TomsRiverTimes.micromediapubs.com:

In 1987, a hardworking man quit his job at a nuclear power plant with the desire to start his own company. When Thomas Kohler made the promising decision to transform his previous experience and part-time work as a plumber into a full-fledged family owned business, he knew it would not be an easy task. With […]

PressBanner.com:
Jerry Toste of Scotts Valley is only 21 and seems to have a perpetual smile on his face. He should — his low-tech startup, Cheap Hauling, is on everyone’s lips: Those trucks are everywhere.
Toste is grossing $800,000 per year after 1½ years in business, not bad for a guy who decided that “college and I […]

Entrepreneur.com:
Every day, millions of people rush off to work or read the news with a piping hot cup of coffee they’ve just bought. These consumers are fueling the $12.27 billion coffee industry and, by association, the coffee sleeve industry.
Moving on to the day’s next task, however, happens to be a little more difficult if your beverage is singeing your […]

BusinessWeek.com:
Barry Thomsen began his entrepreneurial career as a 10-year-old running a paper route and selling lemonade to workers at construction sites. From there, he sold Amway and Avon, delivered pizza, and started and owned a number of businesses that ranged from a small manufacturer to a business forms supplier. During the course of some 30 years […]

SoutheastTexasLive.com:
Leo Danna never had any formal culinary training, but he spent years working behind the counter at his parents’ old restaurant, the Quality Cafe. Being half-Italian, he said, he also had a knack “for throwing stuff together and making it taste pretty good.”
So 12 years ago, he began tinkering in the cafe’s kitchen to produce […]

NewsDurhamRegion.com:
An art therapist is showing new mothers a baby doesn’t have to be the only new creation they welcome into the world.
Susanne Watson-Bongard offers art and wellness programs for all ages with her company, Art and Soul Express.
The studio is home-based with a focus on new and expectant mothers they can also give birth to […]

Weekend.entrepreneur.com:
Like many restless college roommates, Jamee Kunichika and Sherilyn Luke wanted a business to call their own. Instead of just dreaming about it, they took action.
Three years later, having endured extreme highs and lows, they are enjoying the sweet smell of success. Together they have attained their dreams with POOF, a liquid toilet odor eliminator.
After […]

Entrepreneur.com:   “We’ve busted out the crystal ball to predict the hottest industries for the coming year…”
Be sure to check out all 7 pages!

Entrepreneur.com:
In 2002, when Farshad Tafazzoli started Delray Beach, Florida-based Zoli Corp., it was made up of little more than a series of hip-shooting analyses and his willingness to take a chance. “I looked at everything with an open mind and made a gut decision,” says Tafazzoli, 35, who projects 2007 revenue of $3.1 million for his […]

EastValleyTribune.com:
Kristen Senseman learned to love wine from her parents while growing up in Scottsdale, although the 24-year-old has only been old enough to taste it for a few years. Now she and seven of her friends — all under 30 — have their own label, Hope Wine, a brand with a cause.
Three of them, in […]

ChicagoTribune.com:
Raising capital to move a company to the next level is a common challenge for start-ups, experts said. Too young to qualify for most bank loans or venture capital, many early-stage companies rely on handouts from family and friends, plus credit card debt, to bootstrap their businesses.
When those are tapped out, most start looking for […]

SeattleTimes.nwsource.com:
A year ago, I couldn’t turn around at startup events without bumping into someone launching a social-networking business.
They knew it was the next big thing and a great opportunity to connect with a young demographic sought by advertisers. Now it seems the market is maturing. Literally.
As in, everywhere I go lately, I meet someone starting […]

Entrepreneur.com:
Teaching is a selfless career. For some educators, changing a student’s life makes all the hard work worth it. But endless piles of papers, insufficient planning time and meager salaries can leave some teachers feeling helpless and unrewarded. A 2007 report from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics found that half […]

TheStreet.com:
Even business owners may have trouble grasping the concept at first: lawyers who give up their practice to become entrepreneurs. After all, who hasn’t daydreamed about standing in a courtroom and nailing a murderer, getting him to break down and confess to a horrific crime?
And yet you have people like Ramy Abu-Yousef, 31, who has […]

CrainsNewYork: 
A new Web site business start-up hopes to tap into the $63 billion luxury retail market by offering steep discounts on designer labels.
The site, Gilt, sells items from one designer at a time for about 24 to 36 hours or until items are sold out. Merchandise on the site is marked down by 50% to 70%. The site […]

