Archive for February 16th, 2010
Budget Crunches Slows Payments
State and local budget crunches mean government contractors will have to wait longer to get paid, the WSJ‘s Marshall Eckblad reports. An Illinois non-profit named Springfield Arc Inc. is doing the people’s work, serving the mentally disabled. Trouble is, the people are six months late in paying. The state of Illinois owes the Springfield-based provider [...]
10 Bizs You Can Start On The Cheap
Ten types of businesses you can start on the cheap, by Anita Campbell at Business.gov. In many cases they can be run out of a home office. Most require minimal equipment beyond a computer, phone, printer, a few tools, and perhaps your car or truck. You won’t need advanced degrees or highly specialized training beyond [...]
Big Problems With Google’s Local Biz
Lisa Barone at Small Business Trends highlights two big problems with Google’s local business listings — including how competitors can hijack your listing. Many small business owners and those that work with them began receiving emails about their local business results for the month of November. The emails contained information about where the business ranked [...]
Teen Receives National Recognition For Safety Gate
A young man by the name of Louis Braille was only 12 when he began working on a system of reading and writing that relied on raised dots. Thomas Alva Edison was only a teen when he got to work on his telegraphic repeating instrument. And Tharon Trujillo was 10 when he came up with [...]
BusinessWeek is reporting that more people are working from home, and more of them are working for themselves, according to Census data released. The chart above compares the growth in the number of self-employed people working exclusively from home to growth in total home-based workers and the total number of people employed. The number of [...]
Are Entrepreneurs Counted Regarding Unemployment?
Question: How are entrepreneurs counted regarding unemployment? Economist Howard Rosen over at NPR Planet Money answers: In order to be considered unemployed a worker must be (1) available, (2) able and (3) searching for work. If your listener starts his own business and stops looking for work, he technically is not counted as unemployed; he [...]
It has been just over 6 years since Jody Hall opened up her business, Cupcake Royale, states The Seattle Times. Since then cupcake craze has grown to include many more bakeries that also specialize in these tasty little bites of goodness. Nowadays, with everyone clamoring for cupcakes, it seems almost incomprehensible that Hall’s friends thought [...]
Entrepreneurs Turn To 401(k)s To Fund Start-Ups
Don Poffenroth paged through a magazine on a flight several years ago when an article grabbed his attention: Entrepreneurs could use 401(k) savings to start a business without getting hit by taxes and early-withdrawal penalties, according to a story in USA TODAY. He and a partner had drawn up plans for a gin, vodka and [...]
Just a few months after Napan Mary Gutierrez had finally moved her business out of her garage and into a retail location, tragedy struck. On Thanksgiving of last year Napan was killed in an automobile accident, reports the Napa Valley Register. As the family struggled to find a way through their loss, Joel Gutierrez found [...]
If you want to succeed in business then you will need your potential customers to know that you exist. If they don’t know you are there, how can you expect them to buy from you? Connie Edwards at the Savannah Morning News shares her list of things that every small business should consider. Advertising How [...]
Entrepreneur Binds Books And Gives Back
When Vahe Atchabahian came to the US from Lebanon over 30 years ago he was hoping to escape the violence that filled his homeland. With little money and no plan, he set out to succeed. Although it wasn’t always easy, Vahe ultimately created his own success through the binding of books, according to the Pasadena [...]
When babies begin to stand on their own and walk their parents can’t help but feel a little excited or even anxious. It is not only an important milestone in their child’s development, it also means the time has come to find that perfect pair of shoes that they can comfortably walk in. Chalese, Jenny, [...]
