May 2014

The early years of any new business are always the hardest and many new start-ups struggle to stay afloat, even with a great concept or unique selling point. If you’ve recently launched a new business and are finding it hard to maintain a healthy cash-flow, here are some ideas for how you can reduce costs […]

Over the past 40 years craft-brewed beer has exploded in growth. In 1980, a handful of “microbrewery” pioneers launched a revolution that would challenge the dominance of the national brands, Budweiser, Coors, and Miller, and change the way Americans think about, and drink, beer. Today, there are more than 2,700 craft breweries in the United

Though this article deals with excess wine, the concept could be applied in any industry. Find companies with excess inventory that you can rebrand and sell for a discount, without damaging the original brand. Win-win. CNBC: Sometimes opportunity knocks. Other times it requires a few cold calls. Such is the case for wine distributor Kevin

In the current economic climate, it is easy to understand why the concepts of freelancing and sole trading are so alluring. After all, today’s aspiring entrepreneurs have access to an incredibly diverse range of remote communication tools and technological devices, which can enable them to operate independently and bring a creative vision into life. This

Thinking about starting a fireworks stand? These forum threads at Pyrouniverse may be helpful: Help on running a stand starting a fireworks stand Would I be crazy to try and start a stand next year Thinking of running a tent next year Good or Bad via Reddit.

Every workday, Dr. Jessica Nitardy leaves her home near El Paso, Texas and drives for more than an hour to the Mexican border. She crosses immigration and heads to her dental practice in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which until recently was considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world. But the patients she sees

Abe Noe-Hays and Kim Nace are two years into running the first permitted, community-scale urine recycling program in the country. 175 volunteers collect their urine in five-gallon jugs and drop it off at a “urine depot” in Nace’s front yard. From there, Brattleboro, Vermont Department of Public Works septic haulers take it to Bailey’s farm,