TechCrunch: 
New startup Mixx, which went in to private beta just two months ago, may be finding itself with the right product at the right time. Digg users, including top contributors, are showing an increasing amount of frustration with the Digg community, and many are leaving.
Chris McGill, formerly the General Manager of Yahoo News and more […]

SFGate: 
Meebo, the Web startup in Mountain View that aggregates instant messaging services onto one site, is on a drive to revolutionize the medium using outside applications.
Last month, it introduced an open platform with new voice and video services. Today, it’s introducing about 20 video games that can be shared among Meebo members.
All of that has […]

BizJournals: 
Small businesses expect to increase employment numbers over the next 12 months, according a new survey.
Sixty percent of senior executives and managers at small businesses say they expect employment to increase, according to the survey of 180 senior executives conducted by NFI Research. Small businesses have fewer than 500 employees.
For large businesses with 10,000 or […]

Canada.com: 
Entrepreneur Nick Kellet is hoping that his successful board game is the gift that keeps on giving.
And the 44-year-old hopes next year will see him break even on his investment of between $150,000 and $200,000 on GiftTRAP.
“I was trying to think of board games and my daughter Freya, who was six at the time, asked, […]

MediaPost: 
An entrepreneur in Phoenix is looking to combine the growing craze for coffee and coffee products with increased discretionary pet spending, through a new product introduction: Doggy Java.
“Everybody drinks coffee and tea,” Mari Justin, creator of the drink, tells Marketing Daily. “I thought that it would be a good time to share with my dog.”
The beef-flavored (but […]

BusinessWeek.com:
I just returned from giving a keynote speech to 1,000 enthusiastic members of the student association Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda. […] 
In my speech, I reminded the students about something Apple…Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said in a Stanford commencement address. “Life is too short to live somebody else’s dream.” Follow your passion, […]

BusinessWeek.com:
Sara Blakely had been selling fax machines and office copiers door-to-door for seven years when she had an idea for a clothing line that would transform her from an employee into a successful entrepreneur. In a moment of inspiration, Blakely, frustrated with her “unsightly panty lines,” cut the feet off a pair of panty hose […]

ThisIsMoney.co.uk:
Alex Tew came up with the idea for the ‘Million Dollar Homepage’, a website that sold advertising space on the internet, in 2005 while brainstorming ideas on how to make money to pay for his university career. […]
[Alex:] “I launched the Million Dollar Homepage in August 2005 and six months before I was working at […]

KCCommunityNews.com:
While Dan Mellott, 31, is wrapping an antique piece of china to ship across the world, he might be thinking about his music.
Mellott, who owns two area UPS Stores, also is lead singer of Browntown.
“I’m a man of tangents, I bounce around a lot,” he said. “I may be overnighting a china set for Grandma […]

LATimes.com:
The Big Picture: As the writers strike enters its third week, I think the future belongs to a tantalizing new hyphenate: the writers-entrepreneur. […]
“Writers who create something rare — a story with great, original characters that movie stars will cut their price to play — have a real value,” says Mandate production chief Nathan Kahane. […]

Entrepreneur.com:
Determining which industries aren’t long for this world may seem easy enough. But some types of businesses, such as telemarketing, are surprisingly hard to kill. And then again, other industries, probably the ones you’re sad to see go, can’t find a way to survive.
So start setting up your office pool, because here are our picks for 10 […]

MSNBC.com:

They roll out of bed in the morning and head off for work–still in their pajamas. They work from their dining room tables, stock inventory in their cupboards and arrange meetings in the lobbies of their local hotels. They set their own schedules, jog on the beach during their lunch breaks and give out their […]

Inspired.entrepreneur.com:
Whether you call them advisory boards or mastermind groups, much has been said–and written–about the value of good advisors. In one of the programs I lead where we’re helping women start technology-based businesses, we all but require the women entrepreneurs to build an advisory board. […]
If you are new at the whole entrepreneur thing, advice […]

USAToday.com:

Q: I started a web design company last year and it’s going great – I have more work than I know what to do with. My problem is that I have been asked to do a site that is much bigger than anything I have done before and it will take all my time for […]

AmericanVentureMagazine.com:
The ten years that Pauline Lewis spent as an international market researcher taught her how to navigate the complex waters of corporate America.
But that decade also taught her something else: how she would do things differently.
Lewis, 36, has put that hard-earned knowledge to work. Three years ago, she walked away from her job to create […]

