What’s your name, blog name and URL? Matthew Toren of Entrepreneur Blog. What’s your background and day job? Serial entrepreneur, mentor, investor and award winning author of Kidpreneurs.org and SmallBusinessBigVision.com, Co-Founder of YoungEntrepreneur.com, iSell.com. How long have you been blogging? 10 years How’d you get into blogging? My passion has always been entrepreneurship How often […]
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The secret to making money with race horses isn’t to bet on the ponies, it’s to invest in them! It’s relatively easy to invest in racehorses, reports the Huffington Post. If they win, you’ll get a share of the purse, plus then they’ll be in demand for breeding and you’ll receive a portion of those
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This is the story of how I accidentally became a professional blogger and started Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog. This tale has been a long time coming, because it’s not really something I ever wanted to share. I was always afraid that if I told my startup story I’d just create more competition for myself
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1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. 1835 – In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen. 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening
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Mirror.co.uk: As the weather becomes balmier, hot dogs will be able to cool down with their very own ice cream-style treat for mutts. Garden centre chain Dobbies has launched Billy & Margot’s range of frozen goodies. Created by animal nutritionist Marie Sawle, the doggie version of Ben and Jerry’s comes in strawberry and apple and
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Autopia: A recent design school grad has come up with a machine that can pave roads without shutting down lanes or stopping traffic. Too good to be true? Yes. It’s pure, unadulterated vaporware, but the concept is sound even if the chances of production are nil. Gosha Galitsky, a graduate of the Umeâ Institute of
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NY Times: It’s really not surprising that some businesses are getting a technology assist from, well, children. They are way ahead of the rest of us on much of this stuff, having cut their teeth on it at home and at school. And they’re thrilled to work for wages that a pro would sneer at
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PersonalWineBottles.com is a company that creates hand-painted and, hand-etched wine bottles. Customers can select everything from the design of the bottle to the type of wine allowing for a truly unique personalized wine bottle entirely over the web.
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According to Bloomberg Businessweek, we are living in the golden age of coffee lid design. The breakthrough lid, Solo Cup’s Traveler model, made its debut in 1986 and is now part of the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent design collection. “Initially the Traveler lids were a tough sell, on account of its higher price,” says
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On this day in 1935, Ron Popeil was born. Popeil is an American inventor and marketing personality, best known for his direct response marketing company Ronco. He is well known for his appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie (“Set it, and forget it!”) and for using the phrase, “But wait, there’s more!” on television
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