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Opportunities RSS FeedsDid You Hear The One About The Comedian And The Copyright Law? - Ponder the difference between the comedian and the musician. Both create and perform works to entertain audiences, but they go about protecting that work in different ways. The notoriously litigious music industry often resorts to the legal system to protect itself from pirates and samplers. But comedians don’t. So why hasn’t the joke well gone [ ]...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Rehab At Home -
Jeremy Green, a physical therapist and entrepreneur, had to go through two rotator cuff surgeries so he knows just how important it is to do the prescribed exercises correctly reports NewsOK.
Green was studying to become a physical therapist when he had the idea that became Real Time Rehab. He deferred his studies and became an [ ]... Can Microloans Help American Small Bizs? -
Amanda Keppert is convinced that she would have lost her hot dog stand in San Jose, Calif., if she had not received a type of loan that is more common in the third world than in the United States.
According to a story in The New York Times, last year, as fewer people ate out and [ ]... Cupcake Bubble? -
Are we in a cupcake bubble? Why will people wait in ridiculously long lines for cupcakes but not for plain old cake?
How soon until the crash?
What’s next? Brownies?
... Turn Your Phone Into A Radio Studio -
Whether you’re a citizen journalist, podcaster or simply interested in sharing some sound with friends, your cell phone can become your mobile radio studio.
MobileActive has published an excellent guide to making mobile audio in the field. A few key tips from the guide:
Microphone positioning. “Place the mobile phone so it faces your subject (or yourself [ ]... New Program Series Debuts Today -
We?re adding another new program to our lineup, THAT’S MY BUSINESS! This week Rich Whittle interviews author Sherry Sexton about her new book on women entrepreneurs.
... Franchise Reinvents The Ice Cream Truck -
If you’ve ever lived in a neighborhood that had an ice cream truck come through, then you already have a basic idea of what they look like. Basically they are big, bulky vans with a window in the side for handing out the treats you purchase. However one company is out to change [ ]... Garage Sale Purchase Worth $200 Million? -
Rick Norsigian, a goateed 64-year-old maintenance worker who has spent most of his life living in the same house on a quiet street in Fresno, has long had a penchant for collecting antiques. His hobby may have paid off in a big way.
The Fresno Bee reports Norsigian and his attorney announced that 60 glass negatives [ ]... Sauceaholics? Recipe For Success -
According to The Florida Times-Union, the barbecue sauces, salsas, mustards and rubs are on the shelves. Now the owners of Sauceaholics just have to hope for business.
They opened the small shop in Lakewood, Florida, last week. It’s a simple operation by most business standards – one employee and 900 square feet of jars and bottles [ ]... The Happiest Entrepreneurs In Canada -
According to a TD Canada Trust survey and BIV Business Today, the top five happiest entrepreneurial cities are Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Overall, high satisfaction levels associated with owning their own business were the main reasons for small business owners having a more positive attitude than those who work for someone else.
About 97% [ ]... Re-energizing Your Day, Every Day -
Numerous research studies show that our bodies operate by 90 minute rhythms during the day. When we?re awake, we move from higher to lower alertness every 90 minutes.
Matthew E. May at OPEN Forum says we should try to get things done in bursts of intensely focused activity, interspersed with periods of rest and recovery.
[ ]... Mom Finds Success On The Web -
Michelle Staley is watching her online business grow while receiving and offering a helping hand to fellow moms at the same time reports The Fort Morgan Times.
She received her first shipment of her Busy Breathers backpacks in December 2008, but has learned more about marketing in the past 1-1/2 years, she said.
She’s added about [ ]... Americans Still Trimming Daily Expenses -
One unanswered question posed by this recession is, will we return to our previous buying habits once we believe that it is over?
A new Harris poll does nothing to clarify it for us, because it shows that we continue to look for more frugal alternatives in our day-to-day spending.
WalletPop reports that one way we [ ]... Hats Off To 97 Year Old Milliner -
Lula Mae Reeves is a 97 year old entrepreneur and the first African American woman to open her own business in downtown Philly reports 6ABC.
She became a milliner in the early 1930s making hats and lots of them.
“The more I made, the more they liked them.”
She opened her first hat shop on South [ ]... Inventor Quiz -
Who first coined the phrase, "Necessity, the mother of invention?"
George Farquhar
Emily Dickinson
William Shakespeare
Thomas Edison
William Ramsay
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The answer : Irish poet George Farquhar, 1677-1707.
Photo by imagi-nation.com.
... Inventor?s Journal: Katherine Huck -
Rich Whittle talks with inventor Katherine Huck about her kids’ creative construction product,
the Fort-A-Ma-Jig.
... Small Biz Owners in NYC -
Know any biz owners in NYC? I’m looking for a couple that I can interview at their location, on camera, for a three minute interview about online marketing in the next couple of weeks.
Email me dane@danecarlson.com or call me 209-379-5371.
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... Vitamin D: The Supplement of the Decade? -
A age old supplement that is delivered free from the sun promises to be the supplement of the decade. How will you profit from Vitamin D?
NY Times:
Vitamin D promises to be the most talked-about and written-about supplement of the decade. While studies continue to refine optimal blood levels and recommended dietary amounts, the [ ]... Inventor Missed Out On A Fortune -
According to NewsCore, the former eye doctor who discovered the wrinkle-reducing properties of Botox missed out on a fortune after she and her dermatologist husband failed to patent the anti-ageing procedure they discovered in Canada.
Dr. Jean Carruthers’ eureka moment came in 1987 when she spotted that the injections she used to stop eye spasms also [ ]... It?s All Pizza And Car Sales For Young Entrepreneur -
The next generation of young social-preneurs may rely on more young innovators like Joey Ronca reports the Cleveland Daily Banner.
Although Ronca currently works with his father in their family-owned Italian Bistro, the soft-spoken Italian said his plans are to broaden his economic horizons as a young leader of the social enterprise movement.
?I?m currently in the [ ]... Welcome To The Gig Economy -
Unemployment rates in most states fell in June, which means fewer people unemployed, right?
According to the experts, it isn’t that more people have jobs — it’s that fewer people are still looking for work. Apparently if you aren’t looking for a job, the government doesn’t consider you unemployed.
The insanity of this logic is that people [ ]... Disabled Vets Head To Business Boot Camp -
Sgt. Neil Avant was on his way to a meeting in Baghdad when a man wearing women’s clothing and a bomb blew himself up. The injuries that he suffered were a enough to end his service with the army but they were not enough to break his entrepreneurial spirit reports The Los Angeles Times.
Earlier [ ]... Inventor Quiz -
Who first coined the phrase, "Necessity, the mother of invention?"
George Farquhar
Emily Dickinson
William Shakespeare
Thomas Edison
William Ramsay
View Results
Answer tomorrow.
... RedLine For Your Garage And Closet -
Almost everyone has seen or heard about a closet system that allows you to maximize the space in your bedroom but what about in your garage? RedLine offers both systems.
Their RedLine Garagegear line allows home owners to make the most out of the space in their garage. Whether you want a template design [ ]... Water Balloon Wizard -
According to The Daily Grommet, Lexi Glenn was just 10 years old when she invented the Pumponator. She was determined to find a parent-approved way to fill water balloons by herself ? without soaking the bathroom floor or leaving a swath of soggy grass by the garden hose.
Rummaging around in her grandmother garage one day, [ ]... Copyright © 2010, Donna's List. All Rights Reserved. |