Archive for June 25th, 2010
The editors at Esquire mined Google Patents for the strangest culinary creations going back to 1935, then looked into whether they’re being produced today. You know, just in case you want a hamburger bun shaped like a bear. Combined Hot Dog and Pretzel, Robert M. Kempher, 1990 Still in production? Yes. Auntie Anne’s makes Pretzel [...]
Make In The U.S. Or Go Abroad ?
According to The New York Times, Super Sized Cycles, manufactures and adapts bicycles for overweight riders who are too big for conventional bikes. The five-year-old business, which is based in Vermont, had sales last year of $104,000. The challenge Joan Denizot, the founder, has been agonizing over whether to manufacture bicycles in the United States [...]
After talking to Katrina Foster for a few minutes she will have you convinced that working in public relations and marketing is really just a lot of fun says the Times Herald-Record. Foster, 27, is the president and founder of KKPR, a boutique advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in Milford, with clients ranging [...]
The folks over at Home Owners Insurance have put together an interesting infographic about caffeine. Photo by Home Owners Insurance.
Mom “Schleps” For Busy Pet Owners
Debbie Kulak is aware just how close some owners are to their pets reports MyCentralJersey.com. Kulak of Bridgewater worked in sales and marketing but decided to take time off to focus on raising her children. When her kids were old enough, she found she had time to start her own company. Again and again, Kulak [...]
Renowned Entrepreneur Talks Taking Risks
The Patriot Ledger reports that Seth Godin drew about 500 fans to a Back Bay auditorium as the renowned author and entrepreneur launched the first of a series of talks in cities around the country to better connect with his audience. Godin espoused the importance of an entrepreneurial spirit and taking risks to a fulfilling [...]
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 companies we’ve posted about this week: 1800Flowers.com a franchise Alphagraphics a franchise American Prosperity Group a franchise Anytime Fitness a franchise Arbonne International a business opportunity Auntie Anne’s Pretzels [...]
DVDNow Kiosks Business Opportunity
Thanks in part to companies like Redbox, the demand for movies that are easy to access is on the rise. That popularity has only helped bring DVDNow to the attention of movie-loving entrepreneurs that are hoping for a chance to make money selling videos using a similar system. Unlike their competitor, though, their kiosks can [...]
If you’ve ever been to a music festival, or see one on TV, you know that people who their children to these muddy affairs sometimes end up struggling. Twenty-four hours of music might be fun, but with a toddler, it’s easy to turn into a nightmare. British nanny Selina Cope saw this as an opportunity [...]
San Diego Inventor Has Game Plan
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, to Jack Degnan, everything is a game. An insult — someone told him he was talking drivel — became a board game of nonsense words. The word “trash” stuck in Degnan’s head, and he began wondering what one might find in a celebrity’s garbage. He turned that idea into [...]
Shark Tank to Return for One Episode
The following is by Brenden Sherratt of In The Shark Tank. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Shark Tank will return for one episode on Thursday, July 15, at 8 p.m. ABC has one episode that has yet to air in the US, it has how ever already aired in Canada on Global. The episode [...]
Yesterday we presented a photograph of a gold medal winning product design at the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards. But we couldn’t figure out what it was. It looked like a flower vase or a wine caraf and was called OneDown. Just one reader, Sharon B. guessed that OneDown is a humane rat trap. (I [...]
Preparing For Growth And Success
photo credit: iChaz There are so many different aspects of business that one needs to plan for but all too often business owners don’t properly prepare for the two most important aspects, which are growth and success. It’s almost as though they don’t want to count their chickens before they hatch, so they wait to [...]
How To Build Your Self Confidence
photo credit: jcoterhals Self confidence is one of the greatest attributes that you can have on your side, whether it is for business or personal life. The more self confidence you have the more likely it is that you will succeed in life and the more people that will look up to you as they [...]
photo credit: ( Torsten ) Have you ever heard the phrase “are you working hard or hardly working?”, this article that I recently read on Open Forum talks directly about how you can actually work less in order to do better in your business. Now it’s not that we are suggesting you don’t work at all [...]
