Archive for September 29th, 2010
Dry Bar: A Salon That Doesn’t Cut Hair
In Los Angeles there’s a hair salon that doesn’t cut hair. Instead, they only wash, blow dry and style your hair. All for $35. Is this a industry that the recession has created as it’s driven demand for lower priced alternatives to traditional services, or is this something else entirely? It’s a familiar tale: the [...]
What’s In The Small Biz ‘Jobs’ Bill?
Now that the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 is finally law, it’s time to take a look under the hood and see what-all is in there. Carol Tice in a story for Entrepreneur magazine says some have noted that calling it a jobs bill is kind of a stretch. There’s nothing that [...]
Success With Fries and a Shake
It was just last summer when Jake Sendar and Timothy Patch decided to turn an old van into an ice cream truck. This year Sendar has gone solo as a fries and shake entrepreneur reports The Washington Post. Sendar put together a 50-page business plan over the school year, got some money from Grandma and [...]
Mom And Son Create Their Own Jobs
WJRT-TV reports that a Mid-Michigan mother and son decided unemployment was not for them. That’s why they started their own business a year ago. In May 2008, Sue Leja was laid off from her job as vice president of sales for a clock company. Her son Nick graduated from Kettering University a few months later. [...]
Moms Create Successful Products
It’s odd how ideas just seem to formulate out of nowhere. For example, Maria Bailey was inspired to create her best-selling barf bag when one of her children hunched over in church and began puking on the floor reports Sign On San Diego. Now a marketing expert who specializes in the elusive mom customer, Bailey [...]
Political Masks Are So Last Year!
The New York Times reports that all across the Gulf Coast and the country, the costume inspiring guffaws and flying off the shelves consists of a green jumpsuit covered in oil with BP in a sunburst logo over the left breast. The BP stands for “bad planning,” according to its creator, a Long Island company [...]
Segway Owner Dies In Segway Accident
James W. Heselden died recently while touring his property on a segway, reports The New York Times. He was 62 years old. His body was found late Sunday morning after a passer-by reported seeing a man plummet 30 feet into the River Wharfe, the police said, adding that a “Segway-style vehicle” had also been found. [...]
In September 2008, Joe DeLoss took a job as director of social enterprise at Lutheran Social Services, a 300-bed homeless shelter in Columbus, Ohio, reports Businessweek. His main task: creating businesses that would employ shelter residents and help them develop job skills. A former investment analyst who “ate a lot of really crappy boxed meals” [...]
Inventor’s Journal: Trademarks
In this episode, Rich Whittle talks about the value of trademarks and how they are used. Listen Now: Or download: Inventor’s Journal: Trademarks Search Trademarks Online. File Trademarks Online.
