Milwaukee Small Business Times:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 16, 2009. It is massive, not only in dollar amount ($787 billion), but also in length (781 pages, single-spaced).
The legislation represents about $1 billion of tax and appropriation benefits per page.
Here are 10 of the surprising, [...]

New Business Ideas:
Learn how to start a soap making business and you can make a serious part-time income. Problem is though that lots of other people have the same idea. Trick is most of those people aren’t thinking about marketing. They just want to make soap and hope somebody buys it. Here’s the deal.
Before you [...]

Philippine Information Agency:
Want to go into business? Consider franchising.
This was one of the options offered to participants of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-sponsored Basic Entrepreneur seminar as part of the “A Responsive and Innovative Strategy for Entrepreneur,” (ARISE) program of the agency here.
“With a franchise you don’t need to promote your product [...]

By LeaRae Keyes - Nurse Entrepreneur Network:
It may seem counter intuitive to start a business during a recession. However, there are a number of reasons why this could be a great time for you to launch your nurse entrepreneur start up business.
Many hospitals in my part of the country, the Midwest, are laying off [...]

Bizjournals.com:
In this new year, family owned companies are gearing up to seize new opportunities and face new challenges. Here are the ones I think will offer the most promise and the greatest risks for family businesses this year.
Opportunity No. 1: Professionalize your business structure and operations. I frequently harangue the owners of growing family owned [...]

SmartBrief:
When Ron Gonen talks trash, venture capitalists listen. The co-founder of RecycleBank raised $30 million last year for his program that rewards consumers for recycling by offering points redeemable at retail stores.
Even in a recession, the smart money believes RecycleBank can grow because it cuts costs for cities while putting money in consumers’ pockets. [...]

Inc.com:
By his own admission, Paul Mann used to be a corporate stiff. Sure, he had a successful career, as CEO of Informative, a technology company that he co-founded in the late 1990s, but he hated putting on a suit and tie and trudging to the office every day.
All that changed — almost by accident, Mann [...]

CNNMoney:
On a Wednesday afternoon in late December, the average wait to sell clothing at Buffalo Exchange, a Manhattan consignment shop, was about 25 minutes. Beyond the front counter, where the consignors sought pocket cash and tax deductions, nearly a dozen shoppers squeezed themselves between overstuffed racks in the 450-square-foot space, seeking bargains amid used designer [...]

Entrepreneurs.about.com:
1. Help people save money. Last quarter, most retail businesses were done, but Wal-Mart was up. Why? Because people who normally shop at upscale stores are looking for bargains. If you can help people save money on things they have to buy anyway, you’ll have a hit. Just having a sale on your normal products and [...]

PR Web:
Senior Helpers, a provider of home care services to seniors, has recently launched a new website, detailing their franchise business opportunities. Senior Helpers partnered with Blue Water Media in the design and development of the website.
The senior home care market is growing every day in the US and worldwide, as baby boomers are [...]

PowerHomeBiz.com:
Iceberg Vending, long-time vendors of purified water, introduce the most advanced purified ice and water kiosk on the market today—pioneering industry standards in the process. The Iceberg™ is a new market delivery system in a $2.5 billion dollar industry that provides a strong alternative, if not replacement, to how we buy ice. In today’s gas-and-green-conscience [...]

The Punch:
When Mr. Aboidun Thorpe gained admission to study accounting at the University of Lagos seven years ago, not only did he wanted to make a difference academically, he also wanted to impact knowledge to entrepreneurs and students within his immediate environment.
He says, “When I was admitted into the University of Lagos , I decided [...]

New Mexico Business Weekly:
A new business resource center aims to help military veterans succeed as entrepreneurs.
The nonprofit Veterans Procurement Assistance Center, which opened in mid-September, is unique in more ways than one. It is one of the only privately funded veteran’s business centers in the country.
Executive Director Archie Garcia, principal founder of the center, said [...]

Franchise Business Opportunity:
For many entrepreneurs, one of the hardest parts of purchasing a franchise business can often be the simple act of deciding which franchise to go with. It sounds like a small step in the process, but it’s the part of the process that costs the most money and the one decision that everything [...]

FranchiseTalk:
While companies continue to invest millions to ensure their image is more dominant than the competition, leading sign and graphic franchise, FASTSIGNS(R) International, Inc., is seeking motivated franchisees to join its continued expansion into the Western U.S. The franchisor will join more than 150 franchise systems at the West Coast Franchise Expo (WCFE), Nov. 7-9 [...]

Entrepreneur.com:
A handful of tech firms are stepping up to help business owners make lemonade out of the financial lemons harvested on Wall Street this fall. Updated software and web design services are shifting into high gear, marketing themselves to small businesses as money savers for belt-tightening entrepreneurs.
In recent months, Tarzana, Calif.-based InfoStreet began boosting its [...]

CNNMoney:
The California suburbs around Los Angeles are filled with foreclosed houses - and in each one, entrepreneur Ramon Mercado sees opportunity.
Mercado is the owner of Miss Junk, a 20-person trash-hauling company. Launched late last year, Miss Junk began as a general junk-removal service, but it quickly settled into a niche assisting banks and realtors with [...]

LATimes.Com:
What pushed Priscilla Maddox was the relentless smell of vanilla.
Maddox was toying with launching a cookie line after retiring from her 36-year hospital care job, but was overwhelmed by the vanilla smell in her apartment. When she couldn’t find a kitchen to rent, she started a rent-a-kitchen that has become a small-business incubator for entrepreneurs [...]

Unusual Business Ideas That Work:
In a standard custom logo assignment, the average graphic designer develops six concepts for evaluation by the business owner client. Only one of those will be used, leaving five creative logos to be stored away—and probably never seen again. Enter IncSpring, a beta site that aims to help designers with ideas [...]

Springwise:
Although video games and laser tag are a popular choice for kids’ parties, getting the kids to venues can be more hassle than it’s worth. Back in January, Texas-based Games2u stepped in to solve this problem with its mobile video game theatres—self-powered, climate controlled trailers that house X-Box 360, Wii and PS3 systems, enabling up [...]