November 10, 2010

TOMS Is A Shoe Rockstar

It is almost impossible to get a moment with Blake Mycoskie. His schedule is broken down right into half-hour blocks reports The Dallas Morning News. That’s the life of the undisputed rock star of socially conscious capitalism, a man who’s made charity cool and heralded a new wave of money-making businesses that also benefit those […]

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Book: The Intelligent Entrepreneur

This book sounds interesting: In 1998, three Harvard Business School graduates (two men and one woman) turned down six-figure salaries at big corporations, bet on themselves, and launched their own new companies. By their ten-year reunion, their audacity had paid huge dividends. They’d made many millions of dollars, created hundreds of jobs–and left their mark

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Update: Hot Toys

A front runner hasn’t emerged in the toy-of-the-season race reports The Chicago Tribune. But there are some contenders. Something called Squinkies tops the list. The “soft and squishy figures” can be worn as jewelry, put on top pencils or collected. But more importantly–they’re cheap. Industry experts say inexpensive collectibles are one sector of the toy

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Mary Kay Readies India Plan

Finance Buzz: US cosmetics major Mary Kay Inc is planning to invest $20 million over the next five years to tap market by ramping up its direct selling force in 200 cities, engage in contract manufacturing and launch specific products for India in the coming months. Headquartered at Dallas, Texas Mary Kay, Inc. is all

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Living Grass As Indoor Advertising

Curb Media’s DesignGrass is completely natural grass created solely for indoor environments. According to trendspotter Springwise it can be designed in any shape, pattern, image, brand or word and installed on indoor surfaces such as walls and ceilings; once installed, the grass never requires any watering or trimming. Already in use by brands including Electrolux

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Direct Marketing Franchising Company – Valpak® Helps Businesses, Consumers Survive Tough Economy

FranchiseWorks.com: When Peter Janssen, owner of the computer repair and service stores BytesOnsite.com, heard about Valpak earlier this month, he was apprehensive about the direct mail brand’s effectiveness. “Who uses coupons,” he thought. To his surprise, however, thousands of people throughout the Sacramento area do — and Valpak, the most recognized direct mail brand in

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