Small biz spotlight
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Voguette
Amanda | June 15th, 2011Keeping up with fashion trends is hard work, for those who are serious about it. While Chanel and Prada are mainstays, it can be more rewarding to find smaller, boutique designers to buy from. However, for most people, travelling around the world looking for unique designs is just not feasible. Luckily, Voguette.com exists to help [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Wicked Lasers
Amanda | June 8th, 2011My fifth grade crush on my older brother’s friend got me into Star Wars. And though the nervous butterflies for him eventually passed, my feelings for a galaxy far, far away were not so fleeting. I’ll extol the unsung heroism of Wedge Antilles or debate the virtues of an A-wing versus an X-wing with [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Volta
Amanda | June 1st, 2011At the turn of the 20th century (around the time when Mike was born), all cars used electricity as means of propulsion. Their short batteries were charged with hand cranks by gentlemen dressed in duster jackets and driving goggles. However, they were quickly replaced when technology allowed for gasoline engines. Electric cars are rising in [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: 30GO30
Amanda | May 24th, 2011I have the pleasure of moving on June 1st. I also happen to be a horrible procrastinator. Granted, I always manage to pull things off and have them done well, but there have been a few occasions I’ve wondered why I do this to myself. Such is the case with my packing situation. Or, rather, [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: The Umbrella Initiative
Amanda | May 9th, 2011As most of you know, starting a small business is hard. It can be difficult enough when selling to the general public, where things like advertising and promotions can be used. There’s an added element of difficulty when a company wants to receive government contract work. This week’s small business spotlight is the not-for-profit, The [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: PVPower
Amanda | May 3rd, 2011Being from the Midwest, I’m pretty familiar with wind mills. Driving through Iowa, Indiana or southern Illinois, they’re pretty hard to miss towering and turning on the horizon. In contrast, the only solar panel I’ve seen in real life was in Forest City, Iowa, a town I’d be hard-pressed to find a handful of people [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Mancx
Amanda | April 25th, 2011After reading Charles Stross’ 2005 sci-fi novel, Accerlerando, Mattias Guilotte was excited. The book’s theme is largely a question about the trade of information and communication. Inspired by the main character’s job in the book, he scribbled on a yellow sticker: “I want to be an information broker!” Two years later, he still has that [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: SignNow.com
Amanda | April 18th, 2011I like doing anything and everything I can over the internet. Some might say this is because I am a college-aged millennial whose social skills have been stunted by technology, but I think it has more to do with the ease, convenience and immediacy the internet provides. Need pad thai at midnight? The internet will [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Watchdog Breathalyzers
Amanda | April 11th, 2011As children, we’re often told to learn from our mistakes. Some of us take this to heart more than others. After a humbling DUI conviction over ten years ago, G.R. Rush wanted to be proactive and help others help themselves. This is why he started Watchdog Breathalyzers. The company provides personal breathalyzer devices, ranging from [...]
