Biz Ops

Muslim Tourism Niche

121Carhire.com: According to a new study, experts are saying that Muslim tourists are a big niche market. In fact, this market alone is worth more than $126.1 million a year. This is a figure that is expected to continue growing. The report suggested that the figure was going to grow by 4.8 percent per year

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Kidworth Startup

VentureBeat: Would you invest $5 in a company with a preteen for a CEO, and services on offer like playing nice with a younger sibling or taking out the trash? On Kidworth, a Los Angeles-based startup, parents are funding “startup” ideas like these, and entrepreneurially-minded kids are pocketing some extra cash in the process. I

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Doc Popcorn

Whether you like it plain, covered in caramel, sprinkled with cheese flavor, or kettle, popcorn has a special place in everyones heart. No longer just a movie night treat, people are enjoying it any night of the week. Doc Popcorn is taking advantage of this ‘pop’ularity with their own franchise opportunity.

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Grave Groomers

As Daniel Felkins’ grandmother approached the age of 90, she realized that she needed help doing things she had once done herself. One of these important things was caring for and maintaining her late husband’s gravesite. Daniel and his wife stepped in to help. After his grandmother passed away, Daniel realized that no one would

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The Business Of Bronze

Chances are that you’ve seen someone, somewhere with a bronzed pair of ‘baby’s first shoes’. For many bronzing is synonymous with childhood. Many people have gone out of their way to have the objects that their children loved bronzed so it can be remembered forever. That’s not all that can be bronzed, though. Just ask

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Mail Order Animal Bizop from 1972

Flickr user BryantSpokane scanned and posted a page from a 1972 Stromberg’s Chicks & Pets Unlimited catalog. Stromberg’s apparently used to mail-order live chickens, chinchillas, ferrets, armadillos, skunks, badgers, beavers, possums, prairie dogs, and other critters. This particular page highlights the money making aspects of owning fur-bearing animals. via BoingBoing.

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