While most teens are spending their summer sleeping in Alex Wells has been hard at work creating jewelry for his business, Rebound says the Daily Press. For almost a year and a half, Wells has been taking used and broken skateboards and creating aesthetically and artistically creative pieces of jewelry. The idea for the jewelry, […]
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Yesterday, at the end of very positive review of Adam Bertram’s ebook, Used Books: Big Business, the reviewer, Rich Whittle, expressed confusion at why Bertram would be selling an ebook that describes exactly how to compete with a business that he’s running: Reviewer’s Note: Books like this always make me wonder. If Adam Bertam is
At first it might seem that clothing would have nothing in common with a painting business but that’s not entirely true. For Sandra Schulze there is a lot more behind those businesses than meets the eye. Inspired by the photo of her friends’ daughter, Sandra went to work on what would become her first mixed
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Chain Leader: Roark Capital Group http://www.roarkcapital.com/invest_philosophy.php hasn’t been shy about spreading the wealth among growth-oriented restaurant companies. Until this year. The Atlanta-based private equity firm, which controls several fast-growing chains, hasn’t done a restaurant deal in 2009. We asked Managing Director Steve Romaniello to explain why and to tell us when he expects Roark to
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Eve Tahmincioglu at MSN Business has an interesting article about start-up business scammers. Just ask V.M. from the Austin, Texas, area. A longtime entrepreneur in the home-building industry, he had visions of launching his own online travel and health-care insurance business but ended up out nearly $5,000. He didn’t want his name used because he’s
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Patrick Matthews has an interesting look at work-at-home dads. Working out of a home office can feel pretty solitary. With the kids at school and the wife out teaching, it’s just me, my computer and the dogs. So I take every opportunity I can to get out of the office. I’m not complaining. On the
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CityNews: For years, the greeting card industry has been pretty much the same. You can get a million different messages that say “Happy Birthday”, “Congratulations,” “Best Wishes For Your Engagement/Wedding,” “In Sympathy,” “Get Well Soon” and on and on. In the past few years, there have been some slight additions, including kudos on a divorce
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Springwise: Most people order pizzas when they’re at home or at work. Aiming to broaden those delivery horizons, Domino’s Pizza in the Netherlands recently placed white doors in the park and on the beach. Dubbed Domino’s Delivery Points, the doors prominently featured the company’s phone number, as well as doorbells for delivery people to ring.
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The parents of young girls everywhere have probably heard of the wedgie complaint. The underwear doesn’t like to stay in place, wedgies occur, and for some unlucky parents it can be a common complaint with no end in sight. Rebecca Winterhalt’s daughter had that problem. Her daughter was still in the potty training stages when
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The Orange County Register: The work is a lot like being a chimney sweep. The business model invented by Chris King, 19, a freshman at USC living in Huntington Beach, Calif., with his parents during summer break, is pretty simple: extract built-up lint from long, winding clothing-dryer ducts, and charge $39 for the service. It’s
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