NBC5.com:

It’s the dream of so many moms to start a home business and get rich! A Texas woman is on her way thanks to one of those ideas that makes you say, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

It all started when Amy Long realized she didn’t have enough hands. “I was actually walking through a parking lot with a child on either side and my baby in a sling and my blanket fell off,” said Long.

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1. Million Dollar Homepage

1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2. PickyDomains

Hire another person to think of a cool domain name for you? No way people would pay for this. Actually, naming domain names for others turned out a thriving business, especially, when you make the entire process risk free. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY the service to come up with a snappy memorable domain name. PickyDomains is expected to hit six figures this year. Full Story

3. Doggles

Create goggles for dogs and sell them online? Boy, this IS the dumbest idea for a business. How in the world did they manage to become millionaires and have shops all over the world with that one? Beyond me.

4. LaserMonks

LaserMonks.com is a for-profit subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real monks refilling your cartridges. Hallelujah! Their 2005 sales were $2.5 million! Praise the Lord. Full Story

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The Record:

Nine-year-old inventor Leigh Zink got the idea for his Lure Buddy device last year and has since developed a business selling it.

The Lure Buddy is a simple device, but one that solves a couple of problems for avid anglers.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel:

A doodle netted Jared Fiorovich $5,000 and the only person who wasn’t surprised was him.

“I’m always imagining things,” says the 18-year-old Aptos teen who drew a sketch of an iPod shuffle case that doubles as a keychain and bottle opener to win a design competition at the MacWorld show. “Like sometimes I can’t get to sleep and I’ll just jot something down.”

At the design contest set up by 20-year-old whiz kid Ben Kaufman, Fiorovich thought about how, since he used a skateboard as his main form of transportation, he needed to have things compact and efficient so they would fit in his pockets.

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Updating has been quite some time ago, blame it on the wonderfull summer… and the horrible internet we have to deal with, while being abroad. We’l be back with new updates when we’re all done with being pampered in the sun! Have a great holiday!

Joshua Saunders knows exactly what he’s talking about when he’s writing for Ambitionwise; he is a young entrepreneur himself! About a year ago, he started his very own business. Joshua saw a niche and started Modzy; a web-based scrapbooking business.

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MTV’s “Pimp my Ride” was a huge success worldwide. Getting a uniquely customized car is something anyone would want; it makes you feel special. No wonder all the business that have gotten into the “Pimp my..” business have done so well. Here are some you might want to learn more about.

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I’ve always been fascinated with company logos. Some are just perfect in simplicity and are great in showing what the company it represents is about. That’s why I just love this book by Alina Wheeler, called “Designing Brand Identity”.

The book describes a diciplined process to create and implement an effective brand identity. A company’s visual identity is important because, as Alina puts it, sight provides more information about the world than any other sense. Did you realize that repeated exposure makes symbols so recognizable that companies, such as Target, Nike and Apple have dropped their corporate signatures in national advertising? It’s because we recognize a company’s colors. Think about it: the moment you see a brown truck driving down your street, you’ll know it’s a UPS.

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Nobody’s happy about global warming, but most of us do enjoy the warm and sunny days that come along with it. Swedish Johan Sellner is doing good business with his very own ice cream shop. Johan got a job and wasn’t planning on bringing all his savings to the bank. Instead, he chose to start this business. His cones are very popular. Nobody who can say no to one on a hot summer’s day!

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It doesn’t matter how wonderful your product or service is if you’re not able to create demand. In case you didn’t know dear friends, marketing is Vital, capital V! Now, you can hire a consultant, but learning to do your own marketing will be a much cheaper option and probably more fun as well. Andrew Griffiths’ “101 Ways to Market your Business” is a great book which provides you with 101 great tips on creative marketing.

Griffiths is a marketing consultant and convinced small businesses fail because of two reasons: there isn’t enough money, or there’s a lack of marketing ability. You need to make your business stand out of the crowd, and 101 Ways will help you do just that. Read the rest of this entry »