Archive for May 20th, 2010
Meet Natasha Nelson of Yogurtini – Natasha and her popular and creative company are based in Southern California, the perfect location for an entrepreneur who best describes herself as “a true beach girl” and who is constantly inspired by the youthful and creative culture of the south west’s famous beaches. Natasha is one of the [...]
According to a story at Open Forum, intelligent disobedience is not about setting out to be disagreeable or arbitrarily disobeying rules for its own sake. Rather, it is about using your judgment to decide when, for example, an established rule actually hinders your organization, rather than helps it. The antonym of intelligent disobedience is blind [...]
Tripura Entrepreneur Leads By Example
oneindia: A young female entrepreneur in Tripura is not only generating employment for people, but is doing her bit for the environment by converting waste to wealth. alma Chowdhry is a housewife-turned-entrepreneur from Golchakkar village near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura. In 2007, she along with a team of 25-members formed Samrat Papers, an outfit [...]
Scammer ingenuity knows no bounds. In 2010, as in years past, more criminals are taking the trouble to craft schemes, fudge websites, and get rich off the tight economy and the consumer desperation that goes along with it. WalletPop presents a list of the top ten scams to look out for. “Free trial” scams Deceptive [...]
According to WalletPop, if you’ve noticed that returning items to stores isn’t as easy as it used to be, rest assured: It isn’t just you. Thanks to a growing number of people who are returning items they’ve used or never bought in the first place, retailers have been employing a variety of new techniques to [...]
The New York Times: Lots of entrepreneurs would like to pick Chip Conley’s brain. But when several dozen gathered in November to meet the founder of Joie de Vivre, a boutique hotel chain that he said had $220 million in revenue last year, their questions were not just about the nuts and bolts of running [...]
New Invention: Solar Hydrogen-Powered Disaster Relief
Imagine a single trailer-mounted device that turns scum into over 20,000 gallons of pure water a day, stores electricity better than a battery, makes medical-grade oxygen, and runs on the sun. A trio of inventors today unveiled the first working model of The HYDRA, a fuel cell-based device they say does all that, at a [...]
The Wall Street Journal asks why is it so hard to design an umbrella that won’t collapse or flip inside out? After a rainstorm, the scene in almost any city is the same—dozens of umbrella carcasses lying broken along sidewalks and streets. It seems that most models can barely keep you dry during the sprint [...]
Lots of teenagers will be getting out of school for the summer and looking for a summer job. YoungEntrepreneur.com has put together a list of business ideas teens might want to consider. • Senior Errand Service Wherever you live, there are bound to be senior citizens who need help with errands. • Garage Cleaning/Organizing Service [...]
The man who invented the first ATM machine has died: John Shepherd-Barron came up with the concept of a self-service cash dispenser in 1965 while lying in a bath after getting to his bank too late to withdraw money. The businessman, who worked for the printing firm De La Rue Instruments at the time, said [...]
photo credit: ( Torsten ) Many business owners that are thinking about “going green” are wondering what this will do for them and their business in the profit area. Will they end up spending more on green products? Will they loose business by offering only green products and do these green products work just as [...]
Traveling The World On The Web
Ever wish for some way to tell the world about how great your favorite travel spots are and make a little money? Colin Campbell and Gordon Burns is helping people make it happen. When most people believe you have to sell tickets or offer travel plans to make money in this industry, Colin and Gordon [...]
Keeping Your Personal And Business Finances Separate
photo credit: alancleaver_2000 Entrepreneur.com recently posted a very interesting article about keeping business and personal finances separate that I think every business owner should read. This is an extremely beneficial article to those of you who own your own business and are currently keeping your personal and business finances together. One very easy way to ensure that you keep [...]
Is It Time To Get Rid Of Your Home Office?
photo credit: Travis Isaacs For those of you working out of your home, at one point you may start wondering if it’s time to upgrade from your home office to an office of your own in town outside of your home. But how do you know when that time has come? I have put together [...]
