Archive for May 18th, 2010
New Bizop Classified Ads This Week
New listing this week on the Business Opportunities Weblog Classifieds. Grocery Savings Club That Pays You! Generate An Obscene Amount Of Traffic To Your Websites Come Watch The Top Players Show You Exactly How They Make $10k/mo! Sell Used Cars & Make Money Chill Drinks To Perfection With The Ice Jacket, Distributors And Retailers Needed [...]
A new generation of taco trucks no longer caters to hungry workers at construction sites. Instead, these food-laden vehicles bring gourmet food to customers as their owners roll out this mobile concept rather than set up a storefront and wait for clients to come to them, reports The Houston Business Journal. Julia Sharaby, chef and [...]
Student’s Idea Turns Roadsides Into Cash Cropland
One mile southwest of Salt Lake International Airport, a 20-acre crop of safflower plants is growing on previously unused municipal land, reports USA TODAY. This fall the plot will be harvested, and oil from the plants will be processed into biodiesel fuel to operate Salt Lake County vehicles. Called FreeWays to Fuel, the program is [...]
Turning Tiny Ideas Into Big Blogs
msnbc: About 11 years ago, house-builder, philosopher and entrepreneur, Jay Shafer built his first tiny house, moved in, and has been living a super-simplified lifestyle, happily-ever-after. He says that in a commercial world of bloated “McMansions”, his 89-square-foot, self-built, “munchkin-house”, is smaller than some people’s closets, and looks more like a doll’s house than a [...]
When Entrepreneurs Should Ignore Advice
Entrepreneurs are often times bombarded with advice – some of it useful and some of it destructive. It can be disconcerting to hear feedback from people that don’t understand your project or your vision. And it can be frustrating to face rejection from potential investors, partners, or customers. Of course, comments that “That’ll never work” [...]
38 Women Reach Make Mine a Million $ Business Goal
The only national not-for-profit organization committed to helping women entrepreneurs grow million dollar businesses, Make Mine a Million $ Business, has announced the 38 program attendees that successfully grew their business past the $1 million mark in 2009. “The perseverance of the women in this elite group is infectious,” said Nell Merlino, founder and president [...]
Co-Working Makes Sense for Small Biz
According to a story at Mashable.com, being the owner of a small business often means spending your time working on projects outside of your talent. While an owner should seek to understand all aspects of his business early in its development, spending too much time on the aspects he doesn’t excel at can be a [...]
According to KillerStartUps.com, the objective of the Edistorm website is to let people engage in brainstorming sessions over the WWW. This is achieved by applying sticky notes to the online equivalent to a boardroom wall. Such a process is made very simple by the use of colored sticky notes, and the presence of a series [...]
Skinny Mixes Siphon Off Calories
There’s an old saying that drinking doesn’t make you fat, it makes you lean — against bars, tables, chairs and poles. That joke may get a ring of truth; a new mix allows people to have their margarita and drink it, too — practically guilt free. It’s called Jordan’s Skinny Mixes. According to Tampa Bay [...]
Entrepreneur Is Making Her Mark
There are a few essentials that every crafter should have in their supply box. This includes everything from colored card stock to craft scissors and stampers with fun patterns. Each item can be used in a multitude of ways to make any project stand out. Of course, when you want to make money it doesn’t [...]
