Archive for January 14th, 2010
The Justice League Of Entrepreneurs
With the Justice League of America, some of the world’s most powerful superheroes banded together to fight crime. With the Start Project, some successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are banding together to start companies according to Brad Stone in the Bits blog at The New York Times. They’re not wearing costumes, but the idea is basically [...]
For More Workers, Home Is Where the Office Is
According to The Wall Street Journal the home is the new hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. For those who have temporarily joined the ranks of the self-employed, a home office is the natural (and cheapest) place to get work done. For others who are using severance packages to take a shot at entrepreneurship, the home can [...]
David Carr over at The New York Times has an interesting look at Twitter. I can remember when I first thought seriously about Twitter. I was at the SXSW conference, a conclave in Austin, Tex., where technology, media and music are mashed up and re-imagined, and, not so coincidentally, where Twitter first rolled out in [...]
Next Little Thing: Brain Games
Plastic tendrils are clutching my temples, reading electric signals from my brain. I’m sitting in a conference room in San Francisco looking at an orange box floating on a large flat screen. My goal is to make it disappear using nothing but thought. “Cheshire cat,” I think, and the box starts to fade. No, Chris [...]
Entrepreneur Sees Phones As Future Tickets
Mobile phones are many things to different people, but a Milwaukee technologist and entrepreneur hopes to turn yours into a ticket to a party, club or concert through Twicketer.com, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Web site, currently in beta testing but available to the public, is a mobile ticketing service that lets anyone schedule [...]
Female Entrepreneurs Are On The Rise
Women are entering the world of entrepreneurship at a much faster rate than men, although their businesses have been much harder hit by the recession than their male-owned equivalents, reports The Financial Times. The latest start-up figures from Barclays show that the recession has done little to quell the rise in self- employment with 460,000 [...]
Exercise-Loving Mom’s Inspire Neighbors To Get Fit
hometownlife.com: Sue Pilarski and Cassandra Smith not only serve as proof that working moms can find time to stay in shape, they also inspire others to fit adequate exercise into a busy schedule. The married 30-something Livonia residents, each of whom have two young children, have packaged their motivation into a new business venture, Get [...]
Pet Urns Keep Beloved Pets Nearby After They’re Gone
It’s hard to lose a friend… even if that friend had fur and walked on four legs. Pet urns are big business.
