Archive for the 'Trends' Category

Seed America helps communities recover from Mass Layoffs. Their specialty could be called “making lemonade out of lemons”. Seed America takes a soon-to-be-empty or presently empty building that is both a financial drain on the company and a psychological drain on the community and helps both “move on” to greater profitability. The company receives instant [...]

Drs. Jeffrey Robinson, Sammie Robinson, and Laquita Blockson have set out on what promises to be a ground breaking study of African American Women Entrepreneurs. A working paper is available. Here’s its description. The current literature on minority entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial growth all speak little to the unique experiences and contributions of African-American [...]

Some of the people posting things on MySpace will quietly be denied jobs, advancement, or lose friends suddenly and wonder “why”? It might be because of the stupid things they post on their MySpace page. Any human resource officer with an internet connection can and should check MySpace to see what people post there. Any [...]

The “common statistic” thrown around even by university professors, Wall Street Journal editors, etc. is that “80 to 90% of new businesses fail within a few years”. Jeff Cornwall and Rhonda Abrams say there’s just one problem with that statistic: it’s dead wrong. Credible studies show success rates five years out (the normal time line [...]

It seems like the free market wasn’t working any more when it came to the health care market. Everyone seemed content to take in their handsome profits while prices continued to soar. That’s still true of prescription drugs that have no generic equivalents though “free prescription” programs so big pharma’s fears of regulation. But Wal [...]

Start Up Journal is bemoaning the glut of Silicon Valley Web startups that expect to give away free information or sponsor a free community and make money from advertising. Most are expected to fail. But for the home business crowd I think their comments need some tweaking. Start Up Journal is part of the Wall [...]

The Top 500 E Retailers accounted for 63% of all online sales. Who are these companies? Do they have affiliate programs you can tap into to enhance your revenues?  What 14 companies recorded at least $1 billion in online sales in 2005?  What merchandising category grew the fastest? (It was Office Supplies with over 60% [...]

Wal Mart started it’s sale of certain generic drugs for $4 in Tampa, FL last month and then rolled it out across the state in the next few weeks. The giant retailer is extending the plan to 14 more states soon and hopes to be offering the discounted prices nationwide by January 1, 2007. The special pricing [...]

The Web has spawned or encouraged many businesses… perhaps one of the most unique one is the Genealogy business. As people seek to be connected to their roots, they’re looking on line for information to help them connect to their past. At present the main barrier to entry is a passion for the work. Except [...]

Note: Please read the safety warning below regarding the information I’m linking to from this page regarding home made biofuel. Some of my posts about biofuel, biodiesel, home grown fuel, etc. have elicited emails requesting more information. I’m no expert, though I do have a keen interest in the field. One inquiry came from a [...]