Start-Up
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 [...]
Colorado Ends $1 Company
It has been said, “You don’t get much for a buck.” Well, this will also be true on April 1st, when the Colorado Secretary of State raises its filing fee for new corporations and LLC’s from $1.00 to $50 (for online filings). Since September 2004, Colorado has been offering filings for an absurdly low $1. [...]
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 [...]
Work-at-Home Scams: They Just Don’t Pay
Most work-at-home jobs don’t guarantee regular, salaried employment. Many neglect to mention that you have to work many hours without pay. Others require that you spend your own money for products or instructions before finding out how the offer works. And the “work” may entail getting others to sign up for the same job–which continues [...]
Fear Factor
Think big, and muscle your way into success on a grand scale. In war, management of fear is constantly the issue. In actual combat, fear created cowards out of some, and heroes out of others. Fear made some Marines smarter, while others became fools. The same is true in business. One of the reasons many [...]
Marketing Invention Without Losing Savings
Three years ago inventor Steve Grant was thinking about designing a new kind of desk-top fish tank. He didn’t see any on the market that he liked, and he wanted to tinker with his idea. But he was worried. “So many times the people that I’ve read or heard about commit their life savings for [...]
