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Choose a page number: 1 Opportunities RSS FeedsChains Aim To Bully Small Shops Off Web - Kentucky.com: Everyone is talking about the tough times that have hit our economy. For small business owners, tough times have been here for awhile. The credit crunch is just the latest assault on the mom-and-pop shops that make up the backbone of our economy. To see what is happening to small business, just take a drive from [ ] ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Selling Online Takes A New Angle, With Wine - Times Online:
When Rowan Gormley was running Virgin Wine, he conducted a simple experiment. He took ten pairs of different bottles of wine and carefully wrapped them in paper so that the labels were unreadable.
He took four professional wine experts. Each was asked to write notes on each bottle, tasted blind. There should have been some [ ]
... The SBA Office Of Advocacy Reaches Out To Small Biz Through Their New Blog -
If you’re a small business owner, then I’d hope you’re aware of The Office of Advocacy. They are the link small business needs to connect with the Government. They are the voice for small businesses all over the US. With you in mind, they have recently launched their blog - The Small [ ]
... Is Your Hobby Really Made To Become A Business? - Canadian Business:
Ontario accountant Brian Allward turned his love of Elvis Presley into a global memorabilia business based in the appropriately named King City. In Burnaby, B.C., new mom Sandra Wilson transformed a pair of non-slip shoes she?d sewn for her infant son Robert into a full-time business called Robeez Footwear. And my brother opened his [ ]
... Former Walt Disney Imagineering Designer Turns To Walls - Los Angeles Times:
Painting a jungle mural from a kit in the bedroom of her new twin grandchildren was giving the artist in Patricia Newton a pain in the neck.
Why was the lion frowning? What was with the toucan’s backward ankles? And, darn, that monkey was ugly! The former Walt Disney Imagineering designer couldn’t help but [ ]
... Share Your Photography By Cellphone Through Moborazzi -
The moment cellphones started coming with cameras and video, anyone who owned one suddenly had the ability to grab candid shots of any moment. This opportunity has spawned a variety of websites which offer people a chance to send a photo text message to a special email address or number which will publish that [ ]
... Who Said 20 Is Too Young To Own A Business? - nwlanews.com:
For most people, juggling is difficult. For 20-year-old Ashley Carpenter, she juggles raising her daughter and running her own thrift store.
Those who stop by Beautiful Bowtique will find a shopkeeper that looks fresh out of high school holding a baby while haggling with them.
?I?ve always been an entrepeneur. Ever since I was little, I [ ]
... Fashion Entrepreneur Takes On The Recession With Innovation - Market Watch:
Approaching the winter of this nation’s economic struggle, Jen Groover, fashion entrepreneur and creator of the handbag company Butler Bag LLC, credits her industry success going into the holiday season by adapting to the trend of consumers creating more worth for what they’re wearing.
Brand evolutionists like Jen Groover are meeting this need by providing [ ]
... Small Idea Turns Into A Big Business For One Dallas Girl - The Dallas Morning News:
If there’s a tween girl in your household, chances are you’ve heard of the latest rage: magnetic bottlecap necklaces.
What most Dallasites probably don’t realize is that they’re made right here, the brainchild of a Hockaday student.
Maddie Bradshaw, now 12, was doodling one summer when she came up with creative lapdesks, clipboards and [ ]
... Yosemite Blog Brings Information On The National Park To Its Readers -
We can thank the internet for giving us the ability to offer a voice to those topics which mean the most to us. If it weren’t for blogs and the bloggers behind them, many of us wouldn’t know how to share our thoughts with the world. While some topics are definitely much more [ ]
... Niche Biz: Open 24 Hours A Day -
Springwise:
There can be a variety of reasons consumers seek businesses that are open round the clock, whether it’s to pick up medicine for a coughing child or to find someplace to eat in the middle of the night.
Whatever the motivation, 2itch is a new Google Maps mashup that can help, offering a maps-based way [ ]
... Twitter for Biz? -
Beth Harte At SearchEngineGuide.com:
Thinking about starting up a Twitter account for your business? Or considering allowing employees to use Twitter? Here are 10 tips to consider before getting started.