JamaicaPlainGazette: 
When Francesco Calderaro came to the United States from Palermo, Sicily eight years ago to pursue a master’s degree, he was amazed at some of the things that passed for “authentic” Italian food, he said in an interview last week. The JP resident said he was particularly shocked at most of the coffee that was […]

NWAsianWeekly:
Choosing not to follow the typical professional career path of working for a big company right out of college, Calvin admits he felt behind where he and others closest to him felt he should have been at the age of 27.
“I always came back to the same idea of putting together a venture and taking […]

680News.com: 
The booming Toronto condominium market means business opportunities for more than just real estate agents.
Adam Roach, 26, has been recruiting people to secure spots in line for agents, for up to a week at a time, so that they can get their first pick when new condominium developments go on sale.
He told 680News about his plan […]

WashingtonPost.com:
Rupert Murdoch’s announcement this week that he expects to stop charging for access to the Wall Street Journal’s Web site is the latest example of a publisher giving up on the subscription-based business model — a significant shift in the evolution of online content.
In recent months, the Economist, the New York Times and the Financial Times […]

SMH.com.au:
I don’t get golf. But obviously a lot of people do. And that’s great for small business entrepreneur Brad Lindenberg who has harnessed people’s love with the sport into a thriving business. Three years ago, Lindenberg had the foresight to purchase www.golfclubs.com.au for $4000. It was then owned by a photocopier repairman.
He has now parlayed […]

WiltonVillager.com:
Laurel Touby never set out to become an entrepreneur, yet she recently sold her company for $23 million.
Building a Web site was never in her mind as she pursued a creative writing career, yet her Web site has more than 700,000 registered users and gets more than a million unique visitors each month.
“I never dreamed […]

Leesburg2day.com:
Cheryl Harris, owner of Conscious Creations, found her business because she wanted to help others. After more than 10 years in corporate America, she looked for a job that would make her feel fulfilled. “I worked my way up from secretary to contracts manager,” she recalled. “I reached a point where I looked after all […]

WashingtonPost.com:
Choosing how to structure a business can be daunting for any small business owner or entrepreneur. Should a firm be a limited liability complany (LLC), an S Corporation or something else?
“It’s the No. 1 most misconstrued, misinformed decision that small businesses make today,” said tax expert Gene Fairbrother of Dallas.
Much of the decision-making process should […]

Entrepreneur.com:
There’s a big difference between starting a company as a young entrepreneur with stars in your eyes and launching a business at an age when you need reading glasses. If you’re a twentysomething student with an idea for a better search engine, like Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, you can start over if the idea […]

TechCrunch.com:
American lives, F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, don’t have a second act. As the New York Times’ Gary Rivlin reported in his profile of PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Silicon Valley hasn’t noticed. More companies than ever are being started by serial entrepreneurs. The second coming of the Internet bubble, Web 2.0, has in some ways […]

NYTimes.com:
A generation of digital-era Henry Fords, unabashed and brimming with confidence, has emerged. Born of Silicon Valley and the dot-com culture, they are trying to apply to carmaking the same entrepreneurial spirit that built the information superhighway.
Most of the inventors are not carmakers by background or training. But they are cocksure, backed by millions of […]

TheStreet.com:
The Small Business Administration reports that there are about 26 million small businesses in the U.S. This includes 20 million sole proprietors and 6 million businesses with employees.
Intuit recently conducted a survey that found 72% of Americans want to start their own business. In addition, 84% believe they would be more passionate about their work if […]

Here’s an awesome list of podcasts on many entrepreneurial topics for your enjoyment…
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BostonHerald.com:
These days some of the most creative niche retailing is happening in local shopping districts, which are attracting a new class of entrepreneur to Main Street and restoring vitality to what were tired retail areas.
“Niche retailing is the way to go today,” says Marilyn Manning, executive director of the Quincy Business Association. “Shoppers today know […]

ABCNews.go.com:
For centuries, the United States has been the land of opportunity for immigrants — it was a Russian, Igor Sikorsky, who gave America the first helicopter. And Alexander Graham Bell wasn’t American. He was Scottish, but he unveiled the first telephone. Immigrants have been a driving force in business ventures all across America; companies like […]

TDN.com:
This is a story about a fashion altruist. Never heard of such a thing? Well, meet Blake Mycoskie, a young entrepreneur and former “Amazing Race” contestant.
When the enterprising Texan took a vacation in Argentina 18 months ago, he was struck by two things: the simple style of the alpargata, a traditional Argentine rope-soled shoe, and […]

