Entrepreneur:
“Shelly Hwang, owns an all-natural, nonfat frozen yogurt shop called Pinkberry in West Hollywood, California.
The yogurt, which took a year to perfect, is all-natural, nonfat and served in a setting that features high-end Italian furniture, Scandinavian light fixtures and hip European music. Known to customers as “Crackberry,” Pinkberry offers an experience so addictive that customers–up to […]
CNN Money:
“Every morning I wake up at 4:30, brush my teeth, and head to the office wearing pajamas. I don’t travel far - my desk is in my bedroom’s walk-in closet.
My husband, Tom, and I started our 12-employee firm, Atlantic Infra-red (atlanticinfra-red.com), in 2002 out of our home in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. We own […]
Dallas Morning News:
“Dallas investor Dean Lontos rode the recent real estate boom, one house at a time.
The former lender started buying houses as an investor in January 2006 to cash in on what he saw as a booming market. After renovating them, he resold for a tidy profit.
And business was good. Entrepreneurs like Mr. Lontos […]
EastValleyTribune:
“Most people who reach the age of 50 start thinking about how to prepare for retirement. Jim Whiteside was ready to start a whole new career.
Whiteside sold his interest in a medical supply company after 30 years in that business and started a chauffeured hybrid-vehicle transportation service in May.
Tempe-based EnviroCar is a cross between a […]
TigardTimes:
“A popular figure at the Tigard Area Farmers’ Market (Oregon) this summer has been Katy Douglas, 11, who sells sunflowers that she raises herself. The sixth-grader in Southwest Portland and has been helping out her parents, Cathy and Ken, in their booth for the past three years.
The family, which owns 7½ acres and plants a garden on three-quarters of […]
TechRepublic:
“Many of us have at one point in our careers become frustrated with the places we work. Maybe it’s the time-clock mentality you want to rebel against, or maybe you don’t have faith in business decisions that are being made. Maybe you just don’t feel fulfilled as an employee and would like to try your […]
StrausNews:
“Renay Bashaw opened Your “Other” Closet, a consignment boutique in Viking Village (NJ), last Sept. 31. With a discerning eye for fashion, a commitment to making it easy for consigners to do business with her and finely tuned customer service skills, it’s hardly a surprise that she finds business has been “better than expected” in […]
Entrepreneur:
“Q: I am interested in producing targeted coupon books for my community. Do you have any further research on this topic?
A: If you’re interested in pursuing the coupon publishing business, franchises are available, but this is a business you can start without a franchise. However, you will need the help of someone with desktop publishing skills to […]
Seattle PI:
“Armchair quarterbacks will be able to put their play calling skills to the test this football season thanks to a new online fantasy game from a Bellevue startup called YOUbeQB.
Unlike other fantasy leagues in which points are accumulated by the performance of individual players or the outcomes of games, YOUbeQB allows laptop-wielding fans to […]
FoxNews:
“SayNow’s service, slated to formally launch next month, lets celebrities receive voice messages and send ones en masse to those who have subscribed to be a part of their fan community. Each celebrity gets a phone number that fans can call to either record a message or listen to one left by the artist.
The service is […]
FoxNews:
“Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine.
An Austin-based startup called EEStor promised ”technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries,” meaning a motorist could plug in a car […]