1. Decide before you join how you want to use Twitter. Will it be used for Customer Support (like Comcast does via @ComcastCares) or [ ]
... Foreclosure Cleanups Bustling -
Associated Press:
Several men wordlessly carry out furniture, broken computers and boxes of garbage from a large blue house on a quiet upstate street on a brisk autumn morning. Rusting bikes and an old grill lay discarded in the overgrown backyard which is spotted with empty beer cans and crushed milk cartons. The mood is oddly [ ]
... New Scams For Troubled Times -
Wallet Pop:
1. Phishing scams related to the financial crisis
According to the Federal Trade Commission, there is a new round of email scams out there that are tied to the financial crisis. Many of these emails “phish” for personal information — your Social Security number, account numbers, passwords, etc. The scammer then uses that info to [ ]
... Work More Effectively From Home -
TechRepublic:
Whether you?re an employee of a company or an independent professional working for yourself, you might have a chance to work from home. Be aware, though, that this arrangement can cause problems if you?re not prepared. Here are some tips.
1: Dress the part
2: Keep a separate office
3: Discipline yourself regarding break times
4: Discipline yourself regarding [ ]
... Tag Helps Dog Owners Meet New Friends -
Springwise:
It’s a well-known fact that dogs can be conversation starters that help break the ice with people their owners meet. Taking the notion a step further, a new collar tag from Boston-based SNIF Labs lets pet owners forge new connections with fellow dog-walkers, both online and off.
Available in a range of colours and patterns, the [ ]
... Firms Escort Drinkers Home -
Detroit Free Press:
Chris Hart of Eastpointe enjoyed a romantic Sweetest Day dinner with her boyfriend at an Auburn Hills restaurant without worries about driving home after drinking.
When it was time to call it a night, a chauffeur for the Designate, a Birmingham-based designated driver service, safely drove the pair back to Macomb County inside Hart’s [ ]
... Bailout Money Heading To Small Bizs -
The Wall Street Journal:
Small businesses finally are getting their own little piece of the federal government?s ballooning bailout package.
U.S. officials announced the federal government as part of a broader package will lend up to $200 billion to institutions that originate consumer loans and business loans backed by the Small Business Administration.
The rationale, Secretary Paulson [ ]
... 10 Home Based Biz Ideas -
Ethiopian Review:
Here are 10 home based business ideas, in no particular order:
1. Translator. In a multi-ethnic society such as the United State, translation service is in big demand. American Translators Association can be a good source of information on how to establish a home-based translation service.
2. Tutoring. You can start a business tutoring students by [ ]
... Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup -
SPACE.com:
NASA astronaut Don Pettit loves his coffee. So it comes as no surprise that he found a way to drink coffee from a cup, instead of the traditional straw, on his day off Sunday aboard the International Space Station.
Drinking any liquid in the weightless environment of space could be a messy affair. With hot coffee, [ ]
... Teen Finds Niche In Talk Air Waves -
ChicoER.com:
It’s like writing a school paper for Meagan Ting, one of the hosts of Teen Talk at Chico’s public radio station, KZFR.
She researches a topic, say, mental illness by surfing the Internet, talking to friends or bouncing ideas off her sometimes co-host, Amber McCready. “We e-mail it back and forth until it’s done,” she said.
By [ ]
... Waiting For That Life-Changing Idea? Just Sleep On It -
The Times:
History is peppered with tales of phenomenal ideas taking shape in sleeping minds; Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune of Yesterday in his head, and Robert Louis Stevenson said that the idea for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde came to him in a dream.
But what exactly [ ]
... Americans Drive Less, Creating a Problem -
The Wall Street Journal:
When gasoline prices shot over $4 a gallon this summer, Americans didn’t wait for Washington to respond with an energy policy. They took action on their own by driving less and switching to more fuel-efficient cars.
The results are dramatic, but also problematic.
The good news is that gasoline consumption has fallen compared with [ ]
... Year-End Tech & Tax Tips for Smart Small Bizs -
MarketWatch:
Successful small business owners are constantly balancing the need to invest in new productivity-enhancing technology with the impact on their bottom lines.
But between now and the end of the year, with the help of two unrelated economic factors — increased IRS Section 179 deductions and the growing importance of “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” [ ]
... Mom Invents Worlds Easiest Luggage Tag -
PRWeb:
Travel isn’t getting any easier except for one bright spot called a Luggage Hugger.
Divorced and left with nothng but optimism, Lucia Burns, inventor and mother of two sons, spotted an opportunity when planning a trip.
After buying new black luggage she realized if it was the only bag on the carousel she still wouldn’t [ ]
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