Work at Home Business Ideas

Now that the real estate market has tanked, it’s much more difficult to flip a houses. There are, however, a select group of “flippers” that are making money despite the real estate slump. What’s their secret? They aren’t flipping houses, they are flipping businesses.
These Bizz Flippers (named coined by the company BizzFlip) are taking […]

Laura Hamrick, the creator on the OnTray, a clip-on shopping cart tray, took a few moments recently to speak with our special correspondent Lisa Di Clemente.
Laura, tell us about the creative process for developing the OnTray. What inspired you, and what was the development process?
I was in the grocery store two Novembers ago with all […]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Lani Lazzari is only 13 years old, but she exudes a confidence usually reserved for entrepreneurs 10 years her senior as she talks about the genesis of her business, Simple Sugars.
She works out of a small room in a back corner of her basement in Fox Chapel. The sign on the door warns her […]

Reuters:
Tired of traffic jams, late trains, packed buses?
Telecommuting can be a big plus for workers and employers because it boosts morale and job satisfaction and cuts stress, researchers said.
In an analysis of 46 studies on telecommuting, researchers found that working away from the office by using computers, cell phones or other electronic equipment can have […]

Canada.com:
Entrepreneur Nick Kellet is hoping that his successful board game is the gift that keeps on giving.
And the 44-year-old hopes next year will see him break even on his investment of between $150,000 and $200,000 on GiftTRAP.
“I was trying to think of board games and my daughter Freya, who was six at the time, asked, […]

Fortune Small Business:
Q: I’ve developed a product that could make it more comfortable for air travelers to go through security checkpoints, so I think it would sell well in airports. The airport authorities I’ve asked have told me I need to contact buyers for the individual retail chains that lease airport space, but there are […]

downloadsquad:
If you produce a podcast or do a lot of public speaking, you might want to check out howjsay, an online pronunciation dictionary.
All you do is type in a word, and howjsay will speak that word back to you in a rather dignified sounding voice. You’ll also get a list of similarly spelled words in […]