Archive for October 14th, 2009
Building A Company On Government Contracts
The New York Times interviewed Sharon Brown about the challenges of being a government contractor. Q. When you started your business, Environmental and Occupational Safety Services, you did work for the state but didn’t consider bidding on a federal contract. Why? A. I thought a federal contract was beyond us because of our size, but [...]
Sawyer Sparks, a 22-year-old college student from Purdue University, walked into the Shark Tank with a bright idea: modeling dough for kids with wheat allergies. On paper, that sounds like a pretty weak concept, but bet you didn’t know that one out of eight kids has that problem, and bet you also didn’t know that [...]
Wal-Mart is looking to jump-start holiday sales by expanding last year’s $10 toy incentive tenfold writes CNNMoney.com. The world’s largest retailer said it will offer 100 toys, from Barbies to Transformers, for $10 through the Christmas holiday. Last year, the program included only 10 toys. The company decided to expand the $10 program and roll [...]
Crazy Ideas That Would Make Our World Perfect
Retire phone extensions just like ballplayer numbers. They did it for Ruth, Mantle, Mays. Why not guys like us? Pete, ext. 236—we salute you! That’s just one of the many ideas Mens Health has put together that they feel would make a perfect world. • More rollover options. Cell phone minutes and vacation days are [...]
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett says to think like an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship can be applied to virtually any field or profession. No matter what products and services are currently on the market in your area of expertise, there are always opportunities to improve them and to better serve the customers who buy them. That said, if [...]
US Broadband Lags Asian Nations
CNNMoney.com is reporting that according to a study South Korea leads the world in providing broadband services. The United States did not make the top 10. South Korea dramatically improved the speed, quality and availability of its Internet service in 2009, pushing past Japan, the former worldwide leader, according to a team of business students [...]
Now that Facebook and Twitter are available, do you use less email to communicate? Less More Same View Results Photo by rannay.
Home Business Is Sweet Proposition
Rocky Mount Telegram: The smiles are the best. When Renee Martinez delivers a basket filled with homemade goodies or a custom-designed cake and sees the smile on the face of the person receiving it, it makes her day. “I did a superheroes cake for a 5-year-old’s birthday party that incorporated Superman, Batman, the Power Rangers [...]
From Business Management To Children’s Products, Design Biz Does it All
Expanding from internet marketing to a series of business-related services might not seem like a big leap for a business to make, but going from that to children’s products might. It takes a truly passionate, hard working individual to grow a business into a variety of divisions that suit their interests and to make it [...]
