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Is Your Hobby Really Made To Become A Business?

Canadian Business:
Ontario accountant Brian Allward turned his love of Elvis Presley into a global memorabilia business based in the appropriately named King City. In Burnaby, B.C., new mom Sandra Wilson transformed a pair of non-slip shoes she’d sewn for her infant son Robert into a full-time business called Robeez Footwear. And my brother opened his […]

Your iPod Can Make You More Productive

LifeHack:
The iPod is an incredible organizing device! It takes many shelves worth of CDs and condenses them into one tiny gadget, thereby reducing clutter.
Looking at the iPod from an organizer’s point of view, there are some great ways it can help you be more productive too. Here are a few:
• Drown out distractions.
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Key To Invention Success: Differentiate

ArgusLeader.com:
Those who have creative ideas can bring them to reality by differentiating their product from competitors, the founder of Belvedere Vodka told a group of inventors, entrepreneurs and business leaders gathered at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.
Steve Gill of Belvedere Vodka was keynote speaker Wednesday at the Innovation Expo. The annual conference is sponsored by […]

Web Replacing Books And Magazines In Bathroom

Yahoo Tech:
Never mind that people are doing work while they’re on the toilet, even casual electronics users are taking them into the bathroom for leisure use: A UK study says that 10 percent of broadband web users partake of their internet connection while they’re seated in the loo.
While another study found that 53 percent of […]

Iowa Boys’ Creativity Paying Dividends

Quad-City Times:
Sam Hipple and Matt Moran are getting a head start in the classroom — and in the business world.
Both are seventh graders at Sudlow Intermediate School in Davenport. Both are in the Talented and Gifted, or TAG, program. Both also are taking eighth-grade math and science in addition to being active in athletics and […]

Prototype This

Inventor’s Digest:
ID editor-at-large Jennipher Adkins recently spent some time on the set of Prototype This, a new series on the Discovery Channel. The show escorts viewers from the drafting table and on through the design process to see how inventions come to life.
The show airs at 10 p.m. each Wednesday, and will run for 13 […]

20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns

Becky McCray, author of the blog Small Business Survival has published an ebook called 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns. Take a look at the table of contents after the jump. If you can’t find a good idea in there to profit from in your community, you’re not looking hard enough.
Strategy #1: […]

6 Ways To Attract Customers And Keep Them Coming Back

No matter what area of business you are in, if you don’t have customers than your business will eventually fail. That’s why it is so important to present yourself and your product in a way which will not only attract the demographic you seek, but inspire them to come back again.
Here are 6 examples […]

Fund Your Idea In Knight News Challenge

AppScout:
If you’ve ever thought that you could do news better than the large media companies or had an idea to revolutionize the way people receive and consume information, the James L. Knight Foundation is looking for you.
The foundation is hosting the Knight News Challenge and is inviting anyone and everyone with an innovative idea or […]

Edison Nation Is Looking For Your “As Seen On TV” Product Idea For 2009

Edison Nation (www.EdisonNation.com) is looking to discover the best infomercial, or “As Seen On TV” product idea for 2009.
Edison Nation is partnering with some of the most successful names in the Direct Results Television (DRTV) industry – the same folks who brought us Floam, Smart Spin, Pasta Pro, Grip ‘n Flip, Awesome Auger, […]