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Start Making Money Online With These Part-Time Online Business Ideas

by Donna Pacheco

Ka-ching! That's the sound of the cash register when you record another sale. Too bad clicking the refresh button on your Google Adsense, Paypal account, or affiliate account does not make the same satisfying sound. Oh well. At least you can take comfort in the fact that the returns can equal or possibly even beat the ka-ching of the trusty cash register of a small business anytime.

And besides, who wants to hear the sound of cash register while you sleep? Online business is 24/7! Read on to find out some business ideas that you can implement today..

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Call For Inventors! WD-40 Wants YOU!

by Myra Per-Lee

Edison Nation announced today that the WD-40® Company is challenging inventors to come up with a new delivery system for the product's many uses and to create new product concepts that have wide-reaching applicability and purpose, like WD-40. Put your thinking caps on, these tasks are both difficult; your solutions must be innovative and patentable.

Inventions By Women Wanted By Bed, Bath & Beyond

by Myra Per-Lee

Ladies, get your inventive minds in gear; a large company is actually asking you for your ideas! That's right. Today Edison Nation announced a new invention contest sponsored by Bed, Bath, and Beyond (B³) that calls for product ideas to retail in its stores. This 'for women only' invention contest is scheduled concomitant with the recognition of American Women of Invention, this year recognizing the 200th anniversary of the first woman* to receive a patent on her invention.

Spark Awards 2009 Call For Entries

by Myra Per-Lee

... The competition is in two phases; the first phase is now until September 11, 2009. But, early registration is definitely wise. It saves you money and it also gives you more exposure to the judges.

Is A Part-Time Online Business Right For You?

by Donna Pacheco

Do you know someone who is raking in the big bucks by engaging in a part-time online business? There are just too many of them claiming to have done just that all over the Internet. In fact, I just received an email about a really successful Internet Entrepreneur has supposedly made $1,000,000 dollars in just one tele-seminar.

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The 10 Best Digital Innovators Of The Year: 2009 Netexplorateur Awards

by Myra Per-Lee

This weekend in Paris, Netexplorateur announced its ten top picks for the most influential digital media programs. The winners, chosen by a global committee of pioneers in business and media, will be promoted during the next year in an effort to obtain global understanding of new ways to conduct digital activities and business.

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International Smart Gear Competition: Wrap Your Head Around Bycatch!

by Myra Per-Lee

The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) has launched the 4th International Smart Gear Competition, this year inviting submissions of designs for fishing devices that reduce bycatch. Bycatch, generally captured by fisheries and fishermen, is the unintended capture of species other than the target species, as well as undesirable young members of the target species.

The Low-Down On The iF Product Design Awards

by Myra Per-Lee

I've received several press releases in the last few days about different products that received the iF Product Award. What few of them state, or even imply, is that 801 other products also received the award. As there are only 16 categories of products, 801 awards are bound to hit the same products a few times, so hold on to your credit cards until the top 50 Gold Awards are announced!

Chinese Innovations in Foreign Countries Thwarted by Red Tape

by M Dee Dubroff

A draft amendment to China’s patent law is hindering the creativity of Chinese inventors living abroad by making it difficult to legalize the idea without much red tape. Read on and… keep your ideas to yourself.

7 Ways To Protect Your Small Business From Recession

by Donna Pacheco

Aren't you just dying for a bail-out like the banks? In times of recession, small business owners are the ones that get hit hard the most. Unfortunately for you, you are not AIG and you are not qualified for a perpetual lifeline from the US government. If a company of that magnitude fell, it will certainly be felt around the world. But you? You are just a small business owner and you are, in every sense of the word.. small. Don't worry though. It IS possible to ride out this recession with your business still intact. Read on for more.

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Kids Can Invent a Video Game for Big Cash

by Dustin Brady

Kids ages 5 to 19 can stop playing Elf Bowling and start working on their own online game. A new contest gives kids the chance to submit their idea for the online game of the century to a major game developer-and possibly earn huge cash.

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Medical Student’s Invention Fights Super Bugs

by Dustin Brady

Scientists have been warning people for years about a “super bug” that will be resistant to all antibodies and destroy the human race. One man has taken these warnings to heart and has invented a method to fight these super bugs.

Thats