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Ladybug cupcake

From Flickr user La Petite Pâtissière
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

Pudding Supports Cupcakes

The blog Wait-and-See Pudding recently write a defense of cupcakes (via The Grinder):
When you serve cupcakes, everyone is special. A cupcake is a gift, neatly and deliciously wrapped. And everyone at the party gets one. You don’t share a cupcake (unless you’re weird). And you don’t have to wait awkwardly while uneven and imperfect slices […]

Brothers Create Profitable Biz

DailyBreeze.com:
Hovering over the spinning lathe in their family’s Torrance garage, Cody and Chad Simon whittle away at the small block of wood.
It only takes a few minutes before the sharp corners begin to disappear and the final form begins to take shape. They varnish it and slide metal pieces into place.
Another one of the hundreds […]

Cream Of The Young Crop

Coloradoan.com:
When Tanner Highfill was growing up, he would fake being sick so he could stay home from school and watch the opening of the stock market.
Since age 10, Megan Jansen yearned for independence and financial freedom.
As an ambitious 12-year-old, Scott Mitchell needed a way to fund his hobby of restoring cars so he started a […]

Million Dollar Biz: The Great American Hanger Company

Entrepreneur:
The fact that Devon Rifkin never attended college is just a tiny footnote in his success story. The fact that he has made millions selling hangers is slightly more unique.
But for Rifkin, defying the standards means nothing if his business isn’t successful–or if his team isn’t sharing in the success. Says Rifkin, “To me, people […]

Retirement Plan: Bonsai

BusinessWeek:
Whatever you decide to do, you need to make sure it doesn’t mess up your retirement plan.
Pauline Muth of West Charlton, N.Y., was a junior high school science teacher who also loved shaping bonsai trees.
About 17 years ago she registered her home as a nursery and started selling supplies to other bonsai enthusiasts. By the […]

Importance of Getting “Patent Pending”

Inventorspot:
First, a patent pending (applied for and waiting for approval), consists of the patenting agent or attorney first doing a “patent search” to see if inventions of the same concept or design have already had patents applied for them.
Also, keep in mind that once you have a patent pending, this can be noted in print […]