SmallScaleBusiness.com is pleased to announce that they currently have over 660 small business ideas with plans to expand this to 1000 by the end of 2012. More and more people are making the decision to start their own small business due to layoffs and other financial problems. Most of these are looking for ideas for businesses they can start with little up front investment.
It has become somewhat common place for the futuristic devices from sci-fi movies to appear as actual products on store shelves. Far more impressive is the fact that writers from the 19th and early 20th century predicted moon landings, radar, and the Internet decades, if not centuries before they became a reality. Read on to learn more about these amazing predictions.
If your shoulder h
urts after using your tablet, you may be able to ease the discomfort by changing how you hold the device, a new study shows.
Compared with users of desktop computers, tablet users are more likey to sit in a flexed posture –
“HateSurfing” is a term that describes the act of going online specifically to read as many negative comments, blog posts, tweets and messages as possible to generate insights that can help you run your business better.
There’s a lot of talk, especially in light of the developments of recent years, about retirement. Unfortunately, many people have lost much of their retirement nest eggs due to problems in real estate or in the stock market.
I received an interesting note the other day from a long-time friend, Dana Borowka, of Lighthouse Consulting, in Santa Monica, California. He offered a different view of retirement. Here is what he wrote:
“Last week I was thinking about retirement and what it means. The thought came – what am I going to retire from? Then the idea came – Today I’m retiring from fear and stress! I’ve shared that with a few people and the look on everyone’s face is – of course. They loved it.”
Continue reading “What Are You Retiring From? | Boaz Rauchwerger”
With traditional credit channels squeezed so much that even the bank of mom and dad is tightening its belt, social lending services have moved beyond typical peer-to-peer to target the inter-family space, as Ian Clover discovered.
Tired of burning your tongue on coffee only to have it get cold a few minutes later? With the Coffee Joulies Gift Pack your coffee will be ready to drink in minutes and will stay that way for hours. Each polished stainless steel shell is filled with a special phase change material that melts at 140°F. Put them inside the custom-printed thermos and they absorb heat from your coffee when it is too hot and release it back into your coffee to keep it at the perfect temperature.
via CoolBusinessIdeas.com | New Business Ideas, Innovations And Opportunities Around The World.
The recent outbreak of alternative financial transaction services hasn’t yet caused giants like PayPal and Ebay to need reputation protection, but they may be looking to revamp their business models soon. The new kid on the block, Dwolla, threatens to shake things up in an industry that seems to change by the year.
Last Tuesday, when I spoke for a great group of CEO’s in Milwaukee, I noticed something very interesting. It was a good example of how some people take customer service to a whole new level and make a very positive impression.
The event was held at the Hilton Garden Inn, on West Park Place, at the Good Hope Road exit on Routes 41/45.
The meeting was in a part of the ballroom. Outside the room the hotel had set up a buffet for lunch for the group. While everyone was having lunch, and discussing some business issues, I noticed that the young lady taking care of the group was very attentive.
She smiled, was courteous, and yet very quiet as she cleared plates when people were through with their lunch.
And then I noticed something interesting about her. She wore white gloves.
Continue reading “The White Glove Treatment | Boaz Rauchwerger”
If you’re like most people, lying makes your heart race. It makes you pant. It drives up your blood pressure and makes you drip sweat. A polygraph machine detects lies by looking for signs of these physiological changes.
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