Work at Home Business Ideas

CopenhagenPost:
Four business students have won an international competition for their invention of a nearly foolproof way to stop the practice of thieves being able to figure out pin-codes of people withdrawing money from ATMs.
The girls, students at Århus Business College, came up with the idea after a programme about an elderly woman who had her […]

DailyPress:
What pushed Priscilla Maddox was the relentless smell of vanilla.
Maddox was toying with launching a cookie line after retiring from her 36-year hospital care job, but was overwhelmed by the vanilla smell in her apartment. When she couldn’t find a kitchen to rent, she started a rent-a-kitchen that has become a small-business incubator for everyone […]

When someone goes on vacation with their family, chances are they don’t have the room to bring along the stroller and other big things that are needed once they’re at their destination. Rather than seeing it as a problem, Lisa Cook saw that as a business opportunity.
Her baby equipment rental and baby registry consultant […]

SearchEngineWatch.com
OK, everyone knows the nearly mythological powers of social media to help grow long term site equity. Link building comes to mind immediately to most. Traffic waves can carry motivated visitors who might subscribe to your feed, engage in comment threads, complain about how bad your company sucks, and/or rave about fantastic customer service. It’s […]

Internet Retailer:
At The Talbots Inc., the web represents 10% of sales but accounted for 68% of sales growth in 2007.
At office supplies retailer Staples Inc., web sales accounted for 29% of all sales but 58% of Staples’ 2007 growth.
At Circuit City Stores Inc., December sales were down 10% and comparable store sales were down 12.2% […]

Duluth News Tribune:
Jeff “Pappy” Early of Hermantown started putting pinstripes on buddies’ cars on weekends in the 1970s, admittedly, he said, to earn a little beer money.
Now, most of Early’s work isn’t done on hot rods, but on hockey goalie masks.
“That’s primarily because of geography,” said Early, who never played anything more than pond hockey […]

Entrepreneur:
If you’re an entrepreneur between the ages of 12 and 19, this contest is for you.
Financial author and speaker Peter Bielagus is writing an entrepreneurship guide for tweens and teens. But first, he wants to hear from this demographic on the struggles they face as aspiring entrepreneurs. So he’s asking youngsters to submit a 250 […]

Entrepreneur:
The overall economic outlook may be grim, but according to a new report, small business is providing a much-needed employment boost.
The ADP National Employment Report highlights the 55,000 new jobs created in March by companies with less than 50 employees. Compare that statistic to February, when only 16,000 new jobs were reportedly created by small […]

Founder Rob Fritzer was an entrepreneur in 1985, seeking an opportunity to own a business that not only kept his interest but also helped provide other people some happiness. Realizing that family photographs were a part of everyone’s life, as well as other nostalgic pieces of memorabilia, Fritzer began producing custom videos that contained the […]

idw:
European research project presents new prototypes of cost-effective, modular and interactive automation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises
Since its launch in 2005, SMErobot has brought together a number of leading European robot manufacturers, system integrators, research institutes and partners from the field of Industrial IT in the search for future automation solutions aimed at small […]