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Opportunities RSS FeedsWhen The Folks Give You The Biz - Watching fellow college students working for $7.50 an hour after graduation, Tana Walther, a fashion-design major at Kent State University in Ohio, snapped up an alternative offered by her father?to run a Pita Pit restaurant franchise he would buy. “I guess I bought her a job,” says her father, Jan Walther, of North Canton, Ohio. According [ ]...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Soft Granola Leads Entrepreneur On The Trail To Success -
Now that Justin Avery Anderson’s soft granola has made it to the shelves of Whole Foods and Central Market, he hopes to take it all the way to the White House reports The Dallas Morning News.
“I have not contacted the White House, but that’s the plan for the next few weeks,” the 23-year-old says.
Anderson started [ ]... The Playground Has Gone Indoors -
Michelle Christerson would find herself faced with a challenge whenever it would rain. Where would she take her 4 and 12 year old children to play? Between a play structure located at the mall and an arcade, there just weren’t many options. According to the Kitsap Sun, that was when she decided [ ]... Pulling The Cheese - Ever wonder how even mediocre-tasting pizza can look delectably mouth-watering in commercials?
From the perfect cheese pull to tweezing the mozzarella, Domino?s gives us a backstage look at the creation of a pizza commercial.
That explains why a large pizza costs $15!
... The Interior Redesigner -
According to The Morning Journal, DesAnn Collins started Design by DesAnn in 2006. The opportunity came after the sale of a family-owned convenience store.
Collins is an interior decorator specializing in home staging, making subtle changes inside homes for sale to make them more appealing to buyers.
?Most of the time the homes are still occupied, [ ]... Libraries Stack Up -
Red boxes, red envelopes and the blue and yellow Blockbuster stores may dominate the movie rental landscape, but according to a recent survey, when Americans want to watch a DVD, they are most likely to turn to their local library.
The Hartford Courant reports the survey, released this year by OCLC, a nonprofit library co-operative and [ ]... 4th Annual Houston Inventors Tradeshow -
The Houston Inventors Association and the University of Houston Small Business Development Center are having the Fourth Annual Inventors Tradeshow on Wednesday August 11, 2010 from 5 to 8:30 pm. In addition to members of the Houston Inventors Association, we have invited inventors from other surrounding areas. We have also invited representatives from local companies [ ]... Never Quit! -
WomenEntrepreneur.com dishes out inspiration from current mompreneurs.
? Royn Pellei of Vive Vita thought she was getting her big break when a big company became interested in one of her baby products. That company soon decided the product was unacceptable. Pellei went back to the drawing board, created an even better product and sealed the [ ]... How To Obtain A Popular Blog -
Everyone who owns a blog of any kind has the number one dream of having such a popular blog that it’s almost hard to keep up on the feedback and comments that are left. So how do you obtain such a wildly popular blog? Look below for some tips that I recently came across on [ ]... How Do You Spend Your Time? -
At work we all have delegated schedules where we allow ourselves a certain amount of time per project that we work on. So it stands to reason that whatever we spend the most of our time on should be obviously what we cherish or value most in our work. However, sometimes this is not the [ ]... The New York Night Owls -
Who needs sleep when there are start-ups to launch? Between endless e-mail conversations and talkative co-workers, getting actual work done during the day isn’t always an easy proposition.
The New York Times has an interesting article about a group of entrepreneurs, freelancers, and software developers who have come up with a nocturnal solution to that problem.
Calling [ ]... Bringing Renewable Energy To The Main Street -
The USA Solar Store is a chain of independently run shops that offer alternative energy products. With 24 stores in 11 states, from California to Vermont, it is their goal to help bring renewable energy to everyday people all over the US.
Inspired by Helen and Scott Nearing, Dave Bonta and his wife moved to [ ]... Did You Hear The One About The Comedian And The Copyright Law? -
Ponder the difference between the comedian and the musician. Both create and perform works to entertain audiences, but they go about protecting that work in different ways. The notoriously litigious music industry often resorts to the legal system to protect itself from pirates and samplers. But comedians don’t. So why hasn’t the joke well gone [ ]... Rehab At Home -
Jeremy Green, a physical therapist and entrepreneur, had to go through two rotator cuff surgeries so he knows just how important it is to do the prescribed exercises correctly reports NewsOK.
Green was studying to become a physical therapist when he had the idea that became Real Time Rehab. He deferred his studies and became an [ ]... Can Microloans Help American Small Bizs? -
Amanda Keppert is convinced that she would have lost her hot dog stand in San Jose, Calif., if she had not received a type of loan that is more common in the third world than in the United States.
According to a story in The New York Times, last year, as fewer people ate out and [ ]... Cupcake Bubble? -
Are we in a cupcake bubble? Why will people wait in ridiculously long lines for cupcakes but not for plain old cake?
How soon until the crash?
What’s next? Brownies?
... Turn Your Phone Into A Radio Studio -
Whether you’re a citizen journalist, podcaster or simply interested in sharing some sound with friends, your cell phone can become your mobile radio studio.
MobileActive has published an excellent guide to making mobile audio in the field. A few key tips from the guide:
Microphone positioning. “Place the mobile phone so it faces your subject (or yourself [ ]... New Program Series Debuts Today -
We?re adding another new program to our lineup, THAT’S MY BUSINESS! This week Rich Whittle interviews author Sherry Sexton about her new book on women entrepreneurs.
... Franchise Reinvents The Ice Cream Truck -
If you’ve ever lived in a neighborhood that had an ice cream truck come through, then you already have a basic idea of what they look like. Basically they are big, bulky vans with a window in the side for handing out the treats you purchase. However one company is out to change [ ]... Blogging Tips -
Tim Berry recently celebrated his 1,000 Th blog post on his website, lets give a big congratulations to him on his achievement! He was kind enough to give some insight for his 1,000 Th blog, he listed several blogging tips for all of you bloggers out there.
While some of us may think that imitation of another [ ]... Software Licensing -
Small businesses have been known to run into software licensing problems before. These problems are normally when the small business is trying to cut costs on many things and one of them happens to be their software, so they go out and find some software that is the cheapest they can find and it turns out [ ]... Garage Sale Purchase Worth $200 Million? -
Rick Norsigian, a goateed 64-year-old maintenance worker who has spent most of his life living in the same house on a quiet street in Fresno, has long had a penchant for collecting antiques. His hobby may have paid off in a big way.
The Fresno Bee reports Norsigian and his attorney announced that 60 glass negatives [ ]... Sauceaholics? Recipe For Success -
According to The Florida Times-Union, the barbecue sauces, salsas, mustards and rubs are on the shelves. Now the owners of Sauceaholics just have to hope for business.
They opened the small shop in Lakewood, Florida, last week. It’s a simple operation by most business standards – one employee and 900 square feet of jars and bottles [ ]... The Happiest Entrepreneurs In Canada -
According to a TD Canada Trust survey and BIV Business Today, the top five happiest entrepreneurial cities are Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Overall, high satisfaction levels associated with owning their own business were the main reasons for small business owners having a more positive attitude than those who work for someone else.
About 97% [ ]... Re-energizing Your Day, Every Day -
Numerous research studies show that our bodies operate by 90 minute rhythms during the day. When we?re awake, we move from higher to lower alertness every 90 minutes.
Matthew E. May at OPEN Forum says we should try to get things done in bursts of intensely focused activity, interspersed with periods of rest and recovery.
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