Archive for March 4th, 2010
@robertpartridge: VIDEO: After his idea to sell used VHS tapes went somewhat under the radar, Todd’s back with a new business idea: http://o.business-opportunities.biz/l/84 @SOHOBusiness: Money Making Small Home Business Idea:- Rent your Pet @JoeHankin: New business idea: Pool hall/bar-arcade called “Superfun Site”. @hilibanjo: Haha Ditto! RT @adapolla: OK I can’t decide if this is a [...]
Biz Idea: Mushrooms from Used Coffee
photo credit: fotoosvanrobin Two graduates of UC Berkley’s Business School think that they can turn used coffee grounds into high-profit mushrooms: What do mushrooms and a pile of used coffee grounds have in common? “Mushrooms biologically grow really well in hardwoods, and so, coffee acts like a hardwood biologically, and we can grow them pretty [...]
As the owners of Water Impressions found out, the bottle is worth more than the water: The company, originally called Tennessee Branch Water, started out as a five-gallon bottle and cooler service that they purchased from its retiring owner. The Grahams had been customers of the water service for several years. They decided to buy [...]
Mom Channels Grief Through A CD
“What does a grieving mother do after she loses a child?” asks The Taunton Gazette. Well, for Sharen Wendy Robertson relief came through the creation of a music CD. Roberton is the owner of The Story Train Literacy Center. She is a business woman and writer and sings as a hobby. “After my son died, [...]
Marketing Manager Turned Jeweler
Laura Heiden was working as a marketing manager when she stumbled upon jewelry as a creative outlet, reports Postbulletin.com. Last year, the 33-year-old’s infatuation with jewelry lead her to Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco, where she enrolled in two, intensive two-month programs in goldsmithing and stone setting. While in San Francisco, Heiden [...]
Silicon Valley Parents Want Entrepreneurial Kids
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal: The focus of recent weeks may have been on Olympic Athletes, but only 1 in 10 who responded to a recent Business Pulse survey said that they would prefer their child to become one. Readers were presented with a very limited set of career choices for their children in the [...]
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s A… Hovercraft?
Using parts from his family barbecue, parts from his wife’s car, and the control lever from his daughter’s motor scooter, New Zealand inventor Rudy Heeman has created a flying hovercraft, reports the Telegraph.co.uk. Looking like a conventional hovercraft but with the addition of detachable wings, the vehicle cruises at 56mph when flying, has a range [...]
Stuffed Toys That Kids Can Wear
It’s simply a fact of life that when parents travel with children their favorite toys must come along for the ride. Even if that means mom and dad are stuck carrying it all. Before having her son, Lise Lafontaine chalked up the need for parents to tote toys around as simply a responsibility. After he [...]
