Archive for November 4th, 2009
Fortune Small Business reports that Saul Griffith gets up to 30 e-mails a day from qualified scientists eager to work for him. He can’t afford to hire them, so he wants to inspire them to be entrepreneurs instead. Pithy articles about genius boys be damned,” says the 35-year-old Australian, thumping the table at a San [...]
Linkedin: The Secret To Success
For all the continual media frenzy over Facebook and Twitter, the most remarkable social networking story of all may well be LinkedIn, the global social network for business professionals founded by serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Reid Hoffman in December 2002 reports The Telegraph. While the LinkedIn 50 million may pale in comparison with the Facebook [...]
Buy A Ring, Get A Free Honeymoon
Weddings are expensive. So are engagement rings and honeymoons and everything else peripherally associated with your nuptials so Valentine’s Jewelry, is trying to help you keep costs down writes WalletPop. The jeweler has teamed up with Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines to put together a really awesome offer. Customers who purchase engagement rings from [...]
For people who have either been forced out of their jobs or have always wished they could work for themselves, the idea of owning a small business, at first glance, may seem like a wish come true, an article in The Portland Business Journal explains. This is the point, however, when a beginning entrepreneur needs [...]
U.S. Companies Holding More Cash
U.S. companies hurt by the global credit crisis are continuing to hold more cash, even as the economy begins to show signs of improvement, The Wall Street Journal said, citing its analysis of company filings. In the second quarter, the 500 largest non-financial U.S. companies by total assets held about $994 billion in cash and [...]
Beware Of Startup-Biz Scammers
Eve Tahmincioglu at MSN Business has an interesting article about start-up business scammers. Just ask V.M. from the Austin, Texas, area. A longtime entrepreneur in the home-building industry, he had visions of launching his own online travel and health-care insurance business but ended up out nearly $5,000. He didn’t want his name used because he’s [...]
Meet 2009′s SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur
MetroNews.ca: Shirley Broback, 34, was awarded the SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award for her work as producer of the Vancouver Island Baby Fair and says her win proves that self-described regular women like her can make a big difference with big dreams and big effort. “It shows you don’t have to be a [...]
