Horses aren’t unemployed now because they got lazy as a species, they’re unemployable. There’s little work a horse can do that pays for its housing and hay. And many bright, and perfectly capable humans will find themselves the new horse: unemployable through no fault of their own. Watch on Bizopy. via Kottke.
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What does it take to make your basic laboratory coat great? It takes Laboratory Style Initiative. They specialize in lab coats, and the people who wear them. I recently asked the founder, Elaine Tanhehco, a few questions about her business. Tell us a little about Laboratory Style Initiative. Laboratory Style Initiative produces high-end lab coats
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Slate: One of my favorite parables is about a man who arrives in a village with what he claims is a magic stone. Put the stone into a pot of water over a fire, he says, add a just few ingredients—some vegetables, some old ham bones, a few spices—and soon you will have a delicious,
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A teenager has become the youngest professional falconer in the UK after receiving a government backed grant to start his business. Falconry is the art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. The Denbighshire Free Press has more: Peter Wright, of Llangywer, near Bala, was 15 when he was
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Boston Globe: It was New Year’s Eve, and she had been drinking. It was late. And that was the moment the world chose to welcome Sarah LaRose to the not-so-exclusive club of people who have dropped their iPhone into a toilet. As LaRose told her story to Curt Ingram, he nodded politely. He knows this
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Sometimes parents can feel like a taxi service, but Sharron Gay really is one. She is the founder of Mom’s Taxi Service. Whether you don’t want your kids riding public transportation, the school bus, or you need someone to drive your kids from school to their sports practice, Mom’s Taxi Service does it all. Inspired
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A reader wrote: Can you recommend a few other blogs about business ideas that I should read? Our answer: Sure, and we will do you one better! Below are 30 blogs about business ideas and opportunities we know you will enjoy: They are sorted alphabetically below. Bits Blog – NY Times tech blog Business Model
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A reader wrote: I read your blog everyday and for some reason never thought of sending in one of our products. His product is the Nighttime Cold Sweat Alarm. It turns out that one of the symptoms of low blood sugar while sleeping includes perspiration or a drop in skin temp. The Nighttime Cold Sweat
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Emphatic (www.emphatic.co) is a new service that creates custom social media content for small businesses. I know that sounds dull, but what that means, is that they write Twitter tweets and Facebook updates for your company without requiring too much in the way of time and energy from you. I created a test campaign for
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I’ve wanted a standing desk for a very long time, because standing desks are cool. This is funny, because a couple decades ago, my first job in high school was to answer the phone and enter orders into the computer at the local Pizza Hut franchise. Looking back, it wasn’t just the fact that I
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