Archive for October 22nd, 2009
Thirty-five people showed up at TeleBrands’ headquarters in Fairfield, N.J. and were allotted just five minutes to present consumer product inventions to the ultimate judge, AJ Khubani. He is the CEO and founder of TeleBrands, a leader in the direct response television industry and the “As Seen on TV” category, reports New Jersey Newsroom. Set [...]
Entrepreneurship: The New Mid-Life Crisis
An entrepreneurial boom is on its way, but don’t expect it to be led by 20-somethings. Instead, America’s best economic recovery plan is in the hands of those aged 50 and up, according to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation. The study found that over the past 10 years, most company founders were between [...]
Most of the country has prohibited customers from smoking in restaurants. Yet a reminder of a time when it was okay to light up before dessert refuses to flame out: the matchbook. Statewide smoking bans tend to slow matchbook sales initially, but restaurant owners always return to the matchbooks. The New York Times says “in [...]
There’s an interesting article at Fast Company about solving problems by copycatting. Pete Foley, associate director of the cognitive science group at Procter & Gamble, was looking for an inspired solution to challenges faced by P&G’s feminine-care business unit. Its R&D staff had pursued several approaches, but none of them offered the breakthrough that Foley [...]
How Businesses Can Take Full Advantage Of Facebook
photo credit: Torley Many business owners are getting on the Facebook train realizing it is a great way to achieve low cost social media marketing. However, some of them still don’t quite know the true full potential of Facebook and how they can use it to their companies advantage. Companies can create a “business account [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports that retailers are finally coming around to a concept I have long advocated: free shipping. You don’t get charged a brick-and-mortar-store fee when you buy something in person – it’s built into the price. Why shouldn’t online shoppers have the same experience? Plus, the Journal says consumers are four to [...]
Add the Internet to the list of metered services you receive says The Wall Street Journal. Some service providers are contemplating stepping back in time to the days of AOL when you paid for the time you used on the Internet, instead of paying a flat fee constant for broadband access. The Journal says the [...]
Mom Fills Home Accessory Niche In Williamston
Lansing State Journal: Barb Sharp had talked for so many years about wanting to open a home accessories store that it had become a joke in her family. “We’d go into a store and I would say, ‘That place was nice, but I would do it like this,’ ” Sharp said. “My kids would finish [...]
