Virtual Entrepreneur

With swine flu expected to affect one in three people this year, families need to plan ahead. Now’s the time to start thinking about it. Forbes: As any working parent knows, a sick child in the family can pose a wrenching workplace dilemma. We’ve all been there: a deadline looming, a spouse... More

QSR magazine: * Check that existing business continuity contingency plans address long-term absenteeism rates. In particular, check to see if core business activities can be sustained over several weeks with only a minimal workforce available. * Identify your company’s essential functions, which... More

Business Opportunities: 23 year old Amber Kastenschmidt isn’t a talker, she’s a “do-er.” After feeling the need to express her creative side and love for yoga, Amber started the Bolder Yoga Mat Company and began designing yoga mats. The Bolder Yoga Mat Company’s non-toxic yoga mats are printed... More

Springwise: Roughly 17 million air passengers travel through Paris during the summer, presenting the city’s airports with a significant logistical challenge. To keep tempers cool and spirits high this year, the Aeroports de Paris implemented an unconventional plan: free dance lessons for passengers. Much... More

Wall Street Journal Blogs: Here are five sites to check that may help business owners find insurance, with comments on each: 1. eHealthInsurance.com. This agency site is good for all-around health-insurance shopping and online quotes. Information isn’t available for every ZIP code, however. 2. DigitalInsurance.com.... More

Hindu: A group of Canadian university have students invented a device that can effectively reduce the stress of backpacks on the body, local media reported Wednesday. Biomechanics students from St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia used simple materials like elastic, duct tape and thread to create... More

Springwise: Our brains resemble our muscles in one key respect: don’t exercise them, and they’re likely to lose strength. Conversely, many experts now believe that brains stimulated in a healthy manner can better resist debilitating mental conditions such as Alzheimer’s. Which begs the question:... More

PR Web: If you suffer from back pain, you are not alone. Americans spend $50 billion each year in an attempt to relieve back and even neurological ailments, second in number of occurrences only to headaches, as reported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. At the center of... More

NYT: They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece – not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home. A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired... More

Cool Business Ideas: MEDIVista from Lincor Solutions is an intergrated solution for delivery of digital entertainment and communication services to the patient bedside. MEDIVista has been developed with increasing demand from healthcare providers and hospital admins worldwide for entertainment &... More