Work at Home Business Ideas

With a new baby girl comes the pretty little dresses, the hair clips and headbands. Sometimes those little girls don’t have enough hair for the clips on the market. That was a problem Jamie had. The headbands didn’t fit right and the little baby hair clips she found on the internet were […]

STLCommerceMagazine:
It’s been said that “Necessity is the mother of invention.” But apparently not all great ideas are born out of necessity. Sometimes all it takes is a group of friends and a good bottle of wine.
Take for example the The Vine Wine Bar and Bistro in St. Charles, the brain child of Chad and Alisha […]

The Greenville News:
Doctors save lives every day, but who would have thought a 13-year-old would have a desire to do the same?
Sara Boerin, an eighth-grader at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School, won the award for best overall use of technology at the Invention Convention at the Bi-Lo Center.
Boerin created what she calls the […]

Mercury News:
Working from home has its ups and downs, but some people seem to thrive at it, while others flounder and fail. Here’s a list of some of the top mistakes home-based businesses make.
1. Lack of motivation.
2. Trying to run an equipment or retail-based business out of a home.
3. Spending more than you bring in.
4. […]

BusinessWeek:
Chase left Zipcar, the urban car-sharing service she founded in 2003. She’s now chief executive officer of ride-sharing startup GoLoco.
Her secret to success: “My dad was a diplomat and I grew up overseas. Almost every place we lived my mother would start some small cottage industry. Within two years, by the time we had left, […]

USA Today:
After Hurricane Katrina lashed the Gulf Coast, small businesses such as the Silk Road Collection antique store in New Orleans had little hope of surviving. Tourists and local customers had vanished, and it would take years for the city to rebuild.
Donald St. Pierre, the owner of Silk Road, and his business and life partner, […]

The Enquirer:
I’m a big fan of these moms/businesswomen - especially as an employer. A number of my best contractors are women who have quit corporate jobs to set up their own freelance practices of writing, software developing, editing and graphic design.
I asked three of my contractors - Alice (with a 12-year-old), Julie (with a 5-year-old) […]

Yahoo News:
When Bobbi Brown was struggling to decide what to do with her life, her mother suggested a mental exercise that lead to the creation of her eponymous cosmetics business, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Napoleon Barragan, founder of 1-800-Mattress, remembers his mother washing his family’s clothes by hand in the river, an image that inspired his […]

KansasCity.com:
A blog — a Web page made up short, frequently updated posts — can be a great marketing tool.
Many business blogs notify customers of new promotions and products, answer questions, promote contests and share company news. A blog also can be a great listening tool that provides insight into what your customers think about your […]