Springwise: Offering an alternative to traditional cardboard boxes for moving, Frogbox, a Canadian contender that currently serves the Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., areas. Frogboxes are green, industrial-strength plastic containers that are available in standard and wardrobe sizes. Consumers simply order the boxes they need, and Frogbox drops them off at their home using its biodiesel […]
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 photo credit: shaymus022 If you are in the process of opening a new business or even just in the early stage of thinking about your own start-up, then I’m sure by now you have at least realized all the many aspects that you have to consider, one being your competitors and potential competitors. I
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Nashua Telegraph: Most guys hanging around a college dorm room playing video games are more likely to come up with pizza toppings than an award-winning invention. But those guys aren’t Andy Goetting and Tyler Price. What started as a late-night, “wouldn’t-it-be-cool” musing has turned into a potentially lucrative business venture for the recent college grads
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Springwise: Out to help those looking for a quick relaxation fix, a new drink from Canada offers ‘an acupuncture session’ in every can. An antidote to energy drinks like Red Bull, Slow Cow was developed to help people de-stress. Under the premise that caffeine-packed drinks tend to increase anxiety, Slow Cow contains theanine, chamomile, valerian,
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 photo credit: chaps1 In business today it is sometimes tough balancing the many sectors of our companies. Often times too much attention is paid to a few sectors that we consider important while the others are neglected. The problem with this is that ALL sectors of our companies are important, especially that of advertising.
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LA Working Moms Examiner: Has this ever happened to you? You’ve started a business at home or are building your business. You are getting on a roll and things are beginning to click. New marketing opportunities are showing up and clients and customers are finding you. And then, when summer starts and the kids are
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Richmond Times Dispatch: With changing regulations, a market in flux and investors weary of deciding where to put their life savings, the job of an independent financial adviser is getting more difficult by the day. One Richmond man, however, is trying to make their lives just a bit easier. Stuart M. Porterfield owns Advisor PT,
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San Jose Mercury News: One was an attorney, the other an engineer. With high-pressure careers, young children and busy households to manage, both were tired of running full speed on the Silicon Valley treadmill. “We were leading hectic, corporate lives,” said Carmela Guizar-Sanchez, the engineer. “I had a second job just managing the housekeeper, gardener,
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PR Web: Just in time for the back-to-school season, citizenpip introduces eco-friendly, practical, and safe reusable lunch kits that make it easy to pack a waste-free lunch. Inspired by the belief that making small changes in your daily habits can make a significant impact, citizenpip offers an easy alternative to the disposable lunch so that
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This sounds neat. I was at this park about seven years ago. We should go back and take the children. The three African elephants at the Wildlife Safari [in Winston, Oregon], have a job at the new “Elephant Car Wash”. For $20, visitors can have an up-close-and-personal encounter with the elephants as they wash down
