Archive for June 29th, 2011
Amazon Associates Program Ending in California
Amazon today announced that they are ending their affiliate program in California in a high stakes game of chicken with the state of California’s in response to the new proposed internet sales-tax law. Just received this note from Amazon: For well over a decade, the Amazon Associates Program has worked with thousands of California residents. [...]
CompostNow: The Garbage Man Picks Up and Drops Off
With CompostNow you can home compost, without composting at home. Members receive a small bin to keep in your kitchen or on your back porch. Fill it with all you organic waste. This includes all food waste, paper products, and anything else compostable. As a CompostNow member, you are entitled to receive the final results [...]
Cub Scout’s Lawn Mowing Empire
MyFox9: It may seem a bit old-fashioned, but one 11-year-old Cub Scout is financing his new dreams by turning into a lawn-mowing mogul. Despite his age, Bill Breitenstein seems beyond his years and hasn’t gone by “Billy” since kindergarten. Now, he’s going into sixth grade and was yearning for a new mountain bike. So, his [...]
Motorcycles Kill The Elderly, More
In 1975, 80% of all deaths on a motorcycle occurred in people 29 years and younger. Today greater than 30% of all deaths are in people 50 years and older. The 29 and younger crowd only account for about 25%. What’s this mean? If you’re trying to sell motorcycles, or motorcycle-related accessories to the youth, [...]
Water Filter For Any Water Bottle
A few companies in existence offer a unique water bottle with a filtration system included in the bottle, but what if you want to use a variety of different bottles? There is now botlfilter. Created by Canadian entrepreneur, Emily Wilkinson, all you have to do is put the filter back inside the botlfilter case and [...]
Mompreneur Helps Brands Reach The Mom Market
The National Association for Moms in Business says that moms have $1.3 trillion in spending power, with 80% of them making most of the household decisions. So, if a company chooses to ignore the mom market, they face hurting their income. Stacy DeBroff noticed many of the issues these companies seemed to have trying to [...]
Monetizing Your Platform Strategically – Go Beyond the Book
The following is a guest post by Peter Winick. Everybody is doing it. With easy-to-use, off-the-shelf publishing software, even producing a good looking book isn’t that difficult. Books are being written and published at the highest rate in history. It’s selling books that is the problem. Many authors write a book and simply expect the [...]
Are Gov’t Contracts Really Reaching Small Business?
Central Valley Business Times recently reported findings from the American Small Business League (ASBL) that the SBA is lying about the actual number of contracts reaching small businesses. Last week the Small Business Administration said that the federal government narrowly missed its congressionally mandated 23 percent small business goal. The SBA announced the government awarded [...]
Today in Entrepreneurial History: June 29
1927 – First test of Wallace Turnbull’s controllable pitch propeller. 1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
