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‘Microtrends’ Offer Many Opportunities

Columbia Tribune:
Market research includes studying various trends, as well as an evaluation of the business opportunities within those trends.
One of the pioneers in this work was John Naismith, who in 1982 published the book “Megatrends” and was one of the first predictors of the transition of the industrial economy to an information economy.
Today’s research in […]

Just Start Your Own Biz

Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service:
Stuck at work? Daydreaming about starting your own business? You’re not alone. More than two-thirds of all working adults want to resign from their jobs to start their own business, according to a soon-to-be-released study from Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks.
Intuit gave me an exclusive first look at their survey […]

Invention Aims To Keep Children Safe

Gazette.net:
Virginia Lu found a lost child crying at a Redskins football game last season, and thought it could easily have been one of her five youngsters who got separated in the crowd.
So, the North Potomac resident invented a temporary tattoo for tots, called Tottoos, which are aimed at helping lost children to reunite with their […]

Franchise Fees Really Add Up

USA Today:
What are the real costs associated with the franchise? There are several fees that come with a franchise and you have to understand them all to get the whole picture:
• The franchise fee: This is the charge to buy the system and use the logo, etc. Usually not astronomical, it can run between, say, […]

Websites May Require Visually Impaired Access

TechCrunch:
California may require websites to provide access to visually impaired users under ruling made in the long running case of the National Federation of the Blind vs Target.
The case centers on Target not providing basic accessibility to vision impaired users via the use of alt tags for images, keyboard options for navigation and missing navigation […]