Archive for November, 2006
DropSEND
It’s a common problem. You have a large file sitting on your computer and it needs to be on the other side of the world, like, now. The internet would seem to be the perfect answer, but it turns out that it’s all rather a bit of a hassle: emails are often capped at 10MB [...]
Clearwire – Wireless Internet Service
The network Clearwire is unveiling today — which allows customers to connect to the Internet wirelessly wherever one can find a power outlet — is the biggest in the three-year history of the company. Before the Seattle launch, Clearwire operated in 12 states and 31 markets, with networks covering cities such as Amarillo, Texas; Duluth, [...]
A startup crushes its copycats
If you have an idea, very rarely will someone steal it until you make money. Once you make money, everyone will think about stealing it. Built NY has been making a neoprene wine tote, our signature product, in what has become a $16-million-a-year line of totes, cases and accessories. Without the U.S. Patent and Trademark [...]
How To Get Your Message Through To Top Executives
Direct marketing guru and author Denny Hatch has a colorful name for executive assistants. He calls these good people, whose responsibilities include screening phone calls, sorting the mail and helping to manage the daily activities of their high-powered bosses…”White Fang.” And these days “White Fang” has very capable assistants of his or her own in [...]
Mobile Hair Salon
An entrepreneur finds a niche by bringing mobile hair salons to Silicon Valley workers. Silicon Valley’s technology workers may be among the most likely to succeed, but they aren’t usually voted best tressed. Dena Kaufel, the 43-year-old founder of Onsite Haircuts, recognized the root of the problem – “Not everyone wants to take two hours [...]
A Web site sells stolen items
Last year PropertyRoom.com, an auction Web site that sells lost, stolen or forfeited goods from police departments, opened its doors to third-party vendors. Revenues jumped 33 percent, to $8 million, and are projected to hit $10 million to $12 million in 2006. PropertyRoom.com has signed up more than 750 departments since it was launched in [...]
Make A Million On Butterflies
An entrepreneur starts a business on a dare – and wins. Jose Muñiz’s career began when a friend bet him $100 that he could not sell butterflies for a living. Now, seven years later, the former business consultant and his wife, Karen, own Amazing Butterflies, a live-butterfly distributor with offices in Tamarac, Fla., and San [...]
