Latest Low Investment Business Ideas News

Smaller firms, better mousetraps
The case for going global in small-caps – better returns and lower risk – is “much less publicised, and perhaps less understood by many investors”, says DAWM. From 2003-13 … As the second generation of the family to run a smaller-companies investment …
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Application of Charlie Munger's Human Psychology Checklist
I got this idea from a friend in Asia. On the surface, there is a lot to like about this business. It has a high profit margin and operating margin. The business is a cash cow. It earns high return on invested capital, has negative working capital need …
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Jamba Juice: Sweeter Than You Think (JMBA)
However, Jamba is showing signs of targeting newer markets through innovation, and a better balanced business that knows how to turn a profit. … The names McDonald's and Jamba Juice stand for two completely different ideas, however, I believe that if …
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Outdoor writer Dave Graybill will speak Tuesday at Salmon Summit in Wenatchee

Outdoor writer Dave Graybill will speak Tuesday at Salmon Summit in Wenatchee
So mark your calendars and plan to attend this highly informative evening dedicated to topic of salmon in the Upper Columbia. I will be there with a presentation on the economic impact of salmon and steelhead fishing in our region, so I hop to see you …
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Latest Strategic Planning Process,Blog News

Strategic Planning, Thoughtful Leadership Bring Leveraged Investments
After our terrific meeting with city officials in Ranson and Charles Town, I had the opportunity to visit with local FFA students at Hampshire High School in Romney, WV. Rural America truly is a place where cutting edge innovation meets old-fashioned …
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Hashmi takes over, Salesforce gets FedRAMP OK, the FCC on IPv6 and more
At the same time, O'Rielly wrote in a blog post, internal FCC efforts are lagging — just 12 percent of the agency's web subdomains are IPv6 operational. "For an agency that just proposed rules … The software system, dubbed the Global Adaptive …
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Kaminak Initiates 2014 Phase I Exploration Program at Coffee Gold Project; PEA …

Kaminak Initiates 2014 Phase I Exploration Program at Coffee Gold Project; PEA
In addition, we will be following up on previous drill discoveries that remain largely untested that also have the potential to contribute near surface, oxide ounces, which could impact the next stages of mine planning and possibly enhance the …
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Hometime How-to Clinic – Basic Landscaping

Hometime How-to Clinic – Basic Landscaping (Hometime Video Publishing, Inc.) (1994) Covers: * Designing a landscape * Preparing new beds * Planting bare root…

Business, civic officials say 'Innovation Hub' concept needed in Fort Smith

Business, civic officials say 'Innovation Hub' concept needed in Fort Smith
The Silver Mine: "The IN place for incubation, acceleration and co-working, and for finding all the support you need to morph great ideas into profitable business ventures." • The STEAM Lab: "This super hot place IN the middle of the Argenta Innovation …
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Miami says it's 'far apart' in early talks with David Beckham over MLS stadium
He added that reaching an agreement would be “an uphill battle,” and suggested unprompted that the idea of building a soccer stadium next to Marlins Park is not entirely off the table — though Beckham's team has dismissed that site. “Plan C is the …
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Next-Gen Enterprises, Digital Strategies, and Chasing Rainbows
The first strike, of course, is the classic Innovator's Dilemma – if their current revenue streams are still profitable, how will they ever be able to risk transforming their organizations (thus jeopardizing current revenues) until it's too late …
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Minister Ritz Welcomes the Hiring of JoAnne Buth as CEO of Cigi

Minister Ritz Welcomes the Hiring of JoAnne Buth as CEO of Cigi
Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. Related; Print; Email; Feedback; Add This; Blog … As advanced data storage, access and analytics technologies aimed at handling high-volume and/or fast moving data all move center …
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Getting Software Leads in a Lazy Summer
As always, it's bad news for productivity (especially when your sales quota is starting to sound more like the post office's in-rain-or-shine motto). … Actually you just might if you adopt the right attitude and can look deep into your own lazy …
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Oracle Sets the Date for Its Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 Earnings
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. … Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. Related … Is Your Business 100% Ready for the New Era of Cloud Computing and Big …
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WibiData Joins Hortonworks Technology Partner Program to Extend the Benefits
Hortonworks' integration with WibiEnterprise extends this ease-of-use model to the application layer, empowering developers and data scientists to derive more business value from their existing Hadoop infrastructure. WibiData's powerful … "We welcome …
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Latest Great Business Ideas,Blog News

Monday Buzz: Why You Should Ignore the Haters
At his personal blog, Ninjas and Robots, Draft creator and developer Nathan Kontny discusses how, often, the best business ideas come to light through simplification. He cites the example of Steve Hoeting, who ran into a problem when he was making …
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Crowfunding To Get Simpler? Kickstarter Modifies Rules For Project Acceptance
“Lowering the bar would seem to increase not mitigate that problem. In fact while it could provide a short term pop, long term it is likely a going out of business strategy. “It is never a good idea to sacrifice quality for quantity particularly in a …
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IBM Awards Three Watson Mobile Challenge Winners
“These bright and enterprising developers have discovered novel ways to apply Watson that can have valuable business benefits,” said Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of the IBM Watson Group, in the Smarter Planet blog. “Their ideas, along with many …
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Strategies: Get a mentor, skyrocket your success
Business Directory · Book of Lists · Upstart Business Journal · Bizwomen · Contact Us · Sign In · Like on Facebook … Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, admitted on the My Success Blog, “If I hadn't had mentors, I wouldn't be here today. I'm a product of …
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Rolta's Nine Months' Consolidated Revenue Grows 59.7% and Net Profit 37.2%

Rolta's Nine Months' Consolidated Revenue Grows 59.7% and Net Profit 37.2%
Rolta India Limited, a leading provider of innovative IP-led IT solutions, today announced audited financial results for the quarter and the nine-month period ended March 31, 2014. …. Rolta and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), India's leading public …
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The Last Word in Astrology
This can be a very successful year if you stick to your budget and keep your plans doable. Good fortune … Take command and make things happen. … Take care of your interests first. 3 stars. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Participate in activities …
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Top Army official says Camp Humphreys 'on track' for 2017
Forty percent of construction at Camp Humphreys has been completed, including the initial development of the site, and planning and construction on the rest of the expansion is under way, according to Katherine Hammack, the Army's assistant secretary …
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Six business proposals win at Startup Weekend

Six business proposals win at Startup Weekend
All eyes will be on a half-dozen winning ideas to see if the entrepreneurs behind those plans can get their businesses started. Innovate Mississippi held Startup Weekend Jackson May 16-18 at Millsaps College. Startup Weekend is an intense 54-hour event …
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W.Va. at climate change crossroads as EPA power plant rules loom
He also instructed the agency to work with other federal and state agencies “to promote the reliable and affordable provision of electric power through the continued development and deployment of cleaner technologies, and by increasing energy …
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Google's Strategy vs. Glass's Potential
When professor Tom Eisenmann first taught his newly released case on Google Glass at Harvard Business School, he asked his students which of three scenarios was most plausible: that Glass would catch on first in the enterprise setting, followed by …
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