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Selling like hotcakes

Organic pancake-mix-in-a-can startup Batter Blaster tasted more than $8 million in revenues last year and founder Sean O'Connor is now cooking up a retro TV ad campaign to expand his reach, and profits.  Full Article 

 
Liverpool's manager Rafael Benitez is seen through a television camera viewfinder during a news conference at the club's Anfield stadium in Liverpool. REUTERS/Phil Noble
4 sure ways to get publicity

(Entrepreneur.com) - It doesn't matter how unique your product or how fantastic your service is if nobody knows about it. But good publicity doesn't just happen. Here are some surefire ways to get some media attention.  Full Article 

A photographer types on his laptop while using the internet in the Main Press Center at the Olympic Games in Beijing. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
Track your stolen laptop for free

(IDG) - What if someone steals your computer and its precious data that comprises your digital personal and work life? For the budget conscious, there are a few free, open-source options for tracking a stolen notebook.  Full Article 

 

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Deb L. Cohen
Online retailers cater to luxury-starved buyers

Specialty websites, like Smallflower.com, are feeding Americans' entrenched desires to be good to themselves, by offering affordable luxury goods at a time when many consumers can't afford big-ticket purchases like cars, flat-screen TVs or furniture.  Full Article 


France's first lady Carla Sarkozy (R) relaxes in the sun as she rests her head on the shoulder of President Nicolas Sarkozy near Paris. REUTERS/Antoine Gyori
The art of wooing investors online

(Entrepreneur.com) - Finding funding for your business can be a little like romance. Websites such as Go4Funding.com are online portals that function as global matchmakers for entrepreneurs, investors and business experts.  Full Article 

 
 

A model poses in a LED dress at its demonstration in Tokyo June 7, 2007. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Designers have lightbulb moment

(Wired.com) - Next time you compliment a woman at a party that’s she glowing, it may literally be so. Two London-based designers have created a dress embroidered with 24,000 full color LEDs.  Full Article 

Are business plans necessary?

Dan Primack of peHUB says that while entrepreneurs may not need a business plan to get venture capital funding, writing one is still an important part of creating a good company.  Video 

 

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Brewing a business

Testing the theory that beer is recession proof, Erica Shea and Stephen Valand quit their day jobs to start their own home brewing business. Will they taste success?  Blog | Video 

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