As new daily deals sites arise for specialty interests, Lot18 focuses on a product that some experienced entrepreneurs are drawn to as investors. Lot 18 caters to wine lovers. Two of its fans are the founders of Quidsi, which sold its Diapers.com and Soap.com brands to Amazon in 2010 for $545,000,000.
Search engine optimization is more important than ever as businesses expand their presence on the web. This is even true of local companies, which use their websites plus social media sites to keep customers engaged.
September 26th was a great day for not just Boeing but the numerous small businesses who supplied parts to Boeing for the new 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Widely seen as the most innovative commercial airline in more than a decade, Boeing invested $23 billion in to research and development of this aircraft but the skies were far […]
With so many mobile application choices, finding the right one to accomplish a specific task is cumbersome. Quixey has emerged as a premier service business to improve the app search process. A new financing deal provides the company with $3,800,000 in its first round of institutional capital. This gives Quixey funds to fuel growth and […]
It might be a little too early to think about the upcoming 2011 holiday season but if you’re a small business, you were thinking about it when everybody else was still winding down from the the 2010 season. It may not matter quite as much if you’re not a retailer merchant but if you are, […]
What did your parents teach you that made you what you are today? Sadly, not everybody has the most positive memories of their parents but each of us learned the valuable life lessons that took us in to our adult years. If you’re an entrepreneur with children, maybe you hope that they will follow a […]
A well-known fact for small merchants using sales channels such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo is that working capital is required. The sellers can’t make more money without having some up-front cash in a PayPal account. Kabbage is the company that comes to their rescue. Now, Kabbage itself has raised $17,000,000 of funding from institutions […]
As businesses of all sizes endeavor to manage and protect their computer systems, Wanova started in San Jose, California, to make the process easier. The company has recently secured $10,000,000 of additional capital to expand.