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Whateverlife turns profitable for teen
$8 loan for domain name grows into million-dollar business
09:55 AM CDT on Friday, October 5, 2007
Detroit Free Press
DETROIT – Like a scene out
of a reality show or a Disney movie, Southgate, Mich., teenager Ashley
Qualls' moment has arrived.
The 17-year-old entrepreneur,
designer and self-professed computer geek was in New York City
recently, pitching her wildly successful Web site, Whateverlife .com,
to advertising agencies for the country's biggest companies. And she
made an appearance on The View.
"This is in some ways her coming-out party," said Robb Lippitt, Ms. Qualls' 38-year-old business consultant.
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Mobile startup in Fremont smartens up mass market cell phones
Thursday, December 24, 2009, 12:02am PST
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - by John Sailors
HipLogic Inc. is working to bring hip smartphone apps to mass market cell phones.
The Fremont company this month raised $7 million in a second round
of funding to help bring its “phonetop” software to market. The company
also announced its first partnership, with the European mobile retailer
Carphone Warehouse Group PLC, which has created a giant retail venture with Best Buy Co. Inc.
HipLogic’s software gives users instant access to their favorite
content, from social networking sites including Twitter and Facebook,
to news, weather and traffic reports.
“What people see on TV as the iPhone experience, we want to take
that across to many, many devices,” said HipLogic President and CEO
Mark Anderson.
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Five tips for starting a successful small business
By Marshall Loeb, MarketWatch
7:30 p.m. EST Jan. 23, 2008
NEW
YORK (MarketWatch) -- Home and small businesses are a $427
billion-a-year industry and if you've been planning to launch your own
venture now may seem like the right time to do it.
But before you go into business, try to convince yourself why you
shouldn't, says Paul Stappas, founder of Bookkeeping Administration
Management, a service provider to small businesses. That approach will
help you minimize the risks associated with impulse-driven decisions
and insufficient research prior to starting your business.
According to Stappas,
it can also function as a litmus test: "If all the analysis is
positive, then you know you have an objective, rather than emotional,
reason for going into business."
Here are his top five tips for starting a successful small business:
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