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Run Your Franchise Your Way, With SearchPath International

When most people look for a way to work from home, they eventually end up finding a variety of opportunities that tend to fall within the multi-level marketing (MLM) category. However, some franchises fall under the at-home category. SearchPath International is a franchise that offers the potential to be launched and run in [...]

Teen Finds Niche In Talk Air Waves

ChicoER.com:
It’s like writing a school paper for Meagan Ting, one of the hosts of Teen Talk at Chico’s public radio station, KZFR.
She researches a topic, say, mental illness by surfing the Internet, talking to friends or bouncing ideas off her sometimes co-host, Amber McCready. “We e-mail it back and forth until it’s done,” she said.
By [...]

Recyclable Dry Cleaning Bags

Springwise:
So, you thought the market for reusable bags was saturated? Having found a niche that has yet to be infiltrated, The Green Garmento hopes to help green up dry cleaning.
Introduced last month, The Green Garmento is a garment bag made from non-woven recyclable material that can be used as a duffel bag to transport laundry [...]

AmeriPlan USA Helps Reduce The Cost Of Health Care Without The Pricey Health Plan

AmeriPlan USA, a business which specializes in discount healthcare, has been helping members all over the US save on healthcare since 1992. What makes them really unique is how they sell their memberships. Rather than handling them on their own, their discount memberships are sold through representatives.
Although she has only been with AmeriPlan [...]

Big Companies On The Prowl For Small Bizs

The Wall Street Journal:
Decades after his father sold bagels and bialys on New York’s Lower East Side, Gary Schwartzberg was convinced he had a product that could reinvent his family business.
With a partner, Schwartzberg had developed a tube-shaped bagel filled with cream cheese — an all-in-one, portable breakfast for the on-the-go crowd.
He called it a [...]

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, [...]

‘Joe the Plumber’ Strikes Net Gold

AppScout:
After the third and final presidential debate, “Joe the Plumber” might be the most popular man in America.
No, not Joe Wurzelbacher, the Toledo, Ohio-based man who reportedly complained to Sen. Barack Obama about his tax policies and who was name-checked in the debate more than 20 times.
No, I mean Joe Francis, a plumber in Amarillo, [...]

Attending The Needs Of The Too-Busy

The New York Times:
When you think of high-end concierge services, the world’s most exclusive hotels come to mind, not Google’s corporate offices in Mountain View, Calif.
But that is where Ginger Franke, the founder of Franke Lifestyle Management, better known as FLM, a concierge service catering to Silicon Valley’s elite, cut her teeth. For seven years, [...]

504ward Is Calling For Your Business Ideas

If you think your business idea might be a winner, put it to the test! 504ward is calling out to all entrepreneurs who believe they have a winning idea and inviting them to enter their $100,000 Business Competition. You must be willing to move to New Orleans and your business idea must be [...]

Biz Resource: Learning A New Language

Brave New Traveler:
Perhaps the most useful skill you can carry is knowledge of the local language.
It can open up a startling range of opportunities, ease the strain of logistics and planning, and allow you to develop a deeper connection with the place and, more importantly, the people you are visiting.
With a little advanced planning, and [...]