Today is the day! It’s debut day for the new iPhone 3G and all the world’s a queue. Wow! It’s a pretty bit of technology, but not without its complications. But, I’ll leave the many complications to the techie sites and I’ll focus here on the business opportunities the new iPhone presents.
IPHONE OPPORTUNITIES
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Miller Brewing Company, one of America’s most iconic brands and most popular beers, wants to give you more than a nice cold one. The Wisconsin-based brewer is revisiting its Miller Urban Entrepreneur Series (MUES), a 9 year-old business plan competition and seminar series designed to provide funding and resources to urban entrepreneurs to take their [...]
Wal-Mart’s shelf space is money in the bank! For many inventors, manufacturers and distributors getting their stuff on the shelves at Wal-Mart is the dream. Millionaires are made at Wally World, if only you can get your stuff on the shelves.
Good luck with that. Ask anyone who’s tried and they’ll tell you that it’s very [...]
Beneficent Big Oil has delivered another business opportunity! This time it’s big profits in compact packages–compact cars, that is. The little putt-putt’s I hate to see cut into my lane, the little eggs and cheese wedges on wheels that have become de rigueur for Bay Area treehuggers, are fast becoming all the rage for auto [...]
Over 12 million people are part of the “Pajama Workforce”. They are the self-employed folks who operate their enterprises from their homes, tree houses, garages, boats, RVs and SUVs (and the many places in between).
BusinessWeek is doing a feature on this pajama party–entrepreneurs working from surprising and amazing workspaces. Readers will view your photos and [...]
Today I engaged in an activity to which I thought I’d never resort. To the naked eye it might have appeared that I was eavesdropping on someone else’s conversation, and then subsequently inserting myself into their conversation.
OK, that’s exactly what I did.  But, there was a bit more to it. I was eavesdropping…with a purpose.
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I generally write about my clients’ concerns, but today’s post focuses on my family’s business, a 32 year-old facility management firm. My parent’s business has fared better than expected during the economic downturn. They’ve had a couple of clients request lower rates. They’ve had to ask clients to pay higher rates to [...]
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