Archive for August 23rd, 2010
REAL or FAKE: Can you tell which of these government spending projects are real or fake?
Joke-telling robots, expensive walking tunnels, Blackberries for smokers, and training American prostitutes to drink responsibly. What do these things have in common? They’re all questionable government spending projects in a time when our economy is struggling and people can’t get jobs… or, maybe they just made them up. Find out.
Don’t Get Taken By This Invention Scam
Victor Baca thought he had an invention that would make him rich… but ended up calling KUSI’s Michael Turko with a real problem. Turko says the man spent big bucks trying to turn his dream into reality, but ended up with next to nothing to show for it.
Most of us chase success by working hard, sacrificing our personal lives and even our health in an all-out pursuit of wealth. But it doesn’t always have to be that way. For a fortunate few, it doesn’t mean a Harvard MBA or years spent perfecting a new drug. It just means doing as little as [...]
Happiness Before Money For Entrepreneur
James Crow likes to think outside the box when it comes to his startup. If you were to ask him about his business philosophy then he would have to tell you that it’s happiness before the cash reports Stuff.co.nz. For Crow, that means organic growth and time with his young family are part of the [...]
BusinessWeek reports that Hikosaburo Yasuda of Nakano, Japan, plans to buy an iPad to keep up with junior members in his computer club. “It’s important to always try new things, otherwise you get left behind,” he says. Yasuda is 95 years old. He and his peers, looking for easier ways to browse the Web and [...]
Teaching Business In High School
If your high school had offered a class on entrepreneurship, would you have taken it? That is a question that’s being considered by a school board in the Philippines. The Surigao del Norte Gov. Sol F. Matugas hopes to convince everyone that leaving school and heading straight into a job isn’t the only option for [...]
Independent bookstores were battered first by discount chains like Barnes & Noble, then by superefficient Web retailers like Amazon.com. Now the electronic book age is dawning. The New York Times is reporting that with this latest challenge, these stores will soon have a new ally: the search giant Google. Later this summer, Google plans to [...]
While some people might still use flowers to convey their emotions, imagine how much you could say with an edible bouquet? There is a new trend forming among people who like to show they care in a unique way and a franchise that is jumping in to help fill that need, FruitFlowers. FruitFlowers was launched [...]
Twitter Gets Up Close And Personal With Brands
MediaPost is reporting that according to a new study by ExactTarget, consumers who are active on Twitter are three times more likely to impact a brand’s online reputation through syndicated tweets, blog posts, articles, and product reviews than your average, non-tech savvy shopper. ExactTarget’s research also supported the notion that tweeters have plenty of good [...]
