Archive for October 6th, 2011
An Interview With The Inventor Of Budwrap
Last week we profiled a unique invention that made it possible to store earbuds on a bracelet, allowing people to take their earbuds anywhere without losing them. This week I had the opportunity to ask Mark Williams a few questions about the Budwrap, and his goals for the product. Tell us about the Budwrap. The [...]
Used Car Dealer Takes Horse as Trade-In
CBS Tampa: Recently a woman with no cash came to Park Auto Mall needing a used van for her large family. The only thing of value she had to trade was a horse. The woman and her family now have a van and the horse has new owners thanks to the unique and non-conventional way [...]
Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Inc, died yesterday. Let’s remember him with this commencement address he gave at Stanford University in 2005.
The Material Girl Who Sells Fabric
Michelle Bailey always wanted to start a business, but she wasn’t sure what. Although a salon had crossed her mind, she was once a hair stylist, she decided against it. Instead, she went into the fabric business, reports The Gadsden Times. “Sewing was my hobby,” Michelle says. When she realized there was no place in [...]
Small Biz Still Left Behind In Lending
The statistics say that government-backed loans are on the rise, but not necessarily the number of businesses receiving the money, reports The Wall Street Journal. Last October, the SBA expanded the pool of eligible small businesses by raising the loan amounts it would back to a maximum of $5 million from $2 million. But that [...]
Small Business Networking Event In Ohio
If you’re near Cleveland on October 19 and October 20, you may want to stop by the I-X Center for a small business conference being hosted by The Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE). The conference includes 50 breakout workshops in the areas of sales, marketing, HR, money, social media, technology, as well as personal and [...]
Half NYC’s Small Biz Owned By Immigrants
The Wall Street Journal: According to the study published Monday by the Fiscal Policy Institute, immigrants constitute just over one-third of New York City residents. But they are 48 percent of the city’s small-business owners. Immigrants dominate businesses like grocery stores, taxi services and dry cleaning but they are in every sector of the economy. [...]
