Archive for July 14th, 2010
Looking for an inexpensive service franchise to run out of your home? Enjoy dealing with the public and working outdoors? In business since 1992, IronDrive Coatings provides quality installation of garage floor, driveway, walkway and pool deck coatings. The company’s innovative epoxy garage floor coating system is easy to apply and takes one third of [...]
One of the exciting things about running this blog is the number of interesting ideas I come across. One such great idea I just discovered is globe riding. One such company that offers a franchise business is ZORB. ZORB globe riding (generically known as globe riding) is the experience of rolling down a hill in [...]
Are you planning to attend the Blog World Expo? The expo runs from October 14th – 16th, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. I haven’t decided whether or not I’m going to attend this year, but if you are and would like to meet up, I might finalize my decision. [...]
Mobile Fingerprinters Fill Niche
The sour economy has taken its toll on most companies and their employees. Still, entrepreneurial ingenuity and following through on a simply good idea is one of the best ways for individuals to break out on their own to avoid budgetary woes presently faced by many large companies. According to The Press Democrat, Lynda and [...]
Why Personality Can’t Predict Success
Business Insider: What do entrepreneurs look like? Are they born or made? This is a hard question. I think the root cause of that difficulty is that we tend to conflate two different questions into one. First, what causes someone to attempt entrepreneurship instead of a more traditional career path? And second, what attributes make [...]
When Bibby Gignilliat started her first company, Gourmet Gatherings, she instinctively wanted to do it alone. Still, she had doubts. And so she paired up with a friend from school who seemed to have complementary skills. Later, the two took on another partner because she had business experience — and a Harvard MBA. And that’s [...]
The Do’s And Don’ts Of Running Multiple Bizs
According to Chicago Business, for most people, running just one business is challenge enough. But others find they’re capable of keeping multiple enterprises humming at the same time. Even so, experienced “multipreneurs” can stumble. Advice from local veterans: DON’T: Hang on to a business when it’s clearly failing, says Jay Goltz, founder and owner of [...]
The Mercury: Hill Church Notary, owned and operated by Christine Krause offers notarial services including affidavits, oaths, depositions and other legal documents. Motor vehicle notary services include title and plate transfers, temporary plates, title registration as well as driver license and permit services. Krause, a native of Birdsboro and a Daniel Boone graduate, received her [...]
Electrifying The Fishing Boat Biz
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, if more and more motorists are excited about electric cars, maybe fishermen are ready to trade their outboard motors for battery-powered boats. Frank Jones has wagered $500,000 that they are. His Carolina Electric Boats makes a two-seat boat that looks a bit like a rectangular plastic kiddie pool—its hull is recyclable [...]
Oklahoma’s Rural-preneurs Learn Best Way To Survive
Tom Walker of NewsOK was recently speaking with Becky McCray, an entrepreneur and author who is working on a book about small town entrepreneurship. “Every kind of business exists in rural and small town Oklahoma,” McCray says. “Ponca City has an attitude and openness to entrepreneurship and is known for recruiting entrepreneurs. Woodward, a town [...]
New Program Series Debuts Today
We’re adding a new program to our lineup, Inventor’s Journal. This week Rich Whittle interviews Steve Velte about his new magnetic game Jishaku.
Small Bizs Making Use Of Self Storage
According to Hawaii News Now, over the last few months, entrepreneurs all over the world have reported that they see no reason to pass up a business opportunity, or business opportunities, simply because they have no space in which to house a small business. More and more small business owners, especially those who just started [...]
