Work at Home Business Ideas

VentureBeat:
The Marshmallow Test, which was done back in the early 1960s by Walter Mischel with 400 four-year olds at Stanford University.
Children were put in a room by themselves with a two-way mirror and filmed. On the table in the room was a marshmallow. The researcher then told each child that, “I’ve got to leave for […]

The New York Times:
The sky is falling. The sky is falling. The ground is rising.
Could the subprime problems that have fouled the public market be a mixed blessing for Silicon Valley’s high-technology investors?
Highly out of favor in recent years, public offerings of technology start-ups are enjoying a mild resurgence. And some venture capitalists are arguing […]

Entrepreneur Daily:
A new study reveals that twentysomething women are closing the wage gap between men and women.
In New York, Los Angeles and other metropolitan cities, women have actually forged ahead of men in salary earnings.
In Dallas, full-time working women are making 120 percent of the average male salary. A close analysis shows that graduating college […]

Local6.com:
A family in West Salem, Ohio, is using life-sized cardboard children placed near oncoming traffic to slow speeders in their neighborhood.
Mike Wood and his wife said their homemade cutout children make them feel uneasy at times because they look so real but said they force motorists to slow down.
“First when (motorists) saw them, it scared […]

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting from Flickr user kstar810
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

Kiplinger:
Looking to increase sales? Encourage “brand sirens” to sing your product’s praises online in blogs, on social networking sites, your own Web site’s comment section and other Internet locations.
Favorable word-of-mouth advertising is a proven sales booster, of course, and the Web can spread the word to millions of potential customers.
OK, so what are brand sirens, […]

A horchata cupcake from Bake & Destroy, inspired by Chockylit
Also worth checking out is Bake & Destroy’s Etsy store
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

We recently received the above photo along with the info below:
To the cupcake gang,
Hi my name is Debbie and I run a small business from home at the Rundle Street Markets in Adelaide , Australia . Small business that has just taken off beyond my belief, I now sell 380 cupcakes, over 100 slices of […]

orange yoghurt cupcake, vanilla cream frosting, from Flickr user o’holysweet! - click through for more pretty cupcakes
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

Springwise:
Since newborns grow out of a clothing size every month or so in the first half year of their lives, German Lütte-Leihen came up with a solution: a layette rental service for a fixed fee per month.
Parents can choose from different sets of onesies, pajamas and outerwear. The clothes are delivered by post. Once babies […]