The share of high-level job-seekers exiting an outplacement program who start their own businesses dropped in the first half of 2010 to the lowest two-quarter rate on record, according to data from the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released July 19.
Pro Golfer Decorates Bag with Motivational Tweets for British Open [PIC]
by Adam Ostrow on Jul 15, 2010 | Comments
Defending British Open champion Stewart Cink also happens to be one of golf’s most engaging personalities on Twitter, where he has more than 1.2 million followers. With that in mind, Nike Golf came up with a clever idea: decorate Cink’s golf |
More Content Creators Cashing in on Blip.tv
by Vadim Lavrusik on Jul 8, 2010 | Comments
Blip.tv is sending out more checks to its content providers than ever. The New York-based independent web shows platform has increased the number of payouts to its content creators by 77% between Q1 to Q2 of this year, Co-founder Dina Kaplan told |
Lady Gaga Beats Obama to 10 Million Facebook Fans
by Samuel Axon on Jul 4, 2010 | Comments
Lady Gaga is the first living music artist to acquire 10 million fans or “Likes” on Facebook, beating U.S. President Barack Obama by around 700,000. She reached the milestone earlier this weekend. Gaga previously made headlines for being |
Chase Offers Small Business Borrowers Incentives to Hire
by John Tozzi on Jun 30, 2010 | Comments
This is new: A bank offering companies incentives to hire. Today JP Morgan Chase announced that small businesses that open new business lines of credit can reduce their interest rates by .5 percent for each new hire by the end of the year, up to a 1.5 |
Foursquare Raises $20 Million; Now Valued at $95 Million
by Jennifer Van Grove on Jun 30, 2010 | Comments
After months of speculation about the funding or possible acquisition of Foursquare, the company has just closed their second round of financing, with Andreessen Horowitz leading the way. According to AllThingsD, the funding totals $20 million and |
America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs: Readers Vote
by Nick Leiber on Jun 30, 2010 | Comments
Three weeks ago, we posted profiles of 25 social ventures on this blog and asked readers to vote for the one they felt held the most promise. The profiles were part of our second annual round-up of businesses from across the country that aim to both |
Educating Customers
by John Tozzi on Jun 29, 2010 | Comments
George Siemon, CEO of the Organic Valley Co-op of 1,600 farmers, is not worried that consumers trying to save money will abandon organic milk and other products for lower cost non-organic foods. While sales growth did slow during the recession, Siemon |
Why Airlines Need Their Alliances
by Justin Bachman on Jun 25, 2010 | Comments
Over the past year or so there has been a flurry of recruitment among the three main global airline alliances. The SkyTeam alliance, which celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 22, sought unsuccessfully to woo Japan Airlines away from rival oneworld |
Fail Whale Cake Makes Sour Situation Sweet [PHOTO]
by Brenna Ehrlich on Jun 23, 2010 | Comments
By now you’re probably sick to death of the iconic Fail Whale, who has been bobbing around a lot lately due to World Cup-induced downtimes. Well, if Twitter is your bread and butter when it comes connecting with friends and followers, allow us to |
HOW TO: Use QR Codes for Small Business Marketing
by Jennifer Van Grove on Jun 23, 2010 | Comments
A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional code that can be scanned by smartphone cameras to automatically pull up text, photos, videos, music and URLs. These codes have become mobile-friendly ways to point people in the offline space to online |