Archive for the 'News' Category
Growing Spotlight On Baby Einstein Founder
USA Today: Julie Aigner-Clark, founder of the children’s educational video company, is appearing this week at Microsoft’s second annual Small Business Summit. She’s also one of 16 millionaire “mompreneurs” — mothers who launched companies — who are the subject of a new edition of Secrets of Millionaire Moms, to be published tomorrow. Aigner-Clark shot her [...]
Canada.com: Many mothers have the same “mompreneur” fantasy. It usually hits them after countless days spent changing diapers and nursing hungry babies. It’s rarely that easy, but the dream is compelling enough that it often makes ambitious mothers want to jump on the mompreneur bandwagon. After all, how hard can it be? The answer is [...]
Women Entrepreneurs: Win $1000 Tomorrow
Women 2.0: Women 2.0 invites you to submit your business idea on a paper napkin no larger than 7×7 inches. Put it down, mark it up, and propose to us your most innovative solution, an emerging technology, a way to save the world, a way to become rich! We want you to launch your new [...]
Women Entrepreneurs: Win $1000 Tomorrow
Women 2.0: Women 2.0 invites you to submit your business idea on a paper napkin no larger than 7×7 inches. Put it down, mark it up, and propose to us your most innovative solution, an emerging technology, a way to save the world, a way to become rich! We want you to launch your new [...]
Mompreneurs Online: New and exciting work options seem to pop up all the time in today’s fast-paced cyber-world. Even so, certain fields have emerged as the most popular — and successful — online choices. Explore our hot picks to see if there’s something that fits your skills, talents or interests. 1. Coaching and Teaching 2. [...]
Orange County Momtrepreneur Launches Networking Site For Entrepreneur Moms
WebWire: BusinessMom.net is the newest and most innovative result of the Web 2.0 craze. While WAHMs and mom business owners formerly interacted in linear forums and message boards, they now have the opportunity to create their own “spaceâ€? in an online community created just for them. Bunmi Zalob, the Orange County mom behind BusinessMom.net launched [...]
SYS-CON Media: OpMom.com is the most advanced web-based system ever created for moms. From your Command Center you can organize your family’s medical information & create wellness reminders, find & rate local service providers, plan & book the perfect vacation, get a handle on your photos, create & plan events and parties, stay in touch [...]
PRNewswire: The U.S. Small Business Administration will honor America’s top entrepreneurs — and name the National Small Business Person of the Year — at national ceremonies in Washington, D.C., during Small Business Week, April 23-24. The two-day celebration will honor the small business accomplishments of individuals and business owners at four major award events. The [...]
Tri County Moms Start Their 7th Year Working From Home
AddPR: Just over six years ago Linda Blanco started the dream of a life time, working from her home! Tri County Moms (TCM) offers women a way to earn an income while raising their family. Founded in 2002, TCM provides information on a healthy, safe lifestyle through alternatives. Today many are torn between a career [...]
Bizymoms.com Helps Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide
PR.com: Bizymoms.com was created in 1997 by Liz Folger, a work-at-home-mom expert and author of the book, “The Stay-at-Home Mom’s Guide To Making Money From Home.â€? “Most visitors enjoy the many free resources at Bizymoms including live chats, interactive message boards, support articles and of course help and advice from the Bizymoms Home Business Support [...]
2007 Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition
The Executive Development Center of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business, is pleased to announce the 2007 Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition. The 2007 Boomer Business Plan Competition will be held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, in the heart of Silicon Valley, on June 19, 2007. The competition is an integral [...]
'Mamapreneurs' Ignite a Baby-Biz Boom
Seattle PI: While many a new mom struggles to meet all of the demands in her life and feels that some days a mere shower is a luxury, another breed decides that, between feedings, changings and naps, it’s time to start a business. So they become a mamapreneur, blending parenthood with entrepreneurship, usually by creating [...]
