Archive for August 9th, 2011
A herd of dairy farmers were having dinner one evening when someone wondered aloud if there wasn’t something that they could do with all of the bovine excrement. In jest, someone else asked, “Can’t you guys make a flowerpot or something with the stuff?” Those were fateful words for brothers Ben and Matthew Freund, second-generation [...]
Health Insurance from Walgreens?
Are you ready to buy your health insurance over the counter? Coming this fall, when you visit a Walgreens drug store, you might be able to pick up some health insurance to go with that cough syrup. Citing sources “familar with the matter”, the Chicago Tribune has reported that the “company will sell health insurance [...]
Sleevecandy, an online store that aggregates thousands of one-of-a-kind, pre- owned, t-shirts from Salvation Army stores, officially launched last week at www.sleevecandy.com. Sleevecandy donates 30% of each sale to The Salvation Army’s adult rehabilitation programs and helps the environment by re-using t-shirts. The site provides customers with authentic collector, vintage, and “accidently ironic” t-shirts. Such [...]
Where to Find Business Plan Templates
A reader wrote: Hi Dane, can you recommend a website where I can find business plans that I can modified and use as models of my own? Sure! BusinessPlanTemplate.net is a website with more than 30 free business plan templates that you can edit, customize and print for free. There are more than 30 business [...]
Nevada Distillery is First Of Kind
To those of us who haven’t tried to open a business there, Nevada seems like a libertarian utopia. Casino gambling all manner of victimless crimes are legal there. But, as one husband and wife tea of entrepreneurs discovered, there’s one thing you can’t do: Launching a business is a feat unto itself, but starting the [...]
Skillshare: Anyone Can Be a Teacher
SF Gate: There aren’t many legal ways to make $1,000 in one night. But Skillshare, a startup that lets any person teach a class and charge students for tickets, says 15% of its instructors have made that much money. SkillShare is a New York startup with a lofty goal. It wants to turn every address [...]
Government War on Kid-Run Concession Stands
This map is from the Freedom Center of Missouri shows the Government War on Kid-Run Concession Stands. In it red and yellow cities are highlighted that impose restrictions on kids who want to set up a front-yard stand to sell lemonade, cookies, or fresh produce. Red flags indicate a town that has shut down a [...]
Google’s First Self-Driving Car Accident
According to Jalopnik, Google has had its first fender bender with its self-driving car. Exclusive photos on the website show the car after the small accident. Will this cause a hiccup in the future of driverless vehicles? The Prius — recognizable as a Google self-driving prototype from the roof equipment that’s smaller than a typical [...]
Women In Charge: Catherine Cook of myYearbook
The Huffington Post has the profile of a successful woman and the co-founder of myYearbook, Catherine Cook. I worked with my brothers Dave and Geoff to create myYearbook in 2005 to be the best place to meet new people. We added 400 members in the first week, and today we have 32.7 million members, $23.7 [...]
GPS Sneakers For Alzheimer Patients
eTurboNews: GTX Corp. is introducing new shoes, loafers, and sneakers, with GPS built into them. Using a downloadable app, caretakers can track and be alerted if patients and loved ones wanders out of a pre-set safe zone. The GPS Smart Shoe will provide millions of caregivers the means to help easily find those afflicted with [...]
