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 […]
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Business Insider: Magnuson isn’t your typical startup guy. When he started his company in 2002, he wasn’t a kid coming straight out of college looking to raise money for a tech idea. Nor was he an ultra-rich investor, painstakingly searching for the next Internet behemoth. He was just a middle-aged man with a big idea,
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Johnny Georges, the creator of Tree T-pee, is a needle is a very large haystack. Watch on Bizopy.
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This would have been one penny stock that would have been good to buy yesterday. Investors apparently looking for a piece of the action on Google’s purchase of Nest Labs piled onto penny stock Nestor, blasting the stock up 1,900% on Tuesday. Nestor shares shot up from Friday’s 0.2 penny price to 4 cents following
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ScienceMag: So-called non-Newtonian fluids are the stars of high school science demonstrations. In one example, an ooey-gooey batter made from corn starch and water oozes like a liquid when moved slowly. But punch it, or run across a giant puddle of it, and it becomes stiff like a solid. Pour it on top of a
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Babies may not come with instruction manuals, but Jodi Selander will tell you-they come with a powerful life preserver for the mother. Jodi didn’t set out to be the woman who built a global network of professional Placenta Encapsulation Specialists, but after finding a natural way to ward off her baby blues by consuming her
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PSFK: Dr. Dhanni Gustiana is a dentist from Java, Indonesia who has modified a regular drill to play music. Gustiana’s instrument is especially designed to calm younger patients down, and also features flashing lights and cute rubber toys that can be placed on the drill’s head. Patients will be able to hear the music louder
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Tours By Locals is a new web site that connects people who are traveling someplace with local experts that could act as their guides, according to a listing on KillerStartups.com. The idea is to maximize local knowledge and let tourists have access to people who could give them a true understanding of any location the
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CS Monitor: The first potato chips were meant as an insult. Hotel chef George Crum enjoyed a wonderful knack for cooking. From his kitchen at Moon’s Lake House near Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Mr. Crum could “take anything edible and transform it into a dish fit for a king.” That skill came in handy – the
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Joan writes: How much money (do I need) to start a small retail business? What are the pros and cons I should be looking out for? You could start a retail business for as little as $10 or as much as $1.5 million for a national fast food franchise. Other questions to consider are do
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