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What To Do With a Domain?

A reader wrote:
I have been an avid reader of your blog for quite sometime now and check your blog daily.
I am curious to know if maybe you could use my dilemma as a blog post on your site. Either way I would love any feedback you or your readers might have. I am a […]

Fake Startups Compete at SXSW

Underwire:
As dedicated readers of the most popular business blogs are well aware, the web is positively awash in terrible ideas for startups. So many, in fact, that Waxy.org’s Andy Baio was inspired to create a contest to see who could dream up the most awful, short-sighted and unfundable business plan.
Bad idea: Image Search for the […]

“Gung Hay Fat Choy”

Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service:
That’s happy New Year in Chinese — or close. If you own a business (and believe in any kind of astrology), this is a New Year you’ll want to observe.
In case you missed it, the Chinese lunar New Year began on Feb. 7, but celebrations continue in Asia and in […]

Biz Books: The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Start, Run and Maintain Her Own Business

Entrepreneur:
From preparing the kind of business you want to run to fine-tuning your image and conflict management style, the inspiring stories and advice offered in the following book will help women entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level (even if it’s just the first).
The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Start, Run […]

Creativity Is His Career

am NewYork:
The Big Career Switch: From chiropractor to inventor
Who Pulled It Off: Jack Atzmon, 40
What He Does: Atzmon invented the Pro:Motion keyboard, which is marketed through his company, Smartfish Technologies.
What He Did: Atzmon was a Manhattan chiropractor who still practices part-time.
Why He Switched: “Chiropractic work is social, beneficial and challenging. But I come from a […]

Toying With Ideas? Be Ready

Vindy.com:
When a Fresno mother-and-daughter duo’s idea for a hide-and-seek doll made it onto the shelves of one of the nation’s largest toy stores, they felt like they had won the lottery.
Shelly Conte and her mother, Cindy Reichman, were riding high. Their patented Hide-N-Seek Hayley doll was being sold at Toys “R” Us stores nationwide, becoming […]

Make Your Web Site Work For You

Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service:
Is your Web site working for you? Do you even have a Web site yet? Since many clients and customers won’t do business with a company unless they can first check them out on the Web, even a very simple Web site adds credibility to your business, leading to increased […]

A Banker Who Makes House Calls

House calls are one way to save on rent. An Alabama bank doesn’t have any ATM machines, tellers or a fancy lobby. Like a mobile glass repair company, or doctors of days gone by, their bankers come to you. And because of their unique operation, they’re one of the ten fastest growing […]

Retail Takes Downturn, Second Hand Booms

CNN:
Unlike most retailers who are blaming the economy for their poor sales, one store chain is boldly declaring that an economic downturn can actually be a boon for its business.Taylor Bond, CEO of Children’s Orchard, sounds excited about the next 10 months and beyond.
“Recycling has become more acceptable today among consumers because of the ‘green’ […]

A $300 million Domain Name Empire

CNN:
Kevin Ham leans forward, sits up tall, closes his eyes, and begins to type — into the air. He’s seated along the rear wall of a packed ballroom in Las Vegas’s Venetian Hotel. Up front, an auctioneer is running through a list of Internet domain names, building excitement the same way he might if vintage […]