Archive for December 12th, 2006

Last summer, Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company went virtual. Over 50 workers now do their billing, underwriting and policy reviews on computers and phones in ergonomically correct workstations in their homes, all provided by the company. according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Midwest Family Mutual, a property and casualty company with $61 million in annual [...]

According to the Houston Business Journal, the Houston Association of Realtors has given Google permission to integrate their MLS real estate listings with Google Maps. Evidently Google has to negotiate this on a region by region basis and some big cities in Googl’es back yard don’t want such easy access to the listings. Could enterprising [...]

MicroBusinessUSA.org of Miami, Florida is a a federally funded peer-microlending program that offers small loans to entrepreneurs with bad, little or no credit. They are a private, non-profit (501 c3) Florida Corporation, fostering self-employment with business workshops, loans form $500 to $35,000 and networking support for low – to – moderate income persons who have [...]

If you can get a U.S. government contract, it can put your small business “on the map” by giving you the steady business and reliable income you need to establish yourself. Wading through all the baloney to find actual contracts that make sense for you. How do you do that? 1. Know where to find [...]

Need Norton AntiVirus? Here’s how to get it for free (actually 3 copies for free) as long as these promotions last. I got this from the newsletter for Brigada.org Note: This probably won’t be feasible much after January 1, 2007 because it’s dependent on Google Checkout’s $20 new user rebate program. It’s actually 2 rebates… [...]