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Honda has unveiled “All-new ASIMO”, a new version of their humanoid robot. It can run at hop on one or both legs, and more. Honda: The all-new ASIMO is now advanced from an “automatic machine” to an “autonomous machine” with the decision-making capability to determine its behavior in concert with its surroundings such as movements [...]
Holland Sentinal: “The highway centerline has been called the single most important traffic safety device in the history of automobile transportation, and Edward Hines originated it right here in Michigan, ”State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle said when accepting the award on behalf of the Hines family and the state. Widely recognized as one of [...]
joinFITE Empowering Entrepreneurial Women
joinFITE is in Dallas, Texas for the SHINE conference, in hopes of helping empower potential entrepreneurs. joinFITE will be recognized as the featured cause this year at the conference among thousands of business leaders from across the country, to spotlight their groundbreaking work to financially empower women and help them gain economic stability. joinFITE, championed [...]
Fast Company: In the future, we all may eat a lot more chickpeas. That’s because PepsiCo just announced its participation in Enterprise EthioPEA, an initiative that aims to dramatically increase chickpea production in Ethiopia to increase both economic and nutritional security in the country. And PepsiCo has a vested interest in the project that goes [...]
A college student recently asked Entrepreneur if a college degree is necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur. What do you think? A number of people might argue that a college education isn’t necessary, but I think it is important to get a college degree before becoming an entrepreneur. The education you receive may or may [...]
Science Daily: Dr. Kleinberg discovered how saliva’s chemistry helps teeth neutralize the acidity created from eating food by balancing the pH levels in the mouth. “[It’s] like if you’ve got a swimming pool,” Dr. Kleinberg said. “You have got to get the pH right. If you’ve got a neutral pH, you’ve got the ideal condition.” [...]
NY Times: It almost sounds too good to be true: Getting the savings of shopping at Costco, without the hassle of getting to the store. Yet Michael Eberstadt says he’s for real, and that’s just what he offers to Manhattanites on his Web site, MonsterSavings.com. Two weeks ago in his Your Money column, Ron Lieber [...]
No one likes to be laughed at, but people do love to laugh. An inventor has created a toy that plays a variety of laughs, in hopes of bringing a smile to the face of sick children reports Daily Pilot. With every purchase, his business even gives $3 to The National Children’s Cancer Society. Riding [...]
With winter on its way, people are scrambling to find a pair of gloves that will keep them warm and still allow them to play on their phones. Lincoln McCardle has created a pair of gloves that he feels might just do the trick, reports TheStar.com. Last winter, the part-time student from London, Ont., was [...]
According to The Los Angeles Times sometime in the next two weeks, a converted fishing boat called the Sikuk is due to sail from St. John’s, in Canada’s Newfoundland province, bound for a fjord in Greenland and a rendezvous with an iceberg. Where most vessels give icebergs a wide berth, the Sikuk intends to sidle [...]
The Tricycle That Replaced The Car
One forward thinking inventor feels that his bicycle is all that someone needs to run to the store reports The Huffington Post. Saul Griffith, the chronically industrious inventor and recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” award, has developed a new economical way of making the brief trips that seem to occupy so much of our lives. [...]
Convenience With An Eye On Health
Emmanuel Dieujuste worked at a security guard for five years. As he watched important men in suits walk past him, it wasn’t the rich life that he was dreaming about. Rather, he wanted to start his own health-conscious convenience store reports ctpost.com. This month, he started doing that at Convenience Grand Grocery. But, he says, [...]
Weekend Wrap-Up Sept. 25, 2010
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Some States Make Money From Rest Stops
A 1956 federal law aimed at protecting restaurants and gas stations located just off the exits of a growing Interstate highway system. The federal law bans the selling of food or fuel — or anything not sold from a vending machine — at rest areas on Interstates built after 1960. By that time, states in [...]
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Good Tips Are Not A Dime A Dozen
Many of us has heard that saying “tips are a dime a dozen”, which is not always true. Yes you may be receiving a bunch of tips every day in your business, but that does not mean that those tips are worth listening to. Good tips can be hard to come by sometimes, and those [...]
Can You Use This Technique To Fund Your Business Expansion?
The Schumacher Institute offers this case study of a local business person expanding his business without means of bank financing… I just ate today at a local Deli that changed hands recently. I wonder if the owner is wishing right now he had some extra capital to expand? Maybe I need to mention this to [...]
