Archive for January 17th, 2012
Ars Technica: “Can you pick me up at my place in 15 minutes? Text me when you get here.” No, this isn’t a text message to a friend or a call to a car service—it’s a direct message sent through Twitter to a driver of a Chicago cab. Rashid Temuri, who goes by “Chicago Cabbie” [...]
Five Profitable Businesses You’ve Never Thought Of
The following is a guest post from Vit. How are you going about making money? What if you could make money with some of your craziest ideas? Here are five of my favorite off-the-wall businesses: Game Truck – In 2006, Scott Novis, fed up with the experience had at his son’s 4th birthday party in [...]
Cracker Barrel Founder Passes On
Cracker Barrel Founder, Dan Evins, has recently passed on at the age of 76. Before being seated, visitors walk through a “country store” stocked with wares such as rock candy, marmalades and wooden toys. Once at their table, they open a brown-paper menu listing trend-resistant American dishes — hickory smoked country ham, “chicken n’ dumplins,” [...]
Low Cost Startup Biz Ideas: Baker
Looking for a business you can start for under $500? Here is one idea: become a baker. Cakes and cupcakes are the highlight of any party, and reality foodie shows such as Cupcake Wars have made baking a popular new business idea. Brooklyn blogger and cupcake expert Nichelle Stephens says you can start a cupcake [...]
Small Biz A Struggle In Russia?
No matter what country you are in, there will always be road blocks on the way to small business success. Russia is no different, reports RT. About half the owners of small and mid-sized enterprises in 40 regions of Russia say they faced serious difficulties starting the business, according to new research by the Russian [...]
Twitter Use Rising Among Business Women
B&T: Three out of four Australian business women use Facebook as a marketing tool and 60% have a business Twitter account, an online survey has found. The survey, conducted by social media businesses Brand Meets Blog and Mum PR, found that of the 708 respondents 43% spend between five and 30 minutes per-day updating their [...]