Entrepreneur.com:
 In May, Gina Scarda was sergeant of the New York Police Department’s Technical Assistance and Response Unit. Just six months later, she has three new titles taking the place of sergeant: franchise owner, holistic health counselor and stand-up comic.Law enforcement officials like Scarda, 46, face a variety of stress on a daily basis. Whether it comes from juggling their […]

NYDailyNews.com: 
Danny Meyer opened his first restaurant more than two decades ago at the age of 27, borrowing money from reluctant family members.
He’s built that into an empire of seven restaurants that includes Union Square Cafe and Gramercy Tavern, which are consistently ranked by the Zagat guide as among the city’s most popular dining spots.
Your Money […]

Associated Press: 
Landy Ung and her boyfriend, Wan Hsi Yuan, 27, run their online coupon business, 8coupons.com, from their 500-square-foot New York studio apartment, meaning headquarters is, effectively, their couch. The business, which text messages discounts to users’ mobile phones, keeps Yuan and Ung, who is 28, up until 3 a.m. most nights….
Ung and Yuan have put $30,000 into […]

ColumbiaTribune:
The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that there are nearly 5.5 million military veteran entrepreneurs in the country. Although the number varies slightly each year, on average 22 percent of veterans either purchase or start a business annually. Experts tell us many return from active duty with a newfound confidence in themselves and their ideas. They […]

Upandrunning.entrepreneur.com:
If you can, enter a business plan or venture contest. There are more of them every year. I’ve been personally involved with several, including University of Oregon, University of Texas and University of San Francisco, as well as these two at the University of Notre Dame. Contests are cropping up in lots of new places, […]

View profiles of 100 noteworthy home-based businesses — these should spark some fresh ideas!
Here: StartupNation.com

Richmond.com:
When Mike Gilbert spilled orange juice on his pants in the late 1990s, it caused more than just a stain.
For Gilbert, an aspiring entrepreneur at the time, it was his “Eureka!” moment and the rest has been fizzy delicious history. 
Gilbert is the creator of The Switch, a carbonated 100 percent juice beverage that got its […]

IdahoStatesman.com:
I’m 40 years old this year, and I’m finally living my dream. Just a few years ago, I was a chemical engineer at Micron with a secure income and nice house. Two years ago, I walked away from all that and became an entrepreneur. I have never worked so hard or had such an uncertain […]

TheStreet.com:
Cooking up smokin’ steaks is easy and much more satisfying than fancy catering, Rick Ivey and his wife realized when their catering company was asked to do barbecue for an upscale wedding in 1999.
One year and $7,000 later, Ivey opened Virginia BBQ out of a former dress consignment house in Ashland, Va., and began cooking […]

Seattlepi.com:
This week’s column highlights a government grant program for prerevenue-stage and expansion-stage small businesses. This program is called the Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR.
SBIR funds are granted in two phases: Phase I awards provide up to $100,000 to help businesses research and test the feasibility of a new product or service idea. Often […]

NYSun.com:
David Karp, the 21-year-old brains behind Tumblr, a site that allows users to create Web logs in just 10 seconds, is a fresh face of the rising wave of New York dotcom entrepreneurs. […]Mr. Karp began his career as a technology guru at age 14, when he spent a summer working for Fred Seibert, a […]

NewsDurhamRegion.com:
It was the quest for perfection that put Lesley DiGregorio and Jen Clarke on the entrepreneur train.
The first-time moms were on maternity leave together three years ago when they realized the baby carriers currently on the market did not meet their specific needs.
By the time Ms. DiGregorio had her second child — Ms. Clarke followed […]

Upandrunning.entrepreneur.com:
Here’s a tip for your restaurant startup: Go green. Whether you’re fast foods, fine dining, takeout or delivery, serve foods that are as nutritionally correct, organic and as socially correct as you can make them. That way you’ll ride the trend toward healthier eating that’s already obvious on both coasts and coming soon to the […]

TheStreet.com:
Nothing is more important to making a good first branding impression than your business card. In addition to the information included, a card’s look and feel also sends a strong message about your business. That’s why I’m perplexed by the many poorly designed business cards I see these days. Just because you can log on […]

TheStreet.com:
At 35, Doug Finke was putting in 70-hour work weeks as a manager at a local Peterbilt dealership in Fargo, N.D. With a wife and two kids at home, Finke worked hard to establish a career, but bonuses continually decreased and promotions fell short of expectations.
When Finke unexpectedly found himself without a job, he decided […]

