Archive for the 'Trends' Category

No, not the Mel Gibson movie this time. This is an article about women who are entrepreneurs by a business start up consulting firm. It’s a bit of a sales pitch towards the end but had some good information on “Mompreneur” trends.
Here’s a quote they relay from the Small Business Administration that gives you the […]

People grow concerned that their artificial sweeteners are killing them whether it’s aspartame, saccharin, or something else. They don’t taste quite like real sugar either. So every so often they come out with a new artificial sweetener that at least gives your body a rest by introducing a new toxin.
Health enthusiasts who rebel against the […]

This is one example of turning a problem into an opportunity. This works especially well for people with high profit margin items that require marketing.
For example, the gas retailer is making next to nothing on each gallon of gas. They’re hoping for “impulse” and convenience buys to make them money. It must be working or […]

This is an interesting post from Jim Edwards.
Businesses need to make money.
But customers expect more and more free stuff. Young people today, in fact, believe there is no such thing as proprietary information… nothing (information wise) they think should have to be “paid” for.
So that’s a tension… how do you deliver more and not go […]

Many people interested in working at home have been forced to by globalization’s push to “downsize” American companies through “outsourcing”. It’s affected factory workers and white collar workers.
Globalization, though, knows no loyalties. So when Chinese workers get “uppity”, they are downsized and outsourced and the companies move on to the next low wage economy. You […]

From Dane’s Blog
I guess like most parts of the country, all our motels here seem to be run by Patels. What struck me as odd the other day was that one of the recently renovated motels in town had a unique message on it’s bill board. Instead of touting the motel’s “Free High Speed” or […]

The free market is starting to do what the politicians keep rambling about… actually respond to consumers.
That’s good for small business and work at home business because work at home businesses tend to stay part time because owners fear they cannot obtain reasonably priced health care coverage.
But with so many individual consumers seeking health insurance, […]

When the “normal” economy is causing a financial pinch, people turn to folks who have developed their own methods for surviving without lots of cash. In this case it’s the Amish.
This reminds me of a family I know who got started in business just this way. They started buying “bents and dents”… often from insurance […]

According to Bloomberg, there’s 650,000 homes in foreclosure in the United States out of 18 million.
One real estate investor quoted in the article had this to say:
“This country needs a cleansing,” billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Group Investments LLC, said yesterday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. “We […]

This is from Newsmax and it’s about how to REVERSE the process. But the frightening thing is that the lack of exercise and fast food causes liver disease - in youth!
Thankfully the damage seems to be able to be reversed … at least when changes are made.
For adults and children who’ve repeatedly indulged in fast […]