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BB Twins bring in the money

Posted on: Friday, March 14th, 2008 in: News

 
When Lianne Miller launched Young and Pure, a natural skincare range for teens, she wanted to ditch the dreary image of holistic products. What better to way to say, “fun and frivolous” than with Samanda!?
“We got the twins as soon as they left the Big Brother house last year,” says Miller. “They are really popular […]

Want more customers??? Yodle!

Posted on: Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in: Advice

 
Transportation entrepreneur Vlad Svetlov knew he would benefit from an internet presence, but only if it was optimized to show up well in key search engines. Enter local search company Yodle, which nabbed 30 new customers in the first month alone for the Russian immigrant’s 3-year-old business, Heights Car & Limo Service. “I advertise both on the internet and locally; […]

Got an idea? Get inspired and get it to market!

Posted on: Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 in: Inspiration

 
Execution is king!
Take this story of a struggling entrepreneurs story as inspiration: Baker tells her story and how she dealt with Wal-Mart
I became an inventor while working two jobs and taking night classes in Columbus. Every Monday, to reward my efforts, I’d treat myself to barbecued Buffalo wings - extra-saucy ones - for dinner.
One night, […]

YouTorrent - Dicing with the law?

Posted on: Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 in: One to watch

 
I have heard a lot of talk about YouTorrent.com- the acclaimed world’s first real-time torrent comparison search engine. The site helps Web surfers more easily find down-loadable content such as music, movies, games, and software and the site has achieved amazing growth, for example within 3 months of launching YouTorrent saw 2.7 million unique visitors in February […]

Celebrity Personal Assistant - A niche business

Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008 in: One to watch

 
OK so I’m plugging an eBook here but i think its worth it. I have just attended a product launch this morning with a few celebrities paid to come along and spice up the morning, although there meant to be 5, only 3 turned up, drank a few coffees, walked around and then went again, […]

The best time to buy a business is now!!!

Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008 in: Advice

 
It’s a great time to buy a business. So says Dan Steppe, a serial entrepreneur who now directs the University of Houston’s Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the Bauer College of Business. For the last six or seven years, private equity firms have been buying mid-market companies (those valued between $10 million and $30 million) […]

Email can ruin a business

Posted on: Sunday, March 9th, 2008 in: What The F!

 
Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload?
We can spend up to half our working day going through our inbox, leaving us tired, frustrated and unproductive.  A recent study found one-third of office workers suffer from […]