NY Times: When Mandie Miller left her job as an on-air traffic reporter in Charlotte, N.C., to have her first child, she started baking cakes for friends, just for fun. The response was so positive that in April 2009 she started a business, Got What It Cakes. Ms. Miller put up a Web site, but […]
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Cassandra Daily: Brazilian weight-loss company Meta Real has devised a persuasive new tool to shame compulsive eaters out of late-night binging. Once linked to a Facebook account, the company’s Virtual Fridge Lock can be magnetically attached to the side of the fridge during prime snacking hours. Anytime the fridge door is opened, the device sends
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What is the last route you took when hiring employees? Maybe you should take some advice from the Facebook hiring rumor. When Facebook was young and hunting for talent, says Lee, it combed through Stanford’s syllabi and course catalogs to find relevant students. Facebook was already well-known on campus. If, for example, Facebook needed engineers,
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NBC Connecticut: Four years of tuition at a Connecticut university’s business school? About $120,000. A chance to get it free? Priceless. The dean of the University of New Haven’s business school is issuing a challenge to its incoming freshmen: Bowl me over with your entrepreneurial idea and win free tuition for your undergraduate degree.
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If you do construction work on someone’s home and they offer to pay you in Facebook stock — before the IPO — it might not be a good idea to accept it in lieu of cash, as one Wisconsin man learned last week. Marianne Oleson, 46, made her initial appearance in Winnebago County court Wednesday
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It is Sheryl Sandberg’s goal to do for Facebook what she did for Google. She wants to help the company attract small businesses to their advertising options. “My dream is really simple,” said Sandberg, 42, seated near a framed graffiti rendering of co-founder Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook’s headquarters here. “I think every small business should
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Social media can seem daunting, but it is also an important way to connect with customers for many entrepreneurs. If you’re just getting started, Fox Small Business has some ideas that will help you start off right. No. 1: Create a professional company page. Instead of having a personal page for your small business, Anteau
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Social media, Facebook in particular, is a growing medium. People are still discovering the various possibilities with the service, and businesses are finding new ways to connect with customers with its help. American Express and Facebook are combining in a unique way. According to USA Today, AmEx has recently announced a long list of initiatives
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Sometimes a business will join Facebook with visions of instant success and many followers. Forbes offers a few reasons why your business may be failing on Facebook. You’re trying too hard. Spamming your followers with non-stop brand-related chatter will make you lose followers, not gain fans. Social media works best when it involves an element
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