Archive for January, 2007
Mannequin Madness
Mannequin Madness
Henderson-Townsend’s company rents and sells mannequin body parts.
When she first started, Henderson-Townsend mostly kept her company a secret. “I didn’t tell my parents at first because I knew they wouldn’t get it,†she says. She even named her business Mannequin Madness because she knew she was “either mad for doing this–or I’d [...]
Making a Living in Second Life
Jennifer Grinnell, Michigan furniture delivery dispatcher turned fashion designer in cyber space, never imagined that she could make a living in a video game.
Grinnell’s shop, Mischief, is in Second Life, a virtual world whose users are responsible for creating all content. Grinnell’s digital clothing and “skins” allow users to change the appearance of their avatars [...]
Appleton Computers
Chatting over sushi on a week night in the Café, seniors Robert Burns and Sarah Schoen seem like typical Bowdoin students—except for the fact that they just made more than $50,000 in profit with their recently founded computer resale business, which was founded just four months ago. And that is only the beginning.
The idea for [...]
Nature Calls–And They Clean It Up
DoodyCalls
They run a pooper scooper business. Let’s be real clear about this: Their company sends employees out into yards across communities to pick up dog poop.
“When we first started, ‘disbelief’ would be the way to put it,†says Jacob, “disbelief bordering on pity.†When he told his employer he was quitting his job to run [...]
Murder Scene Mop-Up
It’s inevitable that when you meet someone new, the first question out of their mouth is, “So, what you do?” For those of us with normal jobs, the answer’s pretty straightforward. But what if your livelihood revolves around doing something that most people have never heard of? And, once they do hear, are puzzled that [...]
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship College Opens in Phoenix
Grand Canyon University features classes taught by full-time business owners, not academics.
For undergraduates who complain that college doesn’t teach them anything about the real world, a new four-year school in Arizona seeks to deliver business lessons from those who know them first-hand.
Grand Canyon University’s College of Entrepreneurship, based in Phoenix, will offer courses all taught [...]
Thumb shopping
If you own a BlackBerry (or if a BlackBerry owns you) and you wish you had time for more impulse purchases, there’s a new program you might like. Digby, a free BlackBerry application that launched this week, lets you order things like CDs and books from Amazon.com with a few clicks. The program was developed [...]