Many of us still don’t want to look the recession directly in the eye. We would rather acknowledge it in a back corner of our mind, and remain positive in the front of our mind as if there is nothing wrong. If you are one of these business owners who would rather remain positive up [...]
Many business owners often times reach a point in their business career where they realize that their business is in desperate need of enhancement, but yet they don’t usually know how to go about doing this. Well below are a few ideas for those of you who may find yourself at this point with your [...]
Online banking is a double-edged sword for small businesses: It’s easy and convenient, and yet it makes them vulnerable targets for cybercriminals. There are a lot of small businesses out there, and they don’t all have the big budgets for IT resources or a large staff. Another potential downside is that as a small business, [...]
Many professional bloggers tend to have a hard time updating or improving their blog in order to receive the very best out of their blog. I have put together a small list of some tips that you can follow in order to improve your blog instantly and be sure to get the most out of [...]
Why Lawyers Don’t Start Businesses
To a carpenter, every job looks like it needs a hammer. To a lawyer, everything situation looks like a legal problem and not a strategy question, as Steve Blank describes: The issues our lawyer had raised about the contract, while correct, were strategy questions the founders needed to answer, not legal questions. Negotiating deal points [...]
E-Commerce Spending Is Booming
AppScout reports that research company ComScore released its Q1 retail e-commerce sales estimates and found that online retail spending neared $34 billion for the quarter, up 10 percent versus a year ago. That strong acceleration represented the first time growth rates reached double-digits since the second quarter of 2008. The report found that growth was [...]
Is It Time To Get Rid Of Your Home Office?
photo credit: Travis Isaacs For those of you working out of your home, at one point you may start wondering if it’s time to upgrade from your home office to an office of your own in town outside of your home. But how do you know when that time has come? I have put together [...]
Palm trees are ubiquitous in California and other states with a warm climate. Although they are beautiful trees, some homeowners find them to be a nuisance because they require routine maintenance when they get too large. The good news for these homeowners is that it is possible that their trees could be sold for hundreds [...]
We Are The New Business Owners
More and more moms are looking for a way to bring some money into the household without having to physically leave it. For that reason, we are becoming the new business owners. As the mom in ‘mom and pop’ continues to expand into the world of business, some wonderful resources are sprouting up to offer [...]
Fast Company: Probably, many times you have thought about going back to your corporate job to help out with the family finances, right? It’s a hard decision to make when you financially need a two income household, but you want to be able to stay at home with your children and provide for them. Add [...]
Interview Questions You Might See When Applying To Work From Home
If you have decided to take the route of applying for a work at home job then you need to be prepared. If you are familiar with the traditional interview process, some of these questions will come as no surprise. However, some of those traditional questions now have a new twist on them. Here are [...]
Mom Finds Biz Success After Losing Job
Inquirer.net: “It was a blessing in disguise.” This was how Gemma Amodia, a 43-year-old mother of four, described being terminated from her 13-year-old job at a Mactan export processing zone firm. “If I had not lost my job at Fairchild (Semiconductors), I would not have this.” Amodia operates a Aqua Ghem water refilling station at [...]
Mom's Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Shines In Her Biz
examiner.com: In August of 2008 Jenny opened a retail space in the heart of Richmond’s fan district. Fleur fabrics offered sewing classes from the basics on up to altering your own clothes. It quickly became the mecca for Richmond’s sewing crowd and students. It was at this time that Ninny’s Nappies was born. Jenny started [...]
Telling Customers Not to Purchase Your Product
photo credit: Russ Neumeier When you think about telling your customers not to purchase your key product of success, you think that’s out of this world crazy. However, for Xerox it worked like a charm, it actually boosted their growth. Rather then working on selling their clients products, they are now selling them solutions such [...]
Inventor Is 'Taking It To The Street' In Her Quest For The American Dream
PR Web: When it comes to selling the “big boxes” it may take more than just thinking outside the box; that’s why most mornings you’ll find Noel Strand standing in front of one of the big chain hardware stores, handing out samples of her new invention and passing around a petition asking the big boys [...]
The weight loss industry is a large, complex area where many businesses have been able to succeed. The No Diet Weight Solution is one of those weight loss based business opportunities that fills in this market. A popular tag line among those that have tried a diet at least once in their life is that [...]
