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Opportunities RSS FeedsCool Invention: The Dyson Balloon Acclerator - Via: TechnaBob.com ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Losing It All And Earning It Back -
12 years ago you might have recognized the name Bill Bartmann. He was on the richest lists with thanks to his debt collection company, Commercial Financial Services. After a serious scandal hit him and his business that is when everything began to go under reports Inc..
We started CFS in 1985. It was phenomenally [ ]... Online Shoppers Want One Thing This Holiday Season -
According to Website Magazine, e-commerce merchants who are still unsure of what consumers want this holiday season can direct their efforts toward providing user reviews, security verification and fair pricing. In a word, 2010 holiday shoppers are looking for online retailers they can trust.
That was the fundamental message from ChannelAdvisor?s 2010 Consumer Shopping Habits Survey, [ ]... The New King Of New Orleans -
Chris Schultz can divide his time in New Orleans into pre- and post-K periods: before and after Katrina reports Portfolio.com.
For Schultz, founder of the technology incubator Voodoo Ventures, the difference is that stark. What Schultz?who founded and sold an Internet travel business, Destination V.I.P., before moving to New Orleans from Los Angeles in 2002?has seen [ ]... U.S. Birth Rate Falls, Possible Effect Of Recession -
The Washington Post reports that the number of babies born in the United States has dropped for the second year in a row, according to new federal statistics released Friday that provide more evidence that the nation’s economic troubles are affecting the birth rate.
Provisional data for 2009 found that an estimated 4,136,000 babies were born [ ]... Tech Support By The Minute -
If you’re having computer problems, who do you call? If your computer is outdated then tech support for your machine might be out of the question. However, to take your computer in to a repairman can cost $50 or more just for a consultation and if you want them to come to your [ ]... Think You Know E-commerce? -
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... Ideas Wanted -
Tom Quinn isn’t the kind of entrepreneur who needs help getting his ideas in front of the right people. So why is he pitching his latest idea?a portable system to convert food scraps and other waste into ethanol?on a website frequented by basement tinkerers and dorm-room startups?
Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Quinn’s E-Fuel is among more [ ]... Made In USA?For Now -
According to a story at CNNMoney.com, “Made in USA still matters.” Is, and will remain Aegis Bicycles’ motto, even if it ultimately becomes the death knell for the company, promised owner Pete Orne.
Orne bought the business in 2004 and like so many domestic businesses, it’s hanging on by a thread.
Three years ago, Aegis was selling [ ]... Time To Go Patent Hunting? -
According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, Raymond Stauffer was shopping at a New Jersey mall when he noticed something peculiar about the bow ties on display at Brooks Brothers: They were labeled with old patent numbers.
Stauffer also happens to be a patent lawyer. He sued Brooks Brothers Inc. in federal court, claiming [ ]... Spreading Business Knowledge To Kids -
Chad Vail might be young but he is no newcomer to the word of business. Now a successful entrepreneur, he has entered into a new line of work. Chad is training a new generation of entrepreneurs reports The Berkley Independent.
Vail, who is president of Junior Achievement?s South Carolina Coastal Region, recently spent a [ ]... Top 10 Reasons For Entrepreneurial Success -
Jay Goltz owns five small businesses in Chicago. He recently posted a list on The New York Times
“You’re The Boss” blog of what he believes are the most important success factors in business:
1. Look for opportunities to do something better than just about everyone else.
2. Accept risk as a necessary evil. It makes for much [ ]... Mom/Daughter Business Caters To Pets -
When you walk into the shop created by Debbie and Kristy Yettaw, they want you to feel like animals are people too reports Press-Telegram.
Debbie, a laid-off transportation worker, and her 21-year-old daughter Kristy celebrated their grand opening onJuly 10.
Inspired by her daughter’s love of animals and a troubled economy, Debbie says they took Kristy’s passion, [ ]... Toy and Game Inventor Expo 2010 -
The Toy and Game Inventor Expo is the only industry event designed exclusively to help the new toy and game inventor and entrepreneur by providing networking and educational opportunities.
Independent inventors are an important source for new products to the Toy Industry, but because the industry relies heavily upon professional toy developers for new products it [ ]... Crowd Funding A Lighthouse -
An entrepreneur from Brunswick is hoping to save a lighthouse and keep it in the hands of the locals reports Mainebiz.
Bob Muller, a consultant with a background in IT and high-tech image mapping, is scrambling to crowd fund between $75,000 and $150,000 in individual $49 donations in order to buy the lighthouse in Casco Bay, [ ]... Toilet Business Opportunities -
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Modern-day squat evangelists make money off the claim that a “more natural” posture wards off all sorts of health problems, from Crohn’s disease to colon cancer. Inventor Jonathan Isbit runs a modest online business selling Nature’s Platform?a homemade, $150 device that fits over toilets to make them more like holes in the ground.* (He also [ ]... Big Sales From Tiny Shops -
According to a story at CNNMoney.com, after selling his Illinois gourmet food store and moving to Austin six years ago, Chris Miller was anxious to open another food-related business. So he became an early pioneer of one of food world’s hottest trends: mobile food trucks.
Miller’s hot-dog trailer transplants a Chicago classic down south. “I manage [ ]... Inventor?s Journal: Provisional Patents - In this episode, Rich Whittle explains the 7 easy steps to getting a provisional patent for your invention.
Click here to download the US Patent & Trademark Office Form Cover Sheet for provisional patents.
... Whew! What A Month! - The dog days of August are almost over and so is National Inventors Month. We covered a lot of inventors and inventions this month.
One of my favorites is the look back at inventors from the past who came up with ideas that we use without a second thought.
Inventor Legends: Edwin Binney and Harold Smith
Inventor Legends: [ ]... The 5 Greatest Fictional Inventors of All Time - Tom Swift
Wile E Coyote
Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts
Doc Emmett Brown
Q (James Bond)
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... One Green Entrepreneurs Discouraging Tale -
Jim Piazzo was looking forward to becoming a green entrepreneur with the help of San Jose. While he still might become a green entrepreneur it probably won’t be with much help from the city reports The Mercury News.
Here’s Piazzo’s story: Young tree surgeon tires of paying big dumping fees for tree limbs. He sees [ ]... Pawsitively Natural Pet Foods For Healthy Animals -
Although many people wouldn’t normally give it a second thought while pouring out some kibble for their dog, Carol Brown thinks twice about what they’re about to eat.
After losing more than one dog to cancer, Carol decided there must be something she can do to help improve the quality of her pets’ life. She [ ]... Trademark Is Your Invention?s Brand Protection -
In celebrating National Inventors Month, we have concentrated on bringing you stories about inventors and inventions. In this post, we’re going to look at trademarks. Why trademarks? Federal trademark registration adds value to the products you have invented.
According to the USPTO, a trademark is the name, symbol or logo that you have [ ]... Simple Invention: The Clumsee -
According to the Chicago ABC7 News website, 89-year-old Al Roth was inspired to invent the Clumsee after finding it increasingly difficult to hold onto his digital camera.
The Clumsee is a handle extension for small digital cameras. The device screws into bottom of any point-and-shoot digital camera, allowing the camera user an easier grip than the [ ]... Poll Update: Online Movies -
How much does it cost Netflix to stream a movie in HD?
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According to a story at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, delivering online video is becoming much more of a commodity business.
The average price websites pay to stream video fell 40 percent to 45 percent in 2009 and is on track to [ ]... Add your link - Submission Guidelines Copyright © 2010, Home Business Software. All Rights Reserved. |
