Montreal Gazette:
Eco-Friendly, Organic Compost Business
“Last summer, Stephen McLeod started an organic waste pickup service, charging clients $5 a week to pick up and properly dispose of their table scraps and garden wastes. The service, called Compost Montreal, has almost 100 clients in St. Henri, the Plateau and Notre Dame de Grâce.
McLeod, who also runs an […]
Entrepreneur:
Start a Doll Making & Repair Business
“It may not seem like it, but doll making and repairs is a giant segment of the craft and toy industry. To reinforce this, simply visit an antique shop that specializes in antique dolls or a retailer of new custom “one of a kind” dolls, and you’ll soon see […]
Salt Lake Tribune:
In a tiny showroom of twisted light bulbs, energy entrepreneur Paul Isom is going gangbusters for green.
He speaks of wax-covered refrigerator thermostats, pinkie-sized fluorescent bulbs that need no ballast and energy adapters that can make a drinking fountain, escalator and even a rock crusher run more efficiently.
“There are two types of green,” Isom […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Upandrunning.entrepreneur.com:
It’s called The Trunk Club. It’s a great example of how market, identity, and focus come together to build new businesses that combine new ideas with old-fashioned serving the customer. It’s also a personal favorite because it’s the brainchild of one of my former students.
Three years ago Joanna Van Vleck was a student at the […]
InBusinessLasVegas:
Jim Rasmussen credits youthful drive, fueled by an inherent interest in cars, for shaping his professional aspirations.
Although Rasmussen had intended to follow in his mother’s successful footsteps and pursue a career in the insurance industry, he happened upon an untapped market with boundless potential and elected to instead launch his own business.
“I found a niche […]
WebWorkerDaily.com:
My husband and I are entrepreneurs, and together, we co-founded EBSQ Self-Representing Artists. Our business is a bit of an anomaly in the social web realm. A lot of businesses are built specifically to attract a community as its business model. Our community, founded by California artist John Seed in 2000, came built-in, so to […]
ChicagoSuburbanNews.com:
Until 9/11, Lucille K. Green made a good living as a corporate head hunter, recruiting lawyers from one firm to another. But after the events that shook the country’s foundation, she found she wanted more from her career.
“I just burned out on it,” said Green, 76. “I didn’t want to work for a corporation.”
So in […]
FrederickNewsPost:
Cindi Webb was originally looking for space to expand her New Market business, TumbleBee’s Gym for Kids, when she discovered an 8,000-square-foot space that could be turned into a child learning center.
The renovated learning center includes a paint job, new equipment, a plastic privacy fence around the center’s perimeter and two outdoor play areas with […]
HometownLife.com:
Northville resident Lauren Romeo knows not all women love to spend hours on end at malls and in department stores.
She also knows that those women still care about their style and the latest clothing trends.
For those reasons, the model-turned-entrepreneur has become a consultant for New York-based clothing company Etcetera.
Clothing is sold throughout the country at […]
YorkDispatch.com:
Front lawns have long been the sales floor for people trying to sell their own cars.
But a startup business in Manchester Township opens this Friday, aiming to put front lawns out of business.
Park & Sell Connection will display up to as many as 180 cars for sale by their owners at its parking lot on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cincinnati Enquirer:
“Carla Eng has some advice for budding women entrepreneurs: Have a solid business plan, fight adversity and don’t give up.
As owner and president of Abstract Displays Inc., Eng has used that strategy to help her Blue Ash-based trade-show exhibit company experience explosive growth. And that’s after she overcame cancer six years ago.
The company’s revenues […]
South Of Boston:
“Keith Hamlin began disc jockeying as a student at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in 1978, working mostly junior high dances. He joined the Air Force after graduating in 1980 and honed his skills working clubs and parties while stationed in Madrid from 1982 to 1984.
When he left military service in 1989, Hamlin immediately […]