In Person & Online – Savvy Ways To Build Your Network
Minnesota Women’s Press: We know we should do it. Everyone says so. Especially now, when things are tighter than ever. No, we’re not talking about diet or exercise or clothes that, um, shrunk in the wash. It’s networking that’s the “should,” and experts say that in these days of shrinking employment opportunities and the “hidden” [...]
Franchise Genius Helps Pair Potential Franchisees And Franchises
No matter what niche the business is in, it’s important to learn as much as possible about a franchise before committing to it. We can thank websites like Franchise Genius for making it easy to access that information. A potential franchisee can depend on Franchise Genius to offer a list of franchises in a variety [...]
Full-time: Mom, Business Owner And Student
nrtoday.com: Kristi Woods’ 9-year-old son sat quietly for a photo Thursday afternoon, but once it was done he was off. “Can I go play football now, Mom?” Tyler Degraffenreed asked, already halfway out the door to meet friends waiting outside. Weekdays at Woods’ apartment are a flurry of activity between her fourth-grader and her house-cleaning [...]
On Wednesday, we started a poll asking, ‘How long have you been operating your home biz?’ As of 8 PM EDT Thursday, 24 users had participated in the poll with 33% of respondents operating their home biz 1 to 3 years. Next up was 25% operating 4 or more years. As the Internet makes it [...]
Entrepreneur Creates Shirts “Made In Detroit”
DetNews: One of the big names in Detroit’s downtown music and entrepreneurial scene, Robert Stanzler, 40, recently introduced a new line of T-shirts and outerwear called Detroit Manufacturing LLC. At least 25 retailers have come on board. “Detroit Manufacturing is not just a brand, it is a dynamic product with a Detroit-centric philosophy,” said Stanzler, [...]
Open Giveaway: Passion Party Goodie Bags
On the 4th we posted an interview with a Passion Party Consultant and she is giving away up to 10 good bags to our readers. The giveaway is still open. To remind you of what’s included: Naughty IOU’s Passion Powder Edible Strawberry Lubricant A Fun Temporary Tattoo A Sample of Pure Satisfaction This giveaway doesn’t [...]
If you’re like most small biz owners, your company means a lot to you — in some ways, you consider it your baby. You’ve planned for it since its conception, nurtured it from birth, given it tender loving care, and have great hope for its future. It makes sense, then, to name your biz with [...]
CBNNews: The story of the accidental entrepreneur is iconic. It exists in infinite variations, though the theme is consistent: A person of accomplishment is forced from his occupation by a cruel twist of fate. Rather than wallow in despair, though, he strikes out on his own. Inevitably, after a requisite period of struggle, he achieves [...]
Open Giveaways: Sterling and Pearls
We currently have one giveaway open from Sterling and Pearls. They have donated one pearl bracelet, like the one shown here, to be given away to one of our readers. Their are 3 optional lengths for the winner to choose from. If you’d like to enter you have until August 3rd at 11:59pm. Visit the [...]
Open Giveaways: Wet Happened? and Sterling And Pearls
We currently have 2 giveaways open, and there is still time for you to enter. 1. If you’d like a chance to win your very own wet bag, a bag which can hold anything from dirty diapers to wet bathing suits, that giveaway is still open as well. The Wet Happened? wet bag giveaway is [...]
Nwi Times: A motorcycle accident 19 years ago restricted Dave Lewis’s mobility but swung open the door to a business opportunity for the now 39-year-old entrepreneur. Lewis was driving home from his job managing a rental equipment store in LaPorte when he hit a hole on a set of railroad tracks and was thrown into [...]
Immigrant Goes From Jewerly to Business Owner
Lcsun News: Silvia Terrazas came to Las Cruces in 1995 with some jewelry but no command of the English language. Terrazas, a native of Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico, had owned a business in her hometown, but when she moved to the United States to follow her husband, Javier, who traveled to Las Cruces to [...]
CARES Helps Take The Pain Out Of Flying With Kids
If you’ve ever been on a plane with a young child, then you probably understand what it feels like to travel with a child and their car seat. When Louise Stoll saw her own daughter having to fight her way through the airport with a toddler and a car seat, she had to wonder if [...]
French Entrepreneur Creates Green Website for Drivers
Sina.com: “Due to high fuel prices, people are being forced to take a second look at how they move from one place to another,” said a Paris-based car dealer. “Fuel efficiency has become the buzz word.” Seizing on the urgency of an environment-friendly economical fuel, a French entrepreneur has launched a website www.2et4rouesvertes.com, which will [...]
