Archive for February 25th, 2010
A reader wrote: What exactly is a franchise? In its most simple definition, a franchise is a business opportunity that allows the franchisee (possibly you) to start your business by legally using someone else’s (the franchisor’s) expertise, ideas, and processes. In some cases, this means also having the right to use the franchisor’s established name [...]
Local Food Delivery: Dine-in Delivery
Dine-in Delivery is a meal delivery service business opportunity. They deliver food from restaurants that don’t have their own delivery service. The delivery business is a big business. Dominos, who only delivers pizza did $5.1 billion in 2007. Dine-in Delivery can deliver food from from every imaginable type of restaurant. Local Dine-in Delivery operations sign [...]
Large corporations have been testing a new device that can generate power on the spot, without being connected to the electric grid. Will we have one in every home someday? 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl reports. What do you think about the Bloom Box? Will the oil companies bury the technology? Does it sound too good [...]
Call it “YouTube U.” The Philadelphia Inquirer says more and more people are turning to YouTube for demonstrations of skills they’d like to learn. But increasingly, the video-sharing Web site is also the place to go when you want to learn something. Be it how to do the moonwalk, fix a dripping kitchen sink, perfect [...]
Steeped Tea is a home-based party business from Canada that brings the tea room into the hostess’ home. Attendees talk about the health benefits of loose leaf tea and the different kinds of tea while being served three different teas. They have a pretty extensive catalog of loose leaf tea, too. If you enjoy tea, [...]
Pandora’s Founder Out Of The Box
Tim Westergren talks about Pandora’s place in the evolving worlds of music and technology in this report from CNNMoney.
Niche Biz: “Passengers of Size”
Mike Stuben is 6 feet 1 and weighs 370 pounds. He is also a frequent flier. The Florida man has become a travel guru for “passengers of size” says the St. Petersburg Times. Stuben offers overweight readers tips on how to make traveling more comfortable for themselves and their seatmates on his website, Traveling Sense. [...]
Advantage Products Group Has It All For Brides & Beyond
It takes a very determined business owner to keep their business growing at a time when so many have gone under and Sandy Keller is one such owner. Sandy is the founder of Advantage Products Group LLC, which is the umbrella company over a series of 7 different online shops. From products for brides to [...]
Intrapreneur’s 10 Commandments
If you find yourself in a big company, you can still be “intrapreneurial” — a term that refers to entrepreneurial activities in an otherwise non-entrepreneurial environment. In his blog, Ben Casnocha talks about the 10 Commandments for Intrapreneurs. 1. Come to work each day willing to be fired. 2. Circumvent any orders aimed at stopping [...]
