Archive for February 8th, 2012
Vote For Your Favorite .biz Domain – Hint! Hint!
My.biz is celebrating ten years of the .biz (dot biz) domain name. To make a party out of it, they’re sharing the success stories of dot biz domain owners and letting the public vote on their favorite one. I’m sure you can think of one dot biz domain to vote for. After all, you’re reading [...]
Grocery Shopping Delivery Services
Knoxville News Sentinel: Chasity Shelby and her husband, Carden, were looking to start a home-based business. A former accountant at the University of Tennessee School of Veterinary Medicine, she wanted to be able to work for herself. In September, after about a year of planning and research, the Shelby family launched Mobile Market Knoxville, a [...]
Birchbox: The Netflix of Cosmetics
Mashable: While Harvard Business School grads Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna were looking for a business idea, they noticed that the beauty product industry was seriously behind the times on the online retail side. They discovered that some of the biggest pain points for customers included the overwhelming selection of products and the inability to [...]
Starbucks Augmented Reality Cup
Econsultancy: Yesterday Starbucks launched their new Valentine’s augmented reality (AR) cups. It’s quite a clever way to get customers to not only drink their morning coffee but to buy one for a loved one. All you need to do is download the app from Starbucks and you can “experience your valentine” as the heart on [...]
The Billion Dollar Story of 5-Hour Energy
Forbes: The rise of 5-Hour began in the spring of 2003, when Bhargava found himself at a natural products trade show in Anaheim, Calif. At one booth the sales reps peddled a 16-ounce concoction claiming to boost productivity for hours. Bhargava took a swig. “For the next six or seven hours I was in great [...]
iPhone Apps Create 500,000 Jobs & Small Biz
Yesterday I posted that Apple’s iPhone business was larger than all of Microsoft. Some of you said, “well good for them, but what about us?” Today, I’ve found a report that indicates that nearly half a million programmer jobs/small businesses have been created by people programming apps for devices like the Apple iPhone and iPad [...]
The Future is 3D Printed Manufacturing
Forbes: Now the economics of large-scale production runs carried out overseas are being disrupted by the possibility of making, selling and delivering millions of manufactured items one unit at a time, right next to the customer. The question most people ask when thinking about the possibilities of 3D printing is: which of our existing products [...]
Infographic: Is Free Shipping Essential?
Free shipping was once a something that could set your online retail business apart, has it become cost of doing business? The infographic below from Monetate points out that: Nearly half of all online orders now include free shipping Shoppers spend more when shipping costs are waived I know I discriminate against retail websites that [...]
Scratch and Sniff Jeans from Canada
CNBC: Why smell like denim when you can smell like raspberries? If the idea intrigues you, why not try on a pair of Scratch-n-Sniff Raspberry Scented jeans, which were released worldwide by Montreal-based Naked & Famous Denim on Tuesday. “These jeans actually smell like raspberry candy when scratched,” the company claims on its site. The [...]
Airline Baggage Fees Create New Businesses
vacuum-seal bags inside her carry-on bags, she said; the bags, which shrink down to a compact package when air is pulled out by a vacuum cleaner, allow her to fit considerably more items in a carry-on than would normally be possible. “I can fit three times the amount of clothes in a carry-on than I [...]
Today in Entrepreneurial History: February 8
1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. 1922 – President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. 1946 – The first portion of the Revised Standard [...]
Q&A With Christmas Caroloke Creator
Our next interview with Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contestants is with Kathy, creator of Christmas Caroloke. What product did you submit to Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contest? We submitted Christmas Caroloke, the ultimate Christmas carol sing-along. Our product is comprised of a standard audio CD of musical accompaniment, along with 6 glossy, full [...]
