Ideas & Opportunities
Babyplanners Services
Babyplanners offer two programs: the ‘Good’ plan, which contains all the details of the service new parents will want and need, where to secure them, and a timeline of when they need them, and the ‘Great’ plan, which filters products and services based on individual needs, and which then goes on to organize them. With [...]
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 [...]
Google Checkout free for the holidays
In a move that could be viewed as an early holiday gift for online merchants and a heaping lump of coal for eBay, Google Wednesday announced that it will process payments for free through Google Checkout, its rival service to PayPal, until the end of the year. The regular fees for Google Checkout vary. If [...]
Inventor’s idea goes through the roof
During the recent floods, Paul Kotlarich, a local inventor and builder, had the same uneasy feeling he had during last year’s hurricane season. When water begins to rise, people become trapped in their homes. “After much research, I have found that there is a need for an alternative means of egress from the confinement of [...]
Hot Home Business Opportunities
Homestead Technologies commissioned a study on home-based businesses and found the following as their list of “hot” opportunities that can be run from home: E-Learning: With advances in new web application tools such as podcasts and video blogs, development costs will decrease. E-Bay Aftermarket: Helping companies conduct market research, pricing strategies, shipping, and competitive analysis [...]
Popular Home Based Business Opportunities
Self-employment is now a major part of our entrepreneurial economy, now approaching almost 20 million Americans. Many of the self-employed are choosing to work from home due to family considerations. For example, self-employment allows more flexibility for parents with young children. Homestead Technologies commissioned a study on home-based businesses and found the following as their [...]