Canada.com:
Ladouceur, owner and president of Signatures Shows Ltd., has been holding craft and artisan fairs at the Congress Centre…25 years and counting. To suggest they’ve become somewhat of a holiday season staple in Ottawa would be an understatement: Each November some 25,000 shoppers flock to the show, snapping artisan-made jewelry, clothing, pottery, glass, leather and […]

Business.mainetoday.com:
Whether it’s applying solid color to a chair featuring intricately- turned legs or painting a scene on a side table, Phyllis Giordano’s intent is to redefine the character of a piece of furniture, rather than conceal it.
As an artist, designer and owner of the York business Painted Treasurers, Giordano works with antique, vintage and other […]

AZCentral.com:
What business offers: Mobil shaved-ice kiosk that comes to you, wherever your event is. Festivals, carnivals, school events (football games, track meets, wrestling tournaments, dances, carwashes, booster events, fundraisers, band events). We are much better than an old-fashioned crunchy-ice snow cone. This is like eating fluffy “snow.” We also can become sort of like a […]

News.independent.co.uk:
Pop into a music class for young children and the chances are you’ll find them sitting in a circle singing songs. When Helen Harrington’s son was young and boisterous, this was less than ideal. “Don’t get me wrong – these types of classes are fantastic, but my little boy needed something less rigid and more […]

EMS.gmnews.com:
With his new Web site ProHaloLeague.com and organized LAN (local area network) tournaments, Ryan Gellis, 17, hopes to move gaming from leisure to outright competition.
“The kids can play in teams with each other and can play against each other from all over the country in the comfort of their own home,” said Gellis, a freshman […]

News.Enquirer.com:
The Internet marketplace is feasting its eyes on 78 million baby boomers who, according to surveys, have embraced this virtual world to do more than e-mail family and friends.
In April, entrepreneur Herschel “Buzz” Peddicord launched Boomertowne.com. Within months he had an estimated 9,000 baby boomers signed up for free membership. And Jeff Taylor, founder of […]

Coloradoan.com:
 Question: What is the Northern Colorado Food Incubator? Answer: The Northern Colorado Food Incubator Inc. is a not-for-profit Colorado corporation. We’re dedicated to strengthening the local food system of Northern Colorado and to supporting the success of local food-related businesses. Our mission is to strengthen the local food economy by:
> Fostering the relationships between local […]

AZCentral.com:
The cubicles of corporate America are filled with would-be entrepreneurs dreaming of their shot at independence. But it takes a special breed to actually make it happen. The leaders of these four Arizona companies have escaped the confines of big companies and found success. It’s hard work, but the personal and financial rewards make it […]

NYDailyNews.com: 
The first time Kathy Moskal launched a business, she created a whole new product category.
Her company, Hue, manufactured hip alternatives to hosiery - colored tights, and knee-highs to wear with pants - and garmentos coined the term “fashion legwear.” The company’s sales reached $40 million, and Moskal made a bundle when she and a co-owner […]

Mlive.com:
After her daughter May was born two years ago, Maureen Weston wanted to get back in shape.
She signed on with a fitness program called Stroller Strides, a national franchise run locally by her neighbor Vicky Mergen. Little did she know, that fitness decision would also launch Weston’s career as an entrepreneur.
Weston loved Stroller Strides, which […]

Entrepreneur.com:
EBay means business, and PowerSeller status is the mark of a successful seller. Power-Sellers must meet certain requirements, such as averaging at least $1,000 in sales per month for three consecutive months and maintaining a positive feedback rating of at least 98 percent. There are five tiers of PowerSellers ranging from Bronze ($1,000 in monthly sales) to […]

SLTrib.com:
Jessica Yescas adheres to the belief that “success often comes to those who have the aptitude to see way down the road.”
    That philosophy compelled Yescas and husband Enrique to each work two jobs for years until they saved enough money to buy the Pier 49 Pizza franchise in Murray. And it has enabled her […]

LivingstonDaily.com:
It’s not only seeing the finished product that motivates Paul McClorey, owner of Paulson’s Construction, which specializes in remodeling, renovation and restoration. It’s also the problem-solving and working with clients to identify and resolve issues with their homes. “I enjoy being able to go in and figure out what the problem is and educate people […]

BCHeights.com:
Do you have any business ideas you don’t know what do with? Mike Michalowicz’s advice might be what you’re looking for. On Monday…the Boston College Entrepreneur Society hosted Michalowicz who spoke about the nature of entrepreneurship and his experiences as an entrepreneur.
Michalowicz, a graduate of Virginia Tech, is 36 years old and has owned three […]