As a former lawyer who dreaded tie-shopping, Greg Shugar of Naperville, Ill., knew other businessmen probably shared his feelings. So not long after founding an online store called the TheTieBar.com with his wife, Gina, in 2004, he added a service ...

There are three levels of interaction with a customer. If you are stictly a direct mail or online operation, you will never see most customers at all. As a freelancer, I have to “go deep” with a client, but it’s almost always on the phone — so, while ...

One day in the early 1990's Diana Duyser of Hollywood, Fla. made herself a grilled- cheese sandwich. Then she gazed down at the brown skillet marks on the bread: "I saw a face looking up at me; it was the Virgin Mary staring back. I was in total sho ...

Chatting over sushi on a week night in the Cafe, seniors Robert Burns and Sarah Schoen seem like typical Bowdoin students—except for the fact that they just made more than $50,000 in profit with their recently founded computer resale business, which ...

http://www.celebritycastoffs.co.uk/Tell us what your business doesCelebritycastoffs.co.uk is the UK’s first website dedicated to auctioning clothes and memorabilia owned by celebrities. Where did the idea for your business come from?I thought of the ...

If starting a business were easy, everyone would do it. But they don’t. Only those of you who know deep down inside you're entrepreneurs at heart will ever take these steps--even if you’ve denied that entrepreneurial spirit burning inside yo ...

http://www.bagborroworsteal.com/Got rich friends and need to look the part? Those that can't afford to buy the latest Fendi purse can still sport it thanks to Bag Borrow or Steal, a designer handbag rental firm that allows customers to pay a monthly ...

Owners of home-based businesses sometimes view marketing as an unnecessary expense, but nothing could be further from the truth. Because a home-based business doesn't have a storefront for passers-by to notice and no opportunity to generate walk-in b ...

A checklist for first time filers of business tax returnsIt’s your first year in business, and tax time has arrived. How does the new business owner prepare for getting those returns filed accurately, timely and achieving the most favorable results f ...

With apologies to "The Big Lebowski": If you're in the market for a GPS unit, the Dude will do plenty more for you than just abide.Jay Moore, a.k.a. the "GPS Dude" of GPSDude.com, has been at it for over four years now, with steady revenue and site ...