Bored is not often a word that is associated with parenthood. However, Leni Calas found herself at home feeling very pregnant while her husband worked and her daughter went to school, reports NY Daily News. “It was a moment of pregnant desperation,” said the life-long Queens resident. “I knew nothing about Web development or design.” […]
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Sibila Lantzy of Resort Business Opportunities just sent me a message about her experience at the International Sportsman’s Expo: I attended the International Sportsman’s Expo in Denver Yesterday and in-between drooling over lots of cool stuff (truck campers, drift boats, $1000 fly rods) I managed to talk to some people about their outlook on business
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In early November Andrew Plotkin came with a crazy idea. He wanted to spend the rest of his life writing text adventure games. For those of you who don’t remember computer games from the early 1980s, text adventures games are old fashioned text-only games that are also called “interactive fiction.” The genre hasn’t had a
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Dana Burck and Greg Hill of Cincinnati were a happy young couple who enjoyed traveling, watching movies, and did a lot of online shopping together. The New York Times reports that last Tuesday evening, Hill kept Burck up late with caffeine and back rubs, until about 1 a.m., when she says, “and then we went
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Sometimes inspiration can come from the most unlikely of situations. According to USA Today, Becca Brown was inspired on prom night when her spiked heels sunk into the ground. A decade later, Brown offered her business school classmate an unusual idea for an entrepreneurship project: “Becca turned to me and said, ‘Why is there nothing
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The presentation from Nick De Mey of Board of Innovation, does a phenomenal job analyzing and visualizing business models in a wide range of industries. Featured in the presentation of the 10 business models that rocked 2010, at least according to De Mey, are Groupon, Flattr, Spotify and Airbnb, among others.
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Amid strict lending restrictions, slowly rising retail prices, and sluggish hiring, where are the bright spots for 2011? The Wall Street Journal has compiled an in-depth report detailing the climate for small business in 2011. And guess what? It’s not so bad. Small businesses are expected to increase their head-counts this year, more small businesses
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Phoenix Business Journal: Fox Restaurant Concepts expanded its Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar to the East Coast through a deal with the Briad Group. Briad opened a Zinburger in December at the Promenade Shops in Clifton, N.J. Briad also is a franchisee for Wendy’s, Corner Bakery Cafe, Marriott and Hilton, and it’s the largest T.G.I.
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This year’s Consumer Electronics Show is more about incremental upgrades than massive breakthroughs. And, of course, there are the tablets. Wired put together this video for a quick, two-minute overview of the highlights.
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Tallahassee Democrat (blog): The idea of going to work every day in flip flops is exciting to Brian Disarro, so when Jason Swinford, owner of the local Flip Flop Shops, told him about his idea to open a store in Tallahassee, Disarro said he immediately began to smile. Swinford said the store will sell flip
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