Archive for November 10th, 2011
Tiny Family Biz Sells Billions in Gold
In 1973, Coins ’N Things opened as a small storefront between a Dairy Queen and a hair salon in Brockton, Mass. Today they do $6.5 billion in annual sales with about fifty employees. How do they do it? Easy, they’re the single largest seller of raw gold the United States government. Every weekday, Coins ’N [...]
Let’s face it, school portraits are boring. Flat and dull. The WSJ has taken a a look at the industry and discovered some new companies trying to revitalize it. Kelsey and Dennis Kleiman of Brooklyn, N.Y., were underwhelmed by their daughter’s school pictures. So Mr. Kleiman, a professional photographer, volunteered to take less-stilted portraits of [...]
Secret to Success: Fast and Free Shipping
Business Insider: It’s quite simple: fast and free shipping closes deals. Looking for free shipping offers is a learned behavior by consumers, and they expect it – especially around holiday time. By offering special shipping promotions, buyers are more likely to purchase under the impression that they are saving money, somewhere. Candidly, that means that [...]
Honda has unveiled “All-new ASIMO”, a new version of their humanoid robot. It can run at hop on one or both legs, and more. Honda: The all-new ASIMO is now advanced from an “automatic machine” to an “autonomous machine” with the decision-making capability to determine its behavior in concert with its surroundings such as movements [...]
Inspiring Women To Take Command
Hoda Kotb may not be an entrepreneur, but she knows how to inspire a group of women. She had to work her way to the top, and she recently celebrated women in business with her own success story as inspiration. Toting her interview short, Fairfax native Kotb tried to launch her career out of college [...]
Student Debt Hindering Entrepreneurship?
We recently mentioned a trend where students leave school to start their own business. Some entrepreneurs regret their choice, and some do not. However, those students who manage to finish school often find themselves in a massive amount of debt. Is that stopping them from starting their own businesses, too? Consider the depth of the [...]
Lee Johns first fell for Cafe2U in Australia. He discovered the mobile coffee shop while in the country and knew it was a concept that would find success in the US. So, he obtained the rights to set up franchises in the US. Earlier this year, Johns and the company’s Portland-based CEO traveled to Australia [...]
Everyone has a different set of fears. Little kids may be afraid of the dark, some people may fear the unknown, and entrepreneurs have their own list of fears, too. Forbes considers a few fears that some entrepreneurs may face. Losing my drive: Leila Janah founded Samasource, a non-profit that gets women, youth and refugees [...]