Inc.: The Senate approved $97 million in extra funding for the Small Business Administration’s 2008 budget request, including funds for a microloan lending program that was slated to be cut. The amendment, co-sponsored by Sen. John Kerry and Sen. Olympia Snowe, represents a 21 percent increase of the agency’s proposed $464 million budget submitted earlier [...]
First Coast News: A lot of people get a great idea and think, “I could make a bunch of money with this.” That’s what happened to a Texas mom, and now she has a booming business. It’s a dilemma that every mother knows. So Gail Frankel invented the “Stroll’r Hold’r” “Put your shopping bags and [...]
Dealing with Kid-Related Emergencies
Lisa Druxman at Entrepreneur: You have a huge day of work planned, but your son is sick and can’t go to school. You are about to leave for your big proposal and realize your daughter created a beautiful crayon work of art on your presentation. You can’t make it to a meeting without your baby [...]
Microsoft Small Business Summit
Download Squad: Small business owners and hopefuls have a full schedule ahead of them next week, as the Microsoft Small Business Summit kicks off Monday, March 19th, with online and in-person sessions at Microsoft’s Redmond campus. Among the speaking lineup includes Kevin Turner (Microsoft’s own COO), Julie Clark, Founder of Baby Einstein, Rich and Jeff [...]
Inventor Says His Device Helped Cure Florida Girl’s Long Bout With Hiccups
phillyBurbs.com: Phones were ringing off the hook with calls to buy The Hic-Cup, an invention created by Phil Ehlinger to stop the hiccups, after a 15-year-old Florida girl who had hiccups for more than five weeks told the “Today Show� that the device helped cure them. Jennifer Mee said Ehlinger’s patented metal cup was one [...]
Stay at Home Moms Targeted by Online Thieves
WTSP-TV: Donna Gonzalez wants to work at home for the sake of her daughter Leah. She recently posted her resume on websites like CareerBuilder.Com and quickly got a reply, “They just need people who already had bank accounts set up, so we could cash the checks for them.” According to Donna, a company called Global [...]
America Trusts Small Businesses
Inc.: Americans have more trust in small business than they do in the Supreme Court, the White House, or any other public institution, according to a Harris Interactive survey released this week. Out of more than 1,000 adults surveyed nationwide in February, 54 percent expressed a great deal of confidence in small business, compared to [...]
Growth Spurt in the Small-Business Economy
Entrepreneur: 2007 is off to a good start for the small-business economy, according to the February 2007 SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard, an economic indicator that tracks the health of U.S. small businesses. In February, the SurePayroll Hiring Index increased 39 points, ending the month at 10,511 and marking the third consecutive month of hiring growth. [...]
StartupNation: Your best chance of success as an entrepreneur is to offer a product or service that’s unique to a marketplace that needs what you and your business have to offer. Charlie Warner, for example, has been a lifelong comedy fan. He retired as a marketing vice-president for America Online and wanted to start his [...]
WorkWise: The first change to Daylight Saving Time since 1987 is looming, and it could cause havoc in your business systems. Daylight Saving Time starts almost a month SOONER this year (2nd Sunday in March instead of 1st Sunday in April) and lasts a week longer (ending 1st Sunday in November) Trouble might include scheduling [...]
From Inventor’s Digest Newsletter: Saturday, February 24 … Upcoming PBS-TV show, Everyday Edisons, is holding its next casting call in San Diego. Inventors of all ages are invited to participate. Of course, those under 18 will need a parent to sign the registration form and give their consent. The auditions will be held at the [...]
Inc.: Small-business owners and technology providers will gather at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York City on Feb. 13 for the annual Small Business Summit 2007, organizers said. The annual event, which this year is entitled “Business & Technology: Growth Strategies That Work,” is geared towards small-business owners seeking strategies and networking opportunities to [...]
