The Wall Street Journal:
In Asia people have been paying real money for virtual goods for years. It is the primary business model for games and Internet companies in China and Korea, far more important that...
Bradenton Herald:
When Kate Grayson moved to town in the summer of 2004, she didn’t have many people in her career circle with whom to network.
The area was flush with Realtors and mortgage brokers feeding on...
Inc.:
1. Major advances in Technology and Communication. 58% of women CEOs of million dollar companies consider technology as vital to the company's survival, both as a means of production as well as communication.
2. Importance of...
ProcessAway is a charge card terminal for the iPhone and iPod Touch that uses the Authorize.net payment processing gateway.
ProcessAway is your complete mobile processing solution for accepting credit card payments both in and out of...
Is your industry getting killed with all the changes that are happening right now? We know people in real estate, banking and construction are running out the door in search of new opportunities. ...
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Starting a business is risky, but not as risky as you think. The oft-stated fact that 90% of startups fail within their first year is an urban myth.
OnStartups thinks, and Dane agrees,...
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Financial analysis company Sageworks has released a study that ranks industries by their net profit margin in 2008. The study only tracked privately held companies.
The top ten most profitable industries in...
I thought it was dead, but it appears that Google's telephone answering web application Grand Central is alive after all. It's taken a year to merge the GrandCentral servers with Google's, but they're nearly...
The Wall Street Journal:
Even in a recession, people will still want to be entertained.
The Great Depression saw resilience and even growth in movie ticket sales as one of the cheapest ways for people to...
Springwise:
Although hospital superbugs may be infamous, we haven’t yet seen a branded, integral B2C approach to their prevention.
Sold and marketed to consumers instead of to health institutions, PatientPak is a collection of antimicrobial and other...
An eighth grade Canadian boy has invented a plastic decal that will stop birds from flying into windows. The decal is painted ultraviolet, a color that is invisible to humans, but very visible to...
Telegraph.co.uk:
Every day 38-year-old Laytoyia Housley logs into UpDown's site from her home in Florida and spends two hours trading stocks and shares.
"Act fast, invest smart and do not get emotional," she preaches, giving her best...
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A London gym called Gymbox has come up with a new gimmick to differentiate itself from the competition: instead of lifting weights, you can lift humans.
Wearing Lycra catsuits which label their weight,...
SmallBizResource:
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, set to become law Feb. 10, has the right idea at heart: to ensure children's toys are safe for them to play with.
The CPSIA, enacted last year after all...
I've recently moved to a very small town outside of Yosemite National Park. The town is so small that we even have our own local telephone company and . Even though I'm still in...
Here's another Obama business opportunity for the idea box: Obama Action Figures.
Posable, with facial expressions, interchangeable hands, katanas, 9mm gun, assault rifle, and a lightsaber, among many other complements.
It just dawned on me, that with...
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It is well known that sometimes we speak before we think, and this is no different in business. The question is, how do we know when we should share an opinion and...
Telegraph.co.uk:
Make-up artist Lauren Luke, or panacea81 as she is known on YouTube, is benefiting from exposure on the site.
The 26-year-old from South Tyneside uploads tutorials about how to put on make-up and achieve certain...
Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day:
If one of your new year resolutions was to learn a new language, the BBC has produced a fun and interactive course, which is available for free.
It draws you...
OAOnline:
The West Texas Entrepreneur competition is scheduled to kick off Feb. 1. Jeremy "Mr. Spring" Ray is looking for people 18 and older to comprise six teams of six people each.
Ray said the contest was...
