When your toddler’s pants begin to droop, what do you do? Sometimes parents use a built in adjuster that makes the pants bunch up. Others may try tying loops together to make the waist tighter. Michelle Cazella invented Drapper Snappers. The Drapper Snappers are made to be easy on parents and even easier on the […]
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CNNMoney.com asks, short on cash? Join the new old economy and swap. There’s no recession in barter,” said Debbie Lombardi as she navigated the crowd at the Barter Business Unlimited’s Annual Business & Holiday Barter Show, in Bristol, Conn. More than 1,000 people affiliated with 100 vendors of all kinds packed into a hotel event
Being noticed in a large market is not easy. Many good products are ignored in favor of those that managed to find the right strategy. Peter Kielland was an entrepreneur who had trouble getting people to notice his unique multi-bit drill attachment called the Scruzol. Then he caught the attention of Canadian Tire and it
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Virtual-Strategy Magazine: Palooza, LLC, a new tween girls clothing company distinguishes itself by catering to a small niche market within an existing marketplace. It is well known that entering Middle School is a huge milestone for tween girls. Just ask any parent, or any Middle School girl and they will produce a lengthy list of
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Business Insider: Auction Lister If you have a camera, reasonable photography skills and an Internet connection, you could make money listing items on online auction sites for other people. It is estimated that 30 percent of all households in the United States do not have Internet access, particularly households containing older occupants. You can photograph
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Government Technology: A new mobile app is providing business owners with more convenient access to Virginia’s e-procurement system. Launched Tuesday, Aug. 14, the program — eVA Mobile 4 Business — gives users a free-to-use mobile view of the state’s available government business opportunities in real time. The app is available for Android, iPhone and BlackBerry
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Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. Here is his look at testing your business idea. I recently reviewed hundreds of startup pitches at Capital Factory, an early stage accelerator program for tech startups. Of those, almost none had unearthed 10 people willing to say, “If you build this
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1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. 1926 – Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon HÅsÅ KyÅkai (NHK) is established. On 22 March 1925, one and a half years after the Great KantÅ earthquake, Radio Japan produced the first radio broadcast in the country, transmitting from Atago Hill
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