Archive for March 2010
New Bizop Classified Ads This Week
New listing this week on the Business Opportunities Weblog Classifieds. How To Start A Office Cleaning Business Internet Newbie Goes From Zero To $30, 000 In His First 30 Days! How To Build A Million Dollar Medical Transportation Company How To Start A Home Staging Business How To Buy And Sell Cars For Profit! How [...]
TCBY is offering entrepreneurs the chance to own their own TCBY with a store giveaway worth more than $300,000. With the unemployment rate sitting just below 10 percent, this could be an opportunity for a business minded individual to help stimulate their local economy. The national contest is open to all U.S. residents over the [...]
iPhone Game Makes Two Brothers Millions
Mobile Crunch: Doodle Jump for the iPhone is something like a developer’s fairy tale: two brothers set out to make a game using only the talents they’ve got at hand, and end up striking gold. They keep pushing out minor updates, and the game just keeps selling. … At 99 cents a pop, this game [...]
Toy Inventor Encourages Creativity
Tim Kehoe believes that there isn’t always one right answer when making something new, reports the Redwood Gazette. Kehoe, an author and inventor, has been inventing toys for 20 years, and his inventions have been successful enough that he now talks to students about how they, too, can be creative. Kehoe has also written a [...]
Virgin Media Launches Community For Young Entrepreneurs
Virgin Media and Enterprise UK have joined together to launch Virgin Media Pioneers, states UTalkMarketing.com. This creative new community will help connect young entrepreneurs with business experts. By connecting young entrepreneurial talent to a network of peer support, entrepreneurial contacts and expert business advice, Virgin Media Pioneers aims to help build better businesses and close [...]
Optimism Down Among Small Business Owners
According to Sign On San Diego, a survey states that pessimism has risen among small businesses during the past month. The fallback in confidence is occurring even as the economy seems to have bottomed out, with retail sales picking up nationwide and an increasing number of small businesses preparing to add workers. “News about the [...]
At a time when pampering ourselves seems to be more of a necessity than a special treat, Ayanna Williams has put the fun back into the spa experience by selling a kid-friendly version, reports Business First of Buffalo. Williams created the business to pamper little girls, with all natural sweet treatments, from chocolate facials to [...]
Need Inspiration? 137 Years Of Popular Mechanics for Free
Need inspiration? Need mechanical knowledge for a project? Want money making ideas? 137 years of Popular Mechanics are now freely available online here.
Like peanut butter and chocolate, many different services from very different business go well together. Could you team up with another entrepreneur, like the two women in this story and combine your products into something completely new? Daily Commercial: Mud pies and pizza pies — two things kids love to get their hands on. Throw [...]
Instantly Adjust Your Jeans Using A Simple Button
Whether you’ve lost weight, gained it, or you’re somewhere in between, I’m willing to bet that you’ve experienced ill-fitting pants at least once in your life. Short of wearing a bulky belt or having them tailored to fit you, there isn’t much that you can do. For Dana Contey the temporary fix to loose jeans [...]
Entrepreneur Hits The Ground Running
Who needs months of planning to start a business? According to Vindy.com, not Maria Elena Ibanez. The decision to start Intermark Foods even came to her quickly, on a Saturday while she was at the beauty parlor. Ibanez had already built two successful international computer distribution companies, selling the second one just before the tech [...]
Certified Business Analyst Helps Business Owners Succeed
He may not have the power that Ben Bernanke wields or the kind of money that Donald Trump has, but the advice Bill McKown shares with business owners can mean the difference between surviving the recession and closing their doors forever, says Tampa Bay Online. “Due to current economic conditions, many businesses are looking for [...]
Approximately 2 years ago Brian Ohnemus create a boat rack that would carry his boat so he could still pull his camper. The idea worked so well that he decided to turn it into a business, reports the Quincy Herald Whig. “While getting all the gear ready for a weekend family camping trip, I realized [...]
Anthony Ghattas has the life that many dream about; great wine, beautiful art, and friends in high places, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. In only six years, this serial entrepreneur has managed to build up a successful lifestyle brand United Lifestyle Group – including two galleries in Perth and Sydney and a burgeoning wine group [...]
