Franchising Help: Few people realize how critical franchising is to our economy, but as the infographic below illustrates, some of the most celebrated brands→

WSJ: A new crop of websites and smartphone applications are allowing people to farm out chores to a growing army of temporary personal assistants.→

Is Black Friday the best day to buy something? Not always, according to Oren Etzioni’s new website, Decide.com. The site looks at current and→

If you don’t want to sell eggs for a living, maybe you should consider raising turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner instead. The opportunity may have→

BBC News: On going into business, Emily said: “We had loads of spare eggs and we just thought we better get rid of them→

Susan’s journey began long before she began writing, but it was her turn as author that helped inspire women and children to find the→

Franchise Direct sent me a promotional video for some of their franchises. Even though it’s very promotional, I thought that it contained an interesting→

A couple Stanford Business School grads have started a company in the Bay Area to deliver lunch to office workers. The company, Eat Club,→

NY Times: To satisfy our ever-growing need for computing power, many technology companies have moved their work to data centers with tens of thousands→

PR Web: Holiday Sets 2011 Ultra thoughtful … truly luxe … and oh-so French. C’est vous, when you give a holiday set by Votre→

It all started when Marlon Brown’s co-worker tweeted about wanting a mocha. What if a company near her could read that post and instantly→

Some skills it seems entrepreneurs are born with. However, whether or not you’re born with those skills there is still a lot you can→

InspiresMe.co.uk: The scheme, called Inspires Me Week, allowed more than 50 students aged 14 – 16 to spend a week working directly with companies→

Worried about what might happen to your family during the next earthquake? One entrepreneur sells kits and consults on the topic. “I’ve been interested→

Bancroft: Spend any time speaking to Cox about cloth diapers and you soon realize that there are many forms, techniques and styles but that→

In the past, no one really considered themselves to be an entrepreneur. Sure, people stared businesses, but they didn’t have much support from outside→

A recent report analyzes the attitudes entrepreneurs have in six different countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain.→

Some people see a mild success by offering Groupon deals. Some people lose thousands of dollars and nearly kill their business. Need a Cake→

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog. Regular coverage of all the business opportunities and ideas you can handle→

Cleveland.com: As an independent senior sales director with Mary Kay, Debbie Barnes of Bay Village says she is thankful for 23 years of pink→