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Opportunities RSS FeedsSaving Camping Spots - With the start of camping season upon us, I’m reminded of this business idea that Loyd from Yosemite Blog sent to me a few years ago: Here?s a great part time business to start?. camping spot savers! On major holidays they go in a few days in advance, set up a tent, and camp there [ ]...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Replacing Hospital?s Whiteboards - When you see the doctors standing in front of the whiteboard with all of the patients and surgeries mapped out on Grey’s Anatomy, that’s real life. Would you try to run your company from a whiteboard? Xylemed thinks you shouldn’t either. They’ve created a program that will replace the whiteboards hospital use to track their [ ]... Dogs Love Running - PR Web: Dogs Love Running! is a small business success story. What started out as a one-man show is now a pet franchise opportunity available across the nation. “We were looking for input on how to fine-tune our ideas,” says Reh. “The US Small Business Administration has free business counseling through their SCORE program so [ ]... The Homeless Entrepreneur Who Squatted at AOL - Sometimes, when you’re starting a business, you have to do almost anything to make it succeed. CNET has the story of one entrepreneur who was so desperate to start that he secretly lived and worked inside of AOL’s office for two months before security discovered his “apartment”: Having spent several months legitimately working in the [ ]... Shadow Based QR Codes - Korean retailer Emart had a problem: their sales declined during the lunch hour. To counter this, they developed a time sensitive QR code that relies upon the position of the sun to create a shadow based QR code. Springwise has more: Dubbed “Sunny Sale,” Emart’s effort involved setting up a series of what it calls [ ]... Teen Invents Cancer Test - A Maryland teen invented a dipstick-type sensor that tests blood or urine and detects pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer. WBALTV has more: North County High School freshman Jack Andraka won what is considered the Olympics of science fairs with a diagnostic breakthrough in cancer treatment. The Crownsville 15-year-old won a $75,000 grand prize in this [ ]... Cubify: 3D Printing for the Home - MakeUsOf: Cubify understands the problem with geeky, DIY, hard to build and calibrate printers; and their Cube aims to solve this. Currently on pre-order and due for release on May 25th, the device is about as consumer level as you can get. At $1,299, it costs as much as a new desktop PC (and considerably [ ]... If Your Franchisor Goes Under - Joel Libivia of Small Biz Trends interviewed Rush Nigut, an Iowa Franchise Attorney, about what a franchisees options are when a franchisor goes under: Small Business Trends: What is the first thing franchisees who finds themselves in this situation should do? Rush Nigut: The first thing a franchisee should do if the franchisor is in [ ]... Weightlifting ?Toys? for Kids - CNN: Ernest Ebio and his wife, both fitness enthusiasts who love to hike and lift weights, didn’t like leaving their 11-month-old daughter behind during their workouts. That frustration led to a business idea — Ebio decided to create a line of kids’ toys modeled after gym equipment. Ebio partnered with his brother David Catanghal to [ ]... iPhone-Like Business Card - Nope, this isn’t a new iPhone app. It’s a business card from Beasty Design. What do you think?... Today in Entrepreneurial History: May 25 - On this day in 1962, The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, went out of business. The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which was also known as the Old Bay Line, was an American steamship line from 1840 to 1962, providing overnight steamboat service on the Chesapeake Bay, primarily between [ ]... When The Internet Is Down, Do You Feel Like This? - Angela’s internet is down (and it’s her birthday) so posting will be light today.... Happy Geek Pride Day - It’s too late this year, but May 25th is Geek Pride Day. Maybe you can profit from it next year. T-shirts always do well with geeks, as evidenced by the fact that my wife buys me sloganed tees from ThinkGeek every year for my birthday. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that our own Angela [ ]... Franchise Ownership Is No Longer the American Dream - Bad news for the single unit franchisee. According to Forbes many franchisors have switched their preference to larger multi-unit franchisees: For laid-off executives with a severance package, buying a franchise was once an obvious next step. Rather than trying to figure out a business idea, you could buy into a big chain with a proven [ ]... Spa To Pamper Cancer Patients - Yorktown Patch: Chemotherapy, radiation and cancer medications save peoples’ lives, but take a toll on their bodies. Today, Kerry Kourie, who lives in Garrison, knows cancer treatment affects people psychologically and physically and wants to do her part to help ease the pain. She aims to address one side effect of these life saving treatments [ ]... Odd Jobs: How to Have Fun and Make Money in a Bad Economy - Odd Jobs: How to Have Fun and Make Money in a Bad Economy is a book by Abigail Gehring for anyone looking to earn extra money moonlighting or to break free from the nine-to-five grind. No matter what your skillset the book will have an “odd job” that right for you. Odd jobs include: Treasure [ ]... Small Claims Court of the Internet - Judge.me is an online arbitration system that allows you to submit your testimony from anywhere, anytime, from any device you want. Within days, you can have a solution for all kinds of commercial and personal conflicts. No need to sue the other party in a foreign country or in every country where he or she [ ]... Connecting Drivers With Available Parking for $$$ - Sydney Morning Herald: Some people hate banks, some hate their telcos and others have it in for insurance companies. Daniel Battaglia’s pet hates are excessive parking fees and council parking inspectors. But unlike most of us, he’s turned his particular dislike into a business, despite having almost no financing assistance. Battaglia had been travelling around [ ]... Today in Entrepreneurial History: May 24 - 1626 ? Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. 1844 ? Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line. 1883 ? The Brooklyn Bridge in New York [ ]... Inventor Stirs Up Kitchen Gadget Market - MarketWatch: A project that began in response to a lumpy bowl of Malt-O-Meal is now, after nearly a decade of tinkering in his spare time, ready to hit the market. “I wanted to find a way to make a better bowl of Malt-O-Meal in the microwave,” said Wylie. “I saw the potential of using the [ ]... Best Banks For Small Biz Loans - The Huffington Post: When it comes to getting a loan for your small business, it may not come down to who you know, but where you go. Banking Grades, a new grading tool from Philadelphia-based MultiFunding, found that some of the nation’s biggest banks have the worst performances when it comes to small-business lending. Meanwhile, [ ]... Vetting Job Candidates Using Social Media - The Washington Post: The online world has become awash with opportunities to both spread the word about job openings as well as investigate possible candidates before you meet them in the flesh. But how can small businesses avoid information overload? Here are some tips: ?LinkedIn: Every recruiter?s friend and even better than you think. LinkedIn [ ]... Forget the Potato: Jalapeno Chips! - After many years of trying to make potato chips taste like jalapenos, the creators of Deano’s Jalapenos decided to ditch the potato all together. Their chips are “non-potato chips” made out of thin slices of jalapeno. The peppers are deep-friend and flavored with sea salt, cheddar or ranch. We use the freshest jalapenos available, shipped [ ]... Keeping the Ketchup Flowing - Co.Exsist: When it comes to those last globs of ketchup inevitably stuck to every bottle of Heinz, most people either violently shake the container in hopes of eking out another drop or two, or perform the “secret” trick: smacking the “57” logo on the bottle?s neck. But not MIT PhD candidate Dave Smith. He and [ ]... Copyright © 2012, Internet Marketing. All Rights Reserved. |