The New York Times: Leave it to bass fishermen to come up with the right bait for Internet users. FLW Fantasy Fishing has gained a quick following in the cluttered world of online fantasy sports by offering $1 million to anyone who can put together the best team of professional anglers in coming months. The […]
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The Star.com: Paul Kind has won a few muffins and maybe a couple of cups of coffee in the annual Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win contest. Like everybody. But the true winnings, he says, have come from how the game is played. “The rims are very hard to roll up, and I
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The Daily Telegraph: A sock called a Mock has made Lara Solomon a finalist in the 2008 Telstra Business Awards at a national level. Winners will be announced at a gala dinner attended by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney. Making and selling socks to protect mobile phones was not new, but
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The New York Times: If the Internet can make anyone a star, can it turn Barnes & Noble into one, too? The bookseller has taken another step beyond its traditional business into the online publishing world, recently introducing Quamut.com, a site that teaches Web users things as diverse as the basics of football and how
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The New York Times: When you think of high-end concierge services, the world’s most exclusive hotels come to mind, not Google’s corporate offices in Mountain View, Calif. But that is where Ginger Franke, the founder of Franke Lifestyle Management, better known as FLM, a concierge service catering to Silicon Valley’s elite, cut her teeth. For
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Springwise: Chicago-based ElementBars.com aims to give users a simple, step-by-step process for designing their own energy bars from scratch. Using the site’s drag-and-drop interface, customers begin by selecting a chewy, oaty, crispy or datey “core” that defines the bar’s texture and base. They can then add nuts, fruits and sweets as well as protein, fibre,
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The Suncoast News: Like a lot of friends, Debra Medina and Leslie Barile often had we-ought-to start-a-business conversations during the seven years they worked together as counselors at Cody River Elementary School. The difference between them and other would-be business teams is they got around to making it happen, finding both inspiration and opportunity during
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It’s common knowledge that most men do not enjoy shopping. Joanna had known this from experience. As a style consultant, she was already aware of what it was like to help men find clothing they would like. It was also when the inspiration for the Trunk Club started to take form. Launched approximately a year
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Gloucester Advocate: Wards River inventor Cecil Wiseman has finally hit the big time. Cecil will appear on Australia’s ABC television’s New Inventors program with his award winning ladder clamp known as the Wiseman Ladafast. The clamp is secured onto the sides of the ladder while you are on the ground, then hoisted up the ladder
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Herald Tribune: Mortgage brokers generally work on commission and rarely get paid salaries. Yet mortgage broker Jack Sandelman has managed to survive — even thrive. “I’ve become sort of a de facto specialist on foreign national purchase transactions, all to Canadians.” Specializing in the financing of foreigners who buy homes in Southwest Florida is the
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