Archive for December 2nd, 2011
Niche Biz: The Shower Powered Radio
The Telegraph: The H20 water-powered radio clips onto the water pipe that runs up to a shower head. Using micro turbine technology, the radio is powered by the water pressure running up a pipe. “The radio runs on energy generated solely through the flow of water, starting as the shower is turned on. It harnesses [...]
Gift Ideas For Women In Business
December is finally here, and it is time to buy gifts for everyone on your list. Do you know what to get the female entrepreneur in your life? Forbes has a few ideas to help you out. A fashionable bag, tote or briefcase I remember hearing a stylist telling a group of women in business [...]
Chiropractor Turns Inventor With Back Device
It didn’t matter that Roland S. Berthiaume has spent the past 15 years as a chiropractor, he still couldn’t manage to get his own back straightened out when he needed it most. So, he invented a device that would do it for him. He’s formed a company called NGC Industries with Springfield businessman and landlord [...]
Smart Business Book For Smart Women
SmartGirls are tackling the topic of women in business with their new book, The SmartGirls Way. The book looks at the impact women have made on the world of business, and offers advice to help them succeed. Set against the backdrop of the economic and social impact that women-led businesses will have on the next [...]
Small Biz Borrowing On The Rise
Reuters: The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, which measures the overall volume of financing to U.S. small businesses, rose 20 percent in October after increasing a revised 12 percent in September, PayNet said on Thursday. Still, at 98.1, the index shows borrowing has not yet recovered to its level of 100 reached in 2005, [...]
