Archive for November 19th, 2009
Toronto-based Sprouter is an online community that allows small business owners and entrepreneurs to share links, ask questions and share expertise with their peers, reports trendspotter Springwise. Whereas most social networks focus on connecting users with people they already know, the premise behind Sprouter is that it’s often the people one hasn’t yet connected with—but [...]
The Secret To Finding Venture Capital
As any entrepreneur who’s spent some time trying to understand the venture capital universe will tell you, VCs typically invest locally, reports Fast Company. The logic goes like this: Having startups to invest in nearby makes it easier for both parties to interact, get guidance, brainstorm, etc. So if an entrepreneur believes that getting venture [...]
In 2001, Sunit Saxena made a midnight run to the grocery store for wonton wrappers. When he couldn’t find any, he went looking for a clerk. The aisles were empty. He discovered the workers holed up in a back room tearing price tags off merchandise to reprice it for the next day, reports CNNMoney.com. I [...]
How to Make Money on Twitter with Ad.ly
Ad.ly, is a brand new Twitter advertising network that can make you money, even if you don’t have thousands of followers.
Best Inventions of 2009: Edible Race Car
TIME‘s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year, we’ll feature some of the ones we find interesting. If it’s impossible for a race car to be “good” for the environment, maybe it can at least be a little friendlier. Meet the WorldFirst F3 project, a Formula 3 race car developed [...]
Find Small Biz Legal Resources
Small Business Computing says quality legal advice and services are expensive. But for small companies trying to navigate the minefields of setting up and running a business — especially for the first time — not getting legal advice can end up being even more expensive. What does a cash-strapped small business have in the way [...]
In tough economic times, it can make sense for consumers to be both transumers—eschewing the burdens of ownership in favor of shorter-term privileges—and sellsumers, making the most of what assets they do own writes trendspotter Springwise. Aiming to facilitate both is NeighborGoods, a brand-new site that helps consumers borrow, lend, rent, sell and buy stuff [...]
Stay-At-Home Mom Turned iPhone App Guru
Cincinnati.com: Move over Chad Ochocinco. There’s a new iPhone sheriff in town – a stay-at-home mom of six who has taught herself how to program applications herself. Now, Crysta Pleatman has successfully launched eight applications for Apple’s and AT&T’s popular device, with more on the way. “This was just so new when it launched that [...]
