Archive for November, 2006
A homesick woman, a buy on eBay, a surprising connection
Suzi Dagney and her husband, both retired military, have been all around the world.
They’ve lived in Spain, set up housekeeping in Sicily, sent the children to school in Japan. So it was no wonder that one day Suzi got to thinking about home – specifically, her hometown of Mosiertown, Pa., population 42.
She was bored; she [...]
Clever Business Card Design
Now here’s a creative (kind of dangerous) idea from ‘marketallica’ on Flickr.com for a business card design:
A Google searchbox with his name in it.
Coloured Hair Down There
Betty Beauty is the name of a hair coloring made especially for pubic hair.
Apparently many hair salons have made the practice of providing women with a brown bag of hair coloring to match the coloring they just got put on their heads. A woman named Nancy Jarecki decided why not sell a product like this [...]
Chipwich entrepreneur recruits students to sell the next big thing
A layer of ice cream sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies. A good idea, huh?
Richard LaMotta thought so, and in the 25 years since he invented the Chipwich, a billion have sold.
The Chipwich didn’t become a sensation because of TV ads or marketing, but because LaMotta used an army of college students to hawk it [...]
Rags-to-riches, Lucinda Yates
Yates’ inspirational story has captivated audiences across the country. In the early 1980s, after a divorce and a financial setback, she and her young daughter were left homeless and impoverished. Through hard work and creativity, she was able to get her life back on track.
While homeless in Portland, Maine, Yates taught herself how to make [...]
Dog Sleepover Business
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Phoenix residents and pet-industry veterans Maggie Brown and Tina Myers did just that when they launched their canine-care business, Sleepover Rover, in early 2005.
Not exactly your father’s dog-sitting service, Sleepover Rover operates a network of host families who open up their homes–and hearts–to clients’ pooches, [...]
