Archive for October 16th, 2009
Life magazine has put together a special collection of dumb inventions from the past. What were they thinking? Curved Barrel Machine Gun, 1953 M3 sub-machine gun with a curved barrel for shooting around corners. Baby Cage, 1937 A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement [...]
Virtual Money, Weapons And Gifts
People are paying real money for digital goods in all sorts of online applications ranging from Facebook apps to massively multiplayer online games reports GamesBeat. The No. 1 thing they buy is virtual money. Other top items include virtual weapons and gifts for social networking friends, according to a survey. Free-to-play games, where you can [...]
Invention Dries Out Wet Electronics
Struggling with hearing loss since she was a baby, Karen Wildman (left) knew a lot about drying out hearing aids from sweat, rain and other moisture. But when she realized she could apply her drying technique to other small electronics and started saving her children’s and friends’ gadgets, she knew she was on to a [...]
Public Speaking Lessons From Oprah
photo credit: dyobmit In business there comes a time when we all must do some sort of public speaking. For some this is no big deal but for others it’s scary, horrifying and down right the worst thing imaginable. Some don’t even really know how to give a public speech correctly. Oprah recently gave a [...]
Multiple Streams Of Income For Entrepreneurs
photo credit: country_boy_shane When you switch over from working for a company to working for yourself, you begin to realize just how overwhelming and stressful it can be especially during down times for your business. That is why it is always highly recommended that entrepreneurs have more than one source of income. I recently read [...]
The investors at The Shark Tank have some fun at the expense of this ‘entrepreneur’. The lesson to be learned here is how do you compete with the BIG dogs.
Amazon Launching Same-Day US Delivery Service
Reuters is reporting that Amazon.com is launching same-day delivery service in seven cities as the online retailer looks to win sales from last-minute shoppers this holiday season. Amazon said “Local Express Delivery” will offer customers same-day delivery in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Seattle and Washington, D.C. for $5.99. That price applies only [...]
photo credit: Mzelle Biscotte MakingTheMogul.com: “It is always a vital aspect of business to be respectful and appropriate even when sending out mass emails to your contacts.” When in business there are several times throughout our work week that we have to send out mass business email’s for various reasons, but some of us don’t [...]
Sell More At Your Retail Store
photo credit: j.reed Show don’t tell. While Ralph presented me with a three-page single-spaced handout about the Bee Skep after I purchased it, he knew the visual of watching an 89-year old man hand make a basket with a Diet Coke bottle would draw a crowd. From that experience of watching, he then just answered [...]
What You’ll Need To Get A Startup Loan
SCORE says to be able to convince a lender to make you a loan for a new business venture, you must demonstrate that you have done your homework and have prepared a business plan is what’s needed to apply for a small business loan. In addition to the primary purpose of using the plan to [...]
What Makes Up An Entrepreneur?
photo credit: > ange < 59.7 percent of respondents indicated they had at least one child when they launched their first business, and 43.5 percent had two or more children. I recently came across a very interesting article located at OnStartUps.com where they discuss the traits and components that make up an entrepreneur. We [...]
I’ve noticed that I don’t use email as much as I used to. On Wednesday we started a poll asking readers now that Facebook and Twitter are available, do you use less email to communicate? 20 percent said less, 7 percent said they used it more and 73 percent said they didn’t notice a difference. [...]
Crafty Moms Create Income Producing Hobbies
Houston News: They call her the Mum Lady, but Veronica Lozano doesn’t mind. The full-time working mother of three girls has created a side business by making homecoming mums for students in the Kingwood-Humble area. The idea started with one request and soon blossomed into a makeshift mum factory in her home selling hundreds of [...]
Invention Offers A Cool New Way To Organize What’s On Your Fridge
What is stuck to your fridge? If you’re like most people, you probably have a few magnets, some photos, a couple notes, and, if you have kids, the pictures they colored for you. Cluttered refrigerators are not uncommon. Some of the most organized homes have fridges that look cluttered with some useless papers and magnets. [...]
