Work at Home Business Ideas

Neighborhood Notes has the scoop on newly opened Portland bakery Cupcake Jones (was Babycakes PDX but they changed their names, according to Neighborhood Notes, because of the bakery of the same name, Babycakes, in New York):
The name refers to “jonesing” for a cupcake, but it also refers to Lisa’s dad, who loves cupcakes. He was […]

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InformationWeek:
Last weekend in Boulder, Colorado, a group of about 70 or so entrepeneurs, investors, software developers, Web designers and marketing geniuses, plus at least one massage therapist, got together with an audacious goal: create and launch a new online business in 72 hours.
Conceived by 23-year-old graphic designer Andrew Hyde, Startup Weekend was an experiment […]

The Journal News:
George Stanec, at age 80, doesn’t use a cane, but if he ever needs one, he’ll be ready.
A retired mechanical engineer, Stanec has invented a high-tech walking cane that combines aerospace materials and finely carved wood. The result is a sturdy yet lightweight cane with artistic flair.
Stanec and his wife, Anna, 71, have […]

Tribune-Review:
Ben Lewis started breaking into a $10-billion-a-year industry while a junior at Shady Side Academy.
The Fox Chapel teen traveled to conferences around the country, read industry reports and gathered a group of friends and family together to found PurBlu Beverages. Now, in the summer after his high school graduation, a time when most teenagers look […]

Hesperia Star:
When sisters Gladys Vargas and Laura Nava decided to open a retail store soon after moving to the High Desert, the decision on what to carry came fairly easily.
“We’re into style,” Vargas said.
Owning their own store is a welcome change. Nava was a paralegal, and Vargas worked for the Department of Motor Vehicles. “We […]

Inc.:
A provider of mobile hearing aid centers and the developer of a handheld blood analyzer each won $10,000 in this year’s Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition.
World Hearing Organization, a San Jose, Calif.-based company that won the top prize for the general category, plans to use its mobile centers at hospitals, drugstores, and nursing homes. […]