Archive for October 8th, 2009
The New York Times: For more than 500 years the book has been a remarkably stable entity: a coherent string of connected words, printed on paper and bound between covers. But in the age of the iPhone, Kindle and YouTube, the notion of the book is becoming increasingly elastic as publishers mash together text, video [...]
Must Have Cool Gadgets For Your Business Trip
photo credit: roland FastCompany: Canon Pixma iP100. Roughly the size of a piece of paper itself, Canon’s 4.4-pound mobile printer fits in your travel bag and is faster than most desktop printers (black-and-white clocks in at three seconds per page). Add Bluetooth ($50) and skip fussing with USB cords. Most of us don’t really care [...]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Santa is getting savvy this season. Parents who wish to have their children’s photos taken with him will have to pay a $15 service fee reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Santa’s PR person explained that the new fees are because of a high number of no-show appointments the previous year. Of the advance fee, [...]
Evaluating Your Companies Culture
photo credit: Korean Resource Center 민족학교 BusinessWeek: Choreographing, or at least dancing in step with your organization’s culture, is critical to leadership. Move well with it, and it enables you to get great things done. Buck it or be victimized by it, and it can be your downfall. Within every company there is a culture [...]
On The Internet, Everyone’s A Critic
The Wall Street Journal: The Wall Street Journal poses an interesting question: If the Internet is so full of snarkiness then why do product reviews usually tend to be positive? The Journal says 4.3 (out of five) stars is the standard grade a reviewer assigns on the web. But this “grade Inflation” may not be [...]
Fantasy Buys Get Recession Check
The Wall Street Journal: The recession has brought even fantasies down to Earth. The Wall Street Journal says it’s a sign of the times that the most expensive item featured in the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog is a mere $250,000. In years past, the catalogue has boasted a $20 million submarine and a $10 million [...]
OCRegister.com: Ladera parent Lisa Ross saw a business opportunity in the budget cuts to local schools. Just a few weeks ago, she opened Apple Tree Tutoring on Bannister Street for remedial and enrichment tutoring for Ladera Ranch elementary school students. Ross, who has worked in interior design and sales, said two factors influenced her decision [...]
Realizing Profits And Missions
photo credit: ( Torsten ) When you first set out with your new business you have dreams to do great things, make people happy, healthy and the environment to overall be a better place. But sometimes along the way of increasing our business and growing to extremes we can loose sight of what we originally [...]
USA TODAY: They call it “smart” but I think it’s genius: Concern about the environmental impact of excessive breaking and accelerating has led Mexico to develop a “smart” speed bump writes USA Today. When a driver is going the speed limit, the bump retracts into the ground. Says the company manufacturing the device: “With this [...]
Minneapolis Star Tribune: In the recession, is buying American worth it? John Ewoldt has a good column in the Star Tribune about the “tightwad’s dilemma.” Ewoldt says despite higher prices, more and more Americans are looking for the “Made in USA” label. Photo by vintagegent.com.
More Benefits Could Mean Fewer Taxes
photo credit: Robert Scarth Entrepreneur.com: You’ve no doubt been at pains to cut costs during this recession. Now is the perfect time to review your hiring strategies and pay scales. More important, it’s time to look at the fringe benefits you could and should be offering. Your company might save a bundle by replacing dollars [...]
Cards That Will Do All Of The ‘Butting In’ For You
While you don’t necessarily need to be a ‘Butinski’ to tell someone you care, it doesn’t hurt either. Like many great businesses before now, Butinski Designs was born out of experience. Before becoming business partners Lisa and Michele became cancer survivors. Inspired by their personal experience, they’ve created a line of inspirational cards and gifts [...]