Congratulations, It’s A… Business!
When Jennifer Dowler was looking for the perfect birth announcement to tell the world about the birth of her son, what she found was less than inspiring. As he got older and she went in search for the right birthday card, she soon found that her choices were just as thin as they were when [...]
Dog Bowls Built From A Pet’s Perspective
For Jane Grant, creating the perfect dog bowl meant not only making her dog happy but helping dogs all over the world, according to her article on Sky News. Travelling worldwide with work, I searched in vain for a bowl that would make it easy for my family dog to eat with less mess and [...]
Is Your Invention Infomercial Worthy?
Associated Press: There wasn’t a bottle of Oxiclean or a ShamWow anywhere. But there was Dawn Stephens’ nifty new, all-in-one toilet-bowl-cleaning brush. “We don’t have to look for the cleaning liquid and the brush. The cleaning liquid is right inside the brush!” the chirpy, singsongy Stephens shouted in delight as she pitched her invention Wednesday [...]
Jean-Jacques Velkeniers lives in Belgium and since he was a little boy he wanted to go into space. Now that Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is selling seats on their spaceship for rides into space for only $200,000, Jean-Jacques can finally go. There’s only one problem: he doesn’t have $200 grand. But proving that the entrepreneurial [...]
Karen Wildman and Lisa Holmes were constantly battling malfunctioning electronics due to moisture and water damage. The sisters set out to invent a solution. and they did! Their new product, Bheestie Bag, is designed to ‘dry out’ electronic devices: cell phones, iPods, etc. We previously mentioned them here. Here’s how it works. You simply take [...]
Chili Mix Entrepreneur Gets Noticed
At first glance Cindy Reed’s kitchen seems normal, however it is anything but that. For starters, the staff from ‘Throwdown with Bobby Flay’ walked through this very same kitchen at one point, reports MyFoxHouston.com. Wilkins is the only person to win back to back Terlingua International Chili Championships. She is also the woman who challenged [...]
Are you a florist? Do you need a product to differentiate you from all of the other flower shops in your community? Have you heard about rainbow roses? Rainbow roses, the brainchild of Dutch flower shop owner Peter Van de Werken, are colorful roses that are made by injecting die into the stem of the [...]
RetroFitness: Profit from the ’80s
Nostalgia for the 1980s has never disappeared and Retrofitness, a 1980′s themed gym is riding the Spandex waves: How did you hit on this concept? I had owned two other licensed fitness centers, and I wasn’t happy with how they were operated. So I spent a couple of nights sitting in a rocking chair, jotting [...]
New in the Directory This Week
One of the often overlooked sections of this website is our directory. Over 2300 different bizops, franchises, dealerships and online opportunities are listed there. Here are the new companies from this week: Business Opportunities Neighborhood Cleaners Franchises 1-800 Pack-Rat American Prosperity Group Cox & Kings CruiseOne Disciple’s Directory Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Centers Mr. [...]
Inventor Helps Solve Cold Cases
Curtis Desselles is a sucker for science, according to ArkLaTexhomepage.com. His latest and greatest work comes in the form of a three millimeter chip. He calls it the “Eddy Current Analyzer.”…which blends old technology with new innovation. “If I can use this and look at the changes in the medal and voltage changes, I can [...]
Single Mom Stretchs Her Way Into The Pilates Biz
When her marriage ended Alicia Kavon decided to go to school and finish her bachelors degree. With a major in dance and a minor in fine arts, she fully intended to become a dance instructor when she graduated. However, with a little nudging from her friend, she became a Pilates instructor instead, reports The Commercial [...]
@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 [...]
Where’d Your Business Idea Come From?
Here’s a question for you: Where did your business idea come from? What was the spark of inspiration that sent you on your way?
photo credit: pingnews The following a guest post from the great people at Company.com. Health insurance — even with a crazy deductable — is not an optional expense for a startup. Judith Starkey spent half a lifetime arguing with government bureaucrats and health insurance companies on behalf of people trying to get coverage. You might [...]
