Work at Home Business Ideas

Sprinkles will be CLOSED on July 4th, but you can still get these 4th of July cupcakes on the 3rd. They’re fragrant lemon cake studded with wild blueberries and topped with luscious lemon cream cheese frosting, according to the site.
Anyone else doing 4th of July specials or making your own?
Original post by Rachel and software […]

Me at Baked Originally uploaded by candiedyams.
My friends and I went to Baked in Red Hook and ate the most delicious sweet and salty cupcake.
Original post by Nichelle and software by Elliott Back

Yeah, Baby! They’re Vanilla Baby Shower Cupcakes Originally uploaded by cupcakequeen
Clearly not real babies (though if there were a photo of babies crawling amidst cupcakes I think I might just die because my life would then be complete), but still TOTALLY adorable! Speaking of which, not […]

MSN Money:
Paul and Alison Martin, who met while they were students at Stanford University, decided to launch a Web-based baby-product business shortly after the birth of their twins, Ainsley and Sierra. The couple launched Noss Galen Baby in February 2004, just before Paul graduated.
By May 2005, Paul said, the site was profitable enough to support […]

I’ve long been on a record as a strong advocate of smart phones, and the Treo 650 in particular. I’ve had a Treo 650 since mid 2005. This weekend, after an hour’s drive and a short wait at an Apple Store, I now own a Apple iPhone and am in a position to compare […]

StartUp Journal:
For small firms looking to grow, angel investors can help provide needed financing. These affluent individuals typically fund companies seeking $250,000 to $2 million, usually in exchange for an ownership stake in the business. In addition to a capital infusion, angels may bring business acumen to their portfolio companies, says Bill Payne, an angel […]

Jeff Cornwall writing in The Tennessean:
When aspiring entrepreneurs come to my office for help, many of them are very hesitant to share many details about what they are hoping to do.
They are afraid to share any specific aspect of their business for fear that someone will steal their idea and beat them to the punch.
Just […]

Inc.:
Companies that purchase goods and services from women-owned businesses have a competitive edge when it comes to securing a female customer base, a new survey found.
Out of 1,200 women surveyed nationwide, 80 percent said they would be more likely to try a product if they knew its manufacturer used women-owned businesses as vendors, according to […]

Wall Street Journal:
A few years ago, white scrawl on a black billboard along Interstate 95 in Philadelphia screamed: “I hate Steven Singer!”
Speculation swirled among those who saw it. A popular theory was that it was the work of a jilted girlfriend.
In fact, the sign was paid for by Steven Singer Jewelers, a 35-employee retail store […]

Wall Street Journal:
How do you know when an online word-of-mouth campaign is successful? When the campaign itself becomes a revenue generator.
Blendtec, a 186-employee company in Orem, Utah, set out last November to build brand awareness for its line of high-end home and commercial blenders. Its idea: Online-only marketing videos that show Chief Executive Tom Dickson […]