Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Statics showed the number of online sales this year again surpassed last year. But have you thought about using your mobile smart phone to shop? According to RISMEDIA dated, December 20, 2010 By Seth Kaplan —It seems like everywhere we look these days, there’s news about mobile and its evolving technology. So, with mobile technology onRead More
More and more of us turn to the internet to search for a good recipe – or “How to” to figure out how to fix something – or shop from the comfort of our desk chair. How many of us think about what is posted on line about us “PERSONALLY”? According to a RISMEDIA, dated DecemberRead More
Rooting around I found this November 4th Business Insider article byThomas Clayton the CEO of Bubble Motion. He has started, run, and worked for numerous high-tech companies, including BEA Systems and Bang Networks. I hope you enjoy – Remember when mobile devices were for actually making calls? Even iPhone fanboys will grudgingly admit that making callsRead More
In keeping with Transylvania County’s 2010 – 2012 Economic Development Strategic Plan Goal 1 Supporting Existing Business with a key element to celebrate success and recognition of achievement, four local business owners and three winners of this year’s business plan competition were honored at a special reception on October 25 at the Library. “Businesses of theRead More
Needless to say I was proud of the Success Story in the November 2010 issue of Transylvania County Planning and Economic Development’s Business E-Newsletter spotlighting my husband John Hysong and his business of over 25 years Brevard Paint and Decorating Center. Here is the article as it appeared. John Hysong has seen plenty of bothRead More
Pass the Word! Come and Join us Tonight and Encourage your Friends too! Chamber Business EXPO Tonight! Porter Center at Brevard College 5:00-7:30 PM Play Games~ Network~ visit with your neighbors ~ Register to Win a TV Visit the booths at EXPO and enter to win a 42″ Flat Screen Plasma TV courtesy of Walmart-Brevard.
Congratulations to Gaia Herbs receiving the American Herbal Products Association’s “Herbal Industry Leader” award for 2010 presented during the annual member’s meeting on March 11, 2010 at this year’s Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA. Gaia Herbs has helped advancethe understanding of echinacea through research funded by federal Small Business Innovative Research grants; introducedRead More
Making the plunge into a touch screen blackberry with my Gmail Sync, Facebook Page & Twitter got me to thinking about how things have changed over the last few years when it comes to communication. We are all connected instantly one way or another these days. I was reading an article from RISMEDIA, March 8,Read More
Over these last few days I have been following closely the desperate pleas of a fellow Rotarian and friend, Matthew Beck, as he tries to get word about his brother missing in the rubble of Hotel Montana in Haiti. Brendan, an engineer doing consulting work in Haiti, checked into the hotel for a night toRead More
Thinking about the new year and getting my books in order to close out for 2009, I ran across this RISMEDIA, January 12, 2010 article I think you may enjoy as I did. If you’ve weathered this past year’s wallet-squeezing, here’s some how-to advice for keeping more money in your pocket now that the NewRead More