This was a good article at Mashable on how the new site/service called Member.ly can put you into your own subscription business! Here’s the idea: maybe you’re earning some good money once in a while selling your hand made goodies on Etsy.com or something. You sell nothing for 3 weeks and then get 15 orders. […]
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I stumbled across this interesting chart of the world’s top selling cars by country. Even in the small version above you can see that VW (red) dominates in China, Northern Europe and South America, while Toyota (blue) has Russian, South East Asia and Africa all tied up. GM’s (dark gray) numbers are big, but that
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Laredo Sun: Balancing a career and a family has proved to be a unique challenge for women. Returning to the office after maternity leave or longer sojourns raising children can prove difficult for many women, as the demands of both environments continue to weigh heavily on their minds. As a result, an increasing number of
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New York Post: Scantily clad female waitresses slinging beer, wings and burgers — sound familiar? The recipe, which helped Hooters grow into a 450-plus store chain of breastaurants, is now being tweaked by the two young Long Island businessmen behind the three-unit Canz-a-citi chain. They claim their formula, which features acoustic music nights, waitresses that
Lexology: Successful franchisors have long faced the threat that a few disgruntled franchisees, organized and led by a plaintiff’s contingent fee law firm, will commence a class action based on some perceived grievance common among all franchisees. In a class action scenario, damages allegedly owed by the franchisor to potentially all of the franchisees throughout
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Yorkshire Post: Healthcare company Technology in Motion is preparing for expansion after changing hands in a management buyout (MBO). The firm, which is based in Whinmoor, Leeds, plans to create franchises throughout the UK and Ireland this year following the acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, from Iceland-based orthopaedic products and prosthetics firm Ossur. Technology in
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Most Silicon Valley startups are aimed at the tech-savvy, iPhone carrying crowd that lives in Silicon Valley. Not this one. Enloop.com is a free tool that was launched to help small businesses and entrepreneurs in ‘real America’ with real businesses such as restaurants, daycare facilities, plumbing services, delis, jewelry lines and corner stores. How does
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The Kansas City Star: A year after being bought by Avon for $650 million, Silpada Designs is still led by its local founders. Just as planned. But the Lenexa-based direct sales company specializing in sterling silver jewelry has turned to its 125-year-old owner for advice as it rolls out online ordering to complement its home
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Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It’s not a “self-driving” car, he’s careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed, proximity and route — and drive independently. Video below.
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Wired: The Army has autonomous robots scampering around on land. The Air Force has killer drones dropping bombs from the air. Now the Navy — understandably just a little jealous, and clearly not satisfied with its robotic helicopters — prepares to add two new seafaring ‘bots to the mix. “Blackfish†is a remote controlled, sawed-off
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