Archive for December 27th, 2011
The Twirling Christmas Ornament
Christmas may be over, but many of the ornaments and their inventors will live year-to-year. John Garver is one of those people. Known to most as a twirler, his ornament lives on in Christmas history. In 1954, he struck a deal with the Mahoning Valley-based Plakie Toy Co. to produce the ornaments. The dazzling trinkets, [...]
Niche Biz: Bicycle Powered Television
The next time your child asks to watch TV, make them pedal their way through it with the 123GoTV. This unique device, when hooked up to the television, makes it so kids must pedal their bicycle to keep it turned on. When a bicycle is hooked up to the 123GoTV and a television it becomes [...]
Fashion may come in seasons, but the need for quality clothing at reasonable prices will never go out of style. That is a combination one Compton clothing store has hit upon. Jai Hawkins, 24, is the owner of Zazz Boutique, a women’s clothing store on Compton Boulevard. Hawkins got her business license and officially opened [...]
Creating More Jobs: Male or Female Entrepreneurs?
Forbes: Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicate that only 12 percent of self-employed women had employees in 2010, as compared to 19 percent of self-employed men (see figure below). Almost 16 percent of men in business for themselves had one-to-four employees and 2 percent had five-to-nine workers, while the numbers were 10 percent and 1 [...]
