For most of his career, Neville Hockley has faced the tech headaches that confront the owner of any small design firm: finding time to read the hundreds of e-mails he receives each day and waiting for high-res graphics to upload. But in a few months ...

Bringing small borrowers and small lenders together is the idea behind the online social lending venture called Prosper.com. Prosper, based in San Francisco, offers unsecured loans of up to $25,000 at a fixed rate for three years. Anyone with money c ...

Greg Wittstock, who likes to be called the Pond Guy, built his first pond at the age of 12. Today, more than 20 years later, Wittstock runs a thriving empire that not only builds backyard ponds, but supplies and teaches thousands of contractors every ...

Laura Dahl Storyhttp://www.wifebeader.com/2006 Projected Sales: $1 millionAfter earning a master's degree at New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology, Dahl worked for couture designers like Anne Bowen, who creates high-ticket beaded sensations ...

That dusty stack of records in your parents' basement? They're not as retro as you might think. Many record collectors, DJs and music junkies still consider vinyl to be the gold standard of recorded music -- scratches, pops and all. That enduring app ...

Kristen Nevils wowed the Venture2 "Inventor Search" judges both with her husband's "Watersafe" invention idea and her presentation polish.On Thursday in Delray Beach, Nevils, 37, proudly unveiled the emergency water storage product that she and husba ...

Someone once said that if you were to make a list of your 10 closest friends and acquaintances and order your earnings and theirs from smallest to greatest, you'd probably find yourself somewhere near the middle. All that this means is that we are ...

The verdict is in: Chocolate has officially gone from sinful to unstoppable. In fact, trend-watching firm Datamonitor named chocolate "the new coffee" in a list of the top 10 trends to watch. But that's not all: Studies have come out demonstrating th ...

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Donna Gonzalez wants to work at home for the sake of her daughter Leah.She recently posted her resume on websites like Career Builder.Com and quickly got a reply, "They just need people who already had bank accounts set up, so w ...

When you think of getting a good deal on something you want, you most likely think about checking eBay. When you think about selling something you no longer need, once again, you turn to eBay. There are many general ideas most people have about eBay. ...