Racine is home to biggest business you may never have heard of (Lake Forester)
In 1842, Jerome Increase Case turned 23 and he decided to follow Horace Greeley's editorial advice to "go west, young man, and grow up with your country" Case left his home in Oswego, N.Y. en route for the frontier country of the Wisconsin Territory. Jerome Case had read that the area around Rochester, Wis. was the wheat-growing center of the Midwest and he planned to build a grain milling and ...
CEO of VerticalResponse, Inc. Janine Popick Wins Stevie(R) Award for Best Entrepreneur of the Year (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
VerticalResponse, Inc., the leading provider of self-service email marketing, direct mail solutions and survey tools, took home the Award for "Best Entrepreneur of the Year" from the Stevie Awards for Women in Business on Friday, November 14. Presented by Infiniti, the 2008 Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women ...
Entrepreneur Shawn Taylor Offers Advice For Debt Strapped Consumers On a Recession-Proof Internet Business (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Take a look at a proven recession-proof internet business.
Vetrazzo, LLC, Makers of the Original Recycled Glass Surface, Named Finalist in Forbes.com Entrepreneur Contest (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Forbes.com, the number one business news source in the world, has named Vetrazzo, LLC as one of five finalists in their “Boost Your Business” entrepreneur competition. In the first phase of the contest, nearly 1,500 small business owners submitted 500-word business summaries; 20 semi-finalists survived.
HELMET COVERS COME IN MANY ANIMAL STYLES (Sarnia Observer)
The economy may be crashing and burning, but it's not all doom and gloom for many small business owners. Here's just one fabulous female entrepreneur [...]
The Admissions Interview: Your Questions (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
During every business-school admissions interview, there's a moment where the tables turn. Usually, it's near the end, after you've been probed ("What sets you apart?") and prodded ("How was the workforce?"), and you're ready to head home. "So," the questioner chirps, "do you have anything to ask me?"