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Like many great mom entrepreneurs before her, Michelle Brandriss’ business began out of frustration. She was looking for a customizable kids label that would fit her specific needs and found herself unsatisfied with the options available. ...
The Miami Herald: Moms, some recently downsized, are finding niches in all kinds of unique areas. I met Joan Alini, a laid-off school teacher who sells aprons packaged in pie boxes. Crazy? You may think so, but she’s found her target audience in schoolteacher friends — and she’s making money. I al...
TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year, we’ll feature some of the ones we find interesting. At 8:47 a.m. on March 12, fish history happened in Port Lincoln, Australia. A ...
RidgeBlade is a wind-power system that can be fitted to buildings with minimum visual impact and maximum energy conversion potential, reports trendspotter Springwise...
The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) released a study which shows that net employment losses are expected to rebound in the first quarter of 2010, the Associated Press reports. The survey predicts that employers will start adding to their payrolls shortly after that...
CBS5.com: Sasha Nichols couldn’t find interesting looking bows that stayed put in her daughter’s hair. So the homemaker took out the glue gun and made her own. From a little workstation in her garage, her business Bow Bijou bloomed. She started selling bows in local boutiques. “T...
Cincinnati.com: Move over Chad Ochocinco. There’s a new iPhone sheriff in town – a stay-at-home mom of six who has taught herself how to program applications herself. No...
Small Business Computing says quality legal advice and services are expensive. But for small companies trying to navigate the minefields of setting up and running a business — especially for the first time — not getting legal advice can end up being even more expensive. Wh...
In tough economic times, it can make sense for consumers to be both transumers—eschewing the burdens of ownership in favor of shorter-term privileges—and sellsumers, making the most of what assets they do own writes trendspotter Springwise. Ai...
Naperville Sun: Tinika Amison realizes that if she is going to help people, the first step must literally be her own. The 33-year-old single mom of three children who lives in Naperville launched a new mobile nail spa business earlier this year known as Angel Feet...
TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year, we’ll feature some of the ones we find interesting. It’s odd to think of putting sticks of wood inside people as a revolutionary medical procedure, but that’s exactly what a group of Italian scientists is working on. They’...
Cyber Monday is, of course, what is touted to be the busiest day of the year for online sales. It comes the Monday after Black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving that kicks off the holiday shopping season at bricks and mortar stores), reports Inc.com...
Kentucky.com: Between Craigslist and eBay, the Internet is well established as a marketplace where one person’s trash is transformed into another’s treasure. No...
North County Times: Like countless new mothers, Robyn Collar found two hands weren’t enough. With an infant girl, Kayli, and a newborn son, Talen, Collar found herself more than 100 percent occupied. ...
Entrepreneurship programs at UW–Madison are supporting innovative thinking and actions, so says UW News. A new course, Art as Business as Art, is showing students in the arts the range of creative possibilities available to them and giving them the tools they need to advance their career goals. ...
