Archive for December 2009
Go Green With Your Holiday Party
photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography As the holiday season approaches us, we are all starting to plan those big parties whether they’re at work, at home or both. When you consider all of the preparation that goes into setting up such an event, it can be overwhelming when you think about some of the high [...]
Bonuses, parties, and gifts for clients are the hallmark of the holiday season. But small businesses that can’t afford the usual perks are getting creative instead, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to American Express OPEN’s survey of 500 entrepreneurs, only 31 percent are giving year-end bonuses (down from 44 percent last year), only 16 [...]
11 Mistakes That Will Bring Your Company Down
photo credit: jared In today’s economy we are all trying to strive for more; more profit, more customers, more everything. We constantly look for new and ground breaking ways to achieve our goals in the quickest manner possible. Well, below are some mistakes that every manager should never make unless they want to kill their [...]
Entrepreneur Is Fetching Serious Profits
Sheryl Matthys was born to be in the spotlight. Entreprenuer reports that after graduating from Butler University, she worked for several TV and radio stations before moving to New York City to work on industrial videos as a commercial actress. But it wasn’t until 2001, when she got her first greyhound dog, Shiraz, that Matthys, [...]
Miami Herald.com: Whitney Zimet, a busy Miami mom, has figured out a way to build her small business during all hours. She mingles with other moms, hoping to cajole them into giving her their e-mail addresses. Then, she adds the coveted address to the distribution list for her e-newsletter, I am the Maven, filled with [...]
What Small Businesses Really Need
photo credit: wili_hybrid Over the past few years, we have heard many small business owners talk about their need for small business loans. These are loans that they need in order to obtain credit, get out of debt, buy new equipment, new marketing and advertising and more. However, the problem that most small business owners [...]
Halle Berry Turns Entrepreneur
When the world’s largest fragrance company showed Halle Berry a prototype bottle for her debut perfume, Berry said no. The simple rectangular design failed to convey her personality., reports Forbes. She suggested an imprint of waves on the back of the bottle–to express a connection to nature–and added rugged copper-colored rings–which resembled a bangle she [...]
Entrepreneurs Are Using Kids’ Games To Attract Grownup Dollars
Adults playing sports is nothing new, but sports leagues are the latest phenomenon, as they continue to expand in cities nationwide, reports Entrepreneur. A 2004 report from the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association found 75 percent of all college students participate in campus recreational sports. Fast forward to post graduation, and you have a large group [...]
Man Invents Electric Lobster Taser…
Inventor Simon Buckhaven labored for two years with Department of Food Animal Science in England to come up with a better way to prepare lobster meat and so far, claims are that this invention is not only more humane, but also makes them tastier, so says Treehugger.com. Supposedly, zapping a lobster is more humane than [...]
The composition of the nation’s work force is approaching an unprecedented benchmark, reports The Wall Street Journal. Due in part to deep layoffs of men, women are poised to become the majority of workers for the first time. As of September, women held 49.9% of the nation’s jobs, excluding farm workers and the self-employed, a [...]
Mom Coach, Author Helps Other Moms Live Balanced Lives
Daily Herald: When mom coach Lori Radun spoke to the Mothers of Preschoolers group in Aurora recently, she talked about the eight essential ingredients of having a “momnificent” life. “While she was going over them, in the room you could hear the oohs and ahs,” recalled MOPS member Lillian Lucas of Aurora. “You could tell [...]
BuddyTops Gives Childrens Hats Personality
Now that we’ve entered December, parents are starting to break out their children’s coats for another winter— if they haven’t already. With the coats comes the extra essentials, hats and gloves. For some lucky kids, this means they get to wear their favorite animal on their head. BuddyTops, founded by Luis Kain and Nacer Hamai, [...]
