Archive for November 12th, 2009
Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays
Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist reports, The New York Times. These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels [...]
A Winning Recipe For Student Entrepreneur
As a student, Julie Thatcher was pretty sure her business would be popular with the college set when she opened a restaurant in 2004 less than a mile from the university campus, reports The Juneau Empire. She and her friends had been spending late nights making waffles and drinking caffeine in the campus dorm kitchen. [...]
Turning Your Customers Into Fanatic Fans
Rieva Lesonsky at The Small Business Blog has an interesting look at how to turn customers into fanatic fans. Every team needs fans. And every business needs them as well. Several years ago, Ken Blanchard of “One Minute Manager” fame wrote a book called Raving Fans, essentially a parable about how businesses can turn customers [...]
Startups May Turn Publishing Industry On Its Ear
Rick Rieser was halfway through his daily jog this summer when the idea for Percy, The Perfectly Imperfect Chicken popped into his brain, reports The San Jose Mercury News. Today, the 52-year-old first-time author is preparing for a busy schedule of readings in the Midwest, toting boxes of the children’s book that was published with [...]
The New York Times is reporting that PayPal is seeking new ways to use its payment system. PayPal held its first developer conference in San Francisco to officially open its platform to software developers wanting to include payments in their Web or cellphone applications. With the new platform, any software developer can embed PayPal’s technology [...]
Home Based Biz Won’t Make You An Overnite Success
Believe it or not, it takes a long time to become an overnite success! Once you have chosen your particular home based business, the two most important things to remember are to stay focused and not to get discouraged, writes The Small Business Brief. I’ve had many active and enthusiastic business team members that were [...]
Leggings Let Young Girls Play Hard Without Scraped Knees
NWsource: While at Green Lake one day waiting to go on a walk with a friend, local designer Wendy Feller stumbled upon an idea. Why not design cute leggings made with strong, durable material and padded knees to allow her then five-year-old daughter, and little girls in general, to play hard without having to worry [...]
Only in tea can you find a drink for nearly any mood. There is a tea you can drink at bed time to help you sleep, there is one for when you get up in the morning and need a boost. In some countries a cup of tea is simply a part of the daily [...]