New Bizop Classified Ads This Week
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Employee By Day, Greeting Card Entrepreneur By Night
It was at a party when Faith Saunders first came into contact with make-your-own greeting cards, reports My Central Jersey. “I got bored with what they were doing, so I just started making my own stuff,” Saunders said. Saunders said people had always told her she was creative, but she never really felt in touch [...]
The Week: New Zealand’s a announced they are beginning production of the as-yet unnamed device — which stands five feet tall, weighs 254 pounds and will cost a cool $77,000 — at an initial rate of 500 units per year. Powered by dual propellers, it will be capable of whisking a pilot along at 63 [...]
Making Money Selling Almost Nothing
Can you sell a small piece of fabric for big bucks? You can if you position it correctly and market the heck out of it. The makers of the Cami Secret do just that. They’ve created such a marketable product out of almost nothing that it made sense for them to produce an commercial and [...]
I’ve always wanted to send one of my children’s favorite stuffed animals on a round the world trip. The idea of getting back emails and photos from “Clifford” or “Puppy” showing them propped up in front of a variety of famous international landmarks always seemed like a great idea. At least it was until I [...]
Oleksiy Pikalo’s business OnLatte specializes in decorating lattes. You heard that right — he’s invented an industrial robot that can pretty up, or put advertising on, any foamy beverage. Inventor’s Digest has more: Pikalo’s invention, a beverage art printer, sprays a thin layer of caramel on the surface of any foamy drink, transforming a milky [...]
Best Friends Forever, By Contract
According to HeraldTribine.com, It all started when Michelle and Shawn Mathews daughter, Krystal, wanted a special gift for her BFF. If you didn’t already know BFF is short for Best Friends Forever, a term that many kids Krystal’s age like to use to describe their closest friends. The gift she wanted for her friend, however, [...]
A junior at Harvard University, Jason Shah launched his SAT prep site INeedAPencil.com in 2006 when he was still in high school. Inc.com reports that the free site offers low-income students an alternative to pricier courses such as those at Kaplan and The Princeton Review. Students can log on to the site and choose from [...]
Fourth-Grader Has Nose For Biz
Not every fourth-grader hands out business cards. But Anna Ayres of Brookings does. Frequently during the school year and pretty much full time through the summer, Anna hands out her card as a hostess and distributor for Scentsy, a franchise that sells wickless candles, ceramic warmers and home-fragrance products, reports The Brookings Register. Why is [...]
Business owners are always on the hunt for new ideas — ways to cut costs, increase revenue, and improve products and services. Inc.com reports that often the most cost-effective source of ideas is right in front of you. “More companies are turning first to their employees to tap into those free ideas lying around in [...]
Printing Your Own Shirt Business
Not many people realize it but sometimes starting your own business is as easy as designing, printing and selling a few t-shirts. A few weeks back we mentioned AnaJet. If you don’t remember, the AnaJet SPRINT is a digital garment printer. All you have to do is create a design, place your blank shirt in [...]
While there are many networking opportunties for women, it was becoming painfully obvious to Sherry Nouraini that not many of them were mom friendly, reports The Orange County Register. She used to be part of a women’s networking group, but when she missed a few meetings to take care of her daughter, members told her [...]
From Twitter: Self Supporting Mosquito Nets
Check out this invention from one of my followers on Twitter: @danec : My invention protects people against malaria in an easy way , please see www.sambednet.com Watch his video: That’s the great thing about Twitter. You never know who’ll you’ll find or who’ll find you.
Like most college students, Ryan Dickerson, a junior at Syracuse University, found himself wedged into a small dorm room that fit little more than a bed and a desk, according to a story at Inc.com. The son of an interior designer, he set out to optimize that space. The idea? Turn the bed into a [...]
According to a story at Inc.com, Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, introduced the Start-up Visa Act, which would open up the U.S. to immigrant entrepreneurs. If passed, the bill would grant foreigners U.S. visas if they can secure at least $100,000 from a sponsoring angel investor or at [...]
