Archive for November, 2006
Woman Auctions Self and Kids on EBay
People buy and sell just about everything on eBay — sometimes offering up something as valuable as themselves. The latest bizarre episode in the eBay universe is potentially one of the saddest. A Cleveland woman posted an ad asking someone to provide a home for her and her children so that they could escape what [...]
Move-In Services
Fourteen percent of the nation’s population — nearly 40 million people — changed addresses last year, according to the Census Bureau. But as nearly of all them can attest, moving out of a house is one thing and moving into one is something else entirely. Indeed, if moving out is a process, then moving in [...]
Fitness Expert Succeeds in Creating Her Own Brand
Although the fitness arena is already crowded, Mindy Mylrea has succeeded in creating her own niche. This busy professional has a long list of credentials, including 2004 Can Fit Pro Presenter of the Year, 1999 IDEA International Fitness Instructor of the Year, World Aerobic Champion, Creator of Gliding (www.glidingpro.com and www.glidingdiscs.com), and a PowerBar Sponsored [...]
Highland man’s invention success with DeWalt
The entrepreneur invented a high-tech security device that has now gone national. With a billion dollars worth of equipment stolen from construction sites around the country each year, Dan Wolfe of Highland saw a need. The entrepreneur invented a high-tech security device that has now gone national. The DeWALT tool company purchased the idea from [...]
Building Customer Loyalty
If you want loyalty, you have to give it. Make a list of your most important customers or clients. For your general customers or clients, demonstrate your commitment in general terms and especially when they need you. For the most important customers, demonstrate your commitment and let them know how much you appreciate them. Sometimes [...]
Sellaband turns music fans into investors
There’s no telling what a $10 investment in U2 in 1985 would be worth today, but a start-up Web site called Sellaband is offering music fans the chance to put their money behind artists they think can climb the charts. The Amsterdam-based company allows fans — or what Sellaband calls “believers” — to invest in [...]
Student’s Startup Gives Breaks To Homeowners
No one can accuse Joseph Galli of having too much time on his hands. Galli’s business, the Maine Homeowners Association, was born out of family discussions about the high price of heating oil. He refined the idea in his dorm room and this fall he’s rolling it out to the public on the Web at [...]
