Archive for January 19th, 2010
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry…
According to the official weather service, the United Kingdom has just suffered through its longest spell of freezing conditions since December 1981. The recent winter storms wreaked havoc with public transportation and generally disrupted the lives of millions of UK residents. In calculating which regions were affected and determining where snow was falling or not [...]
How to Present Like Steve Jobs
Next week Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to announce something big and shiny. Whether you use Apple products, or think that they’re overpriced, you can’t deny that Jobs is a great presenter. His stage persona has been carefully crafted to convey insane amounts of enthusiasm for whatever product he’s introducing that day. Whether it’s [...]
The second worst part about breaking a bone, after the pain, is that you have to wear a boring cast. Yes, it starts out fun. You can usually get them in a variety of colors, and your friends will all want to sign it, but after it will grow increasingly dirty and drab. Luckily, there [...]
Conan O’Brien Hits A Nerve With America’s Job Insecurity
Out of luck and out of jobs as the nation slowly tries to emerge from a recession, many Americans are finding in Conan O’Brien what they can’t find elsewhere — dignity in telling The Man to take a hike. WalletPop reports in O’Brien’s fight to keep his job as host of “The Tonight Show” and [...]
Fun Never Stops For Fun House Entrepreneur
Helen Stephens opened Our Fun House in Middlesbrough in 2008 to cater for parties and after-school activities for under-12s as well as offering adventure and educational play for toddlers, reports The Journal. She said: “I can’t deny that it was difficult to start up a business in the recession. A lot of people said we [...]
When we started Games2U, we put a list together of what we wanted it to be. We knew we didn’t ever want to have a retail business — mobile and home-based was essential to our concept. We wanted a business that needed very little head count, and one that anybody could own and operate on [...]
Kick-Start: Practice The One-A-Day Principle
You can’t delight everybody all the time but you can do something extraordinary for someone each day. Find a customer, colleague, relative or a friend each day and do something remarkable. Using the one-a-day principle will make your business and life remarkable. – Mark Sanborn, leadership development speaker and author of the best-selling book The [...]
How The Internet Changed Writing
Kevin Kelleher over at GigaOm has an interesting look at how the Internet has changed the way we write. With so much discussion about how the Internet is changing journalism and media, there’s surprisingly little said about how writing itself has transformed. But it has changed in a dramatic if subtle way. Nine years ago, [...]
Used Space Shuttles Now Almost ONE-THIRD Off!!!
NASA announced that the cost of buying a used space shuttle for display in your museum, educational facility or backyard has dropped from $42 million to the low, low, low price of just $28.8 million, reports The Houston Press. And that’s not all!! The delivery of these fine, almost one-of-a-kind vehicle has been moved up [...]
Own Your Own Professional Sports Team: The National Martial Arts League
For over sixty years, martial artists have honed their skills in one-on-one combat in hopes of being the best of best, or becoming the next Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee. But so far no one, including investors, has yet to reap the rewards this sport can generate when it breaks out of its current limitations. [...]
Jazz Up Your Email Newsletters
Do you send email newsletters to your customers and prospects? Smashing Magazine has some great tips for designing and sending your email newsletters. Respect your reader. Don’t waste their time or attention. Ask nicely first. Focus on relevance. Design with a goal in mind, so that you’ll know if it worked. Make unsubscribing easy. Code [...]
Book Store Owners: Attract Home Educators
photo credit: brewbooks Do you run a bookstore? If so, check out these ten tips for attracting home educators (home schoolers) into your store. Here are a few: 4. “How-to-homeschool” books are fine, but many parents have moved beyond this introductory stage and need content. Stock core texts in the main academic areas too: history, [...]
Selling Services to Medical Marijuana Providers
Imagine a business where everyone is very, very paranoid. Could you sell them sophisticated business management tools? John Lee of PlainView Systems thinks he can. CNNMoney.com: Entrepreneur John Lee thinks the pot business is ready for its own Amazon.com. The numbers back him up. Marijuana is California’s biggest cash crop, generating sales estimated at $14 [...]
Jewelry Designer Goes From Mobile Business To Boutique
CNNMoney.com: Entrepreneurial spirit and parental advice don’t always jibe, but sometimes mother does know best. It was Heather Key Tiller’s mom, Susan Foxworth, who in 2001 noticed the FOR RENT sign on an empty store at 47 John St. as the two left a nearby French restaurant. At the time, Tiller worked as an office [...]
ezShade For The Busy Family On The Go
If you’ve ever found yourself under one of those big umbrellas at the beach, then you’re probably well aware of how little shade they actually offer. One mom in particular, Linda Varga, took notice and decided to do something about it. From a moment of inspiration the ezShade was born. Linda’s product not only makes [...]
