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The New York Times:
Thomas Daley had been helping friends swap sports tickets for golf course green fees and concert tickets as a sideline.
But on the advice of a friend, he set up an online trading site, Joe Barter L.L.C., two years ago where college students could trade textbooks, small companies could trade equipment and accountants, […]
College Startup:
Your laptop is your shop. You store your inventory in your dorm room. You cooked up your idea in your backyard. Or the basement.
It’s a tiny endeavor, yes. You may not know where it’ll end up when college is done. Not for sure, anyway.
But students like you became Silicon Valley’s most unassailable businessmen.
Pursuing business […]
East Valley Tribune:
Step into the Brownie Connection store in the historic Farmhouse Village in Gilbert and you think you’re back in the early 1900’s.
Inhale the sweet aroma of baking brownies coming from the small kitchen and you flash back to your childhood.
Take a look at the company financial reports while you’re chewing a brownie and, […]
CNBC:
In garages, basements, spare rooms and even dorm rooms all across America, hard-working dreamers are launching businesses right this minute. The thought of this really gets me going.
I’m all about the underdog, the passionate entrepreneur with a small amount of cash and a huge heart. I refer to these people as Toilet Paper Entrepreneurs, […]
Mother Earth News:
Once upon a time, hard work, dedication to the company, and/or a strong union guaranteed your job for life. Today, it’s far more prudent to assume that sooner or later, you and your job will part company (if you haven’t already).
It is my firm belief-and long-term experience — that developing and maintaining a […]
Medill Reports:
When business consultant Karyn Pettigrew, 44, left corporate America in 1992, she thought she would open a holistic wellness center. But after much soul-searching and discussion with her husband, she said she discovered her calling was to teach professionals, through coaching and consulting, how to apply intuition to traditional business practices
“I knew that […]
STLToday.com:
Ryan Jansen’s dreams are tied to a rake. Not just any rake, though. This is a special rake, a rake that was born in Jansen’s young mind years ago in a yard full of leaves.
The idea percolated quietly and out of actuality’s reach until a project was assigned in Jansen’s industrial design class at Southern […]
Steve Strauss at USA Today:
I always say that being in business is like being alone in a dark room — you know you are there, but no one else does. So how do you turn on the light and let people (that is, new customers) know you are there?
By advertising.
But too many advertising choices are […]
Entrepreneur:
Last year, we told you about the microlending site, Kiva.org.
Now, the site–which helps developing-world entrepreneurs achieve their business dreams–has partnered up with Advanta to up the ante. It’s called KivaB4B, and through it, customers can make small loans to Kiva entrepreneurs using Advanta business credit cards. Once a grant has been issued by an Advanta […]
Fortune Small Business:
If you think you can’t launch a business in these tough times, think again. I recently met an entrepreneur who confirmed my belief that anything is possible if you have the right idea and sufficient passion.
A few weeks back, I listed some office furniture on Craigslist. A friendly guy named Jason Gittinger responded […]
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