivers fresh, homemade ice cream to New York City residents. Each month, members choose from a menu of five uniquely handcrafted flavors made with organic, locally sourced ingredients. Milkmade creates each batch with care and creativity to bring unique, seasonal, and darn tasty ice cream straight 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: Tommy Walters, Age 11, Silverdale, Washington Lemonade Stand: [...]
Leverage Google’s Free Tools To Find Niche
Orlando Internet Business Examiner: Finding the right niche is an important step as you plan and build your web site. You want a specific enough niche so that you don’t have a great deal of competition, but you also do not want too specific of a niche to where nobody knows it exists. First, let’s [...]
Small-Biz Owners Fret Over Large IRS Fines
The Wall Street Journal: Five years ago, car-wash owner Orman Wilson set up a pension plan for himself and six employees. For that, he may owe the IRS a $1.2 million tax penalty. Mr. Wilson, the owner of 19 coin-operated car washes in Houston, says he relied on four advisers, including a certified public accountant, [...]
North Can Mom Enjoys Best Of Both Worlds
Canada.com: Some people think it’s impossible to balance being a mom and a career woman — but Sandy Gerber is proving them wrong. The Delbrook mother of two is in the running to be the 2009 SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur of the Year, an honour that she couldn’t be happier to have. “It’s really exciting for [...]