Do you have an idea for an interesting consumer product, food/beverage item, or technology device? If so, we’d love to meet you at one of our 2007 Roadshows. Las Vegas—March 17-18 NY/NJ—April 14-15 Chicago—May 19-20 Atlanta—September 2007 San Francisco—October 2007 Roadshows are your opportunity to meet with BIG for an honest, no-charge, confidential review of [...]
‘Invention to Venture’ Entrepreneur Workshop
The News-Gazette: The University of Illinois will host a daylong workshop for would-be technology entrepreneurs Feb. 24 at the Siebel Center for Computer Science, 201 N. Goodwin Ave., U. “Invention to Venture” is one in a series of workshops held across the nation and produced in part by the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance. [...]
eBay Entrepreneurship Conference
Inc.: Attendee registration is now open for eBay’s sixth annual community conference, which will take place in Boston on June 14-16, organizers said. eBay Live! aims at helping users improve their entrepreneurial skills through classes, roundtables, and panels, the company said. Guest speakers will include personal finance guru Suze Orman, marketing expert Seth Godin, and [...]
2007 Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference
Office Depot is expanding the 2007 Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference from one location to six cities, including Orlando, FL; Dallas, TX; Orange County, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia, PA. The conference, recognized as one of the nation’s most prominent events for women business owners and corporate female professionals, has been restructured into [...]
Dell To Award $30,000 To Innovative Small Business
Austin Business Journal: Computer giant Dell Inc. and the National Federation of Independent Business are looking for a few good businesses, and they’re willing to pay. Dell and the NFIB are searching for small businesses in the Central Texas region to compete for the fourth annual Small Business Excellence Award. The winners of the program [...]
FortWayne.com: Danny de Zayas, 24, and his girlfriend, Nina Barry, 26, weren’t sure where to move. So in the spirit of “American Idol,” they let the public choose. The premise was simple: De Zayas and Barry posted a list of 250 cities online. The first to garner 1 million Internet votes would become their new [...]
TheHorse.com: A new Web site launched this week, UnwantedHorses.org, focuses on the unwanted horse problem in America and says it’s time for a new view about horses. “While many horse owners are devoted to their animals and keep them for life, the sad fact is that too many people only want to keep a horse [...]
Broadcast News Goes Human-Free
The Wall Street Journal: As network news programs continue to struggle, the creators of one news show are trying a new strategy — replacing the producer, the editor and even the news anchor with a computer. The online show, called “News at Seven,” uses an automated computer program to comb online news outlets for major [...]
Entrepreneur Magazine: Senior-care services: As America ages, the senior-care industry is maturing beautifully. Personal-care services: Baby boomers may be young at heart, but their desire to look young as well has spurred the growth of franchises offering laser, skin-care, med-spa, massage, fitness and tanning services. Enrichment learning programs for kids: When it comes to learning [...]
ArgusLeader.com: Good timing has given a Sioux Falls inventor’s product some national attention. Donald Junck is being honored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for filing the one millionth Web-based trademark application using the Patent Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System. The trademark will protect his mark “Bait Craft” and the logo of his invention, [...]
Loan Company Helps Immigrants Start Their Own Businesses
Fox12News.com: A Boise Idaho loan company is helping out new immigrants interested in opening up businesses in the Gem State. Micro Loan clients often don’t have much of a credit history and thus encounter problems when seeking traditional funds. The company’s loans range from 500 to 15,000 dollars. The Director of Micro Enterprise Training & [...]
$350 Million Food Niche: Low-Glycemic Products
MediaPost Marketing Daily: Unheard of just a few years ago, low-glycemic foods and beverages are establishing themselves as a viable niche in the mainstream U.S. market–with expected year-end sales reaching $350 million, according to Low Glycemic Index Food and Beverages in the U.S., the latest market research from Packaged Facts. Low glycemic foods include whole [...]
The ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ Costs $75,122
Associated Press: The cost of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is on the rise — again. Buying each item in the song just once — from a partridge in a pear tree to a dozen drummers drumming — will cost you $18,920, or 3.1 percent more than last year, according to PNC Financial Services Group. [...]
Holiday Web Shopping Hits $20.65 Billion
Associated Press: Holiday online spending reached $20.65 billion in the U.S. as of Monday night, a 25 percent rise over 2005, according to data released Wednesday from comScore Networks. Shoppers spent more than $643 million last weekend, 34 percent higher than the corresponding weekend last year, the Reston, Va.-based research group reported. “The strategy of [...]
Inc.com: Create Jobs, Eliminate Waste, Preserve Value. Those six words explain a lot: Why Ken Hendricks is worth $2.6 billion, how he came to be a walking textbook on identifying and exploiting business opportunities and why he is our Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Hendricks was a high-school dropout who joined his father in [...]
Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year: Internet Users
Associated Press: If you use the Internet, or create content for the World Wide Web, then congratulations! You have been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” — among many others. The annual honor for 2006 went to citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine puts it. The 2006 “Person of the Year” [...]
10 Big Ideas Coming From Small Businesses In 2007
FSB Magazine: When a new product from Microsoft debuts, it doesn’t arrive quietly. Instead it gets tracked through the R&D pipeline by trade magazines, bloggers and carefully controlled announcements from the marketing department. Small-business innovations don’t work that way. They tiptoe into the market, heralded by minimal PR (if any) and propelled instead by the [...]
U.S. Copyright Office Issues New Rights
Associated Press: Cell phone owners will be allowed to break software locks on their handsets in order to use them with competing carriers under new copyright rules announced Wednesday. Other copyright exemptions approved by the Library of Congress will let film professors copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations and let blind people use special [...]
Harbus Online: If Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon Products since 1999, had one recurring theme in her speech at HBS on November 6, it would be “reinvention.� Jung, who was ranked 35 in the Forbes list of 100 Most Powerful Women in 2005, stressed the importance of constantly reinventing oneself as a person and a [...]
Court Ruling Seeks To Protect Bloggers
ZDNet News: In a victory for bloggers, newsgroup participants and other Web publishers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual Internet users cannot be held liable for republishing defamatory statements written by others. The unanimous ruling appears to be the first to make clear that a 1996 law called the Communications Decency Act protects [...]
Internal Revenue Service Targeting Small Firms
Jim Hopkins: The IRS audited 17,867 of about 5.7 million small businesses last year, up from 7,294 the year before, BusinessWeek says in a new story. What about big companies? “Audits of corporations with assets over $10 million also increased in 2005, but by a much smaller percentage: up 14% from the previous year, to [...]
MarketWatch: Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman has died at the age of 94, according to media reports Thursday. Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the past century, died last night, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site, citing an official at the Cato Institute in Washington. Friedman was a professor at [...]
Microsoft Launches Nationwide Contest for Most Innovative Small-Business Idea
Prize package includes $100,000 working capital, storefront for year, software tools. NEW YORK – Nov. 15, 2006 – Microsoft Corp. today announced the Ultimate Challenge, a nationwide search for the most creative small-business idea in the country. The contest, which is live at www.ideawins.com, has been designed to spur the imagination and spirit of entrepreneurism [...]
Kevin Maney at USA Today: The 800-number — for 40 years a part of daily American life — is doomed. Like what happened to pay phones. And milkmen. This would be very bad news for phone companies, which rake in $12 billion a year from toll-free numbers. The 800-number’s destiny first occurred to me a [...]
Inventor’s Home Sanitizer Sparks International Interest
The Windsor Star: Patience and ingenuity has led a Windsor man to invent a home sanitizing system that was named this week by Time Magazine as one of the top inventions of 2006. Using an electrical charge to infuse tap water with ozone, the system acts as a natural powerful sanitizer and removes the need [...]
Bare Naked App is blogging the entire process of selling their web application Drop Send. A very interesting discussion is taking place in the comments, especially in this entry’s: DropSend Monthly Profit.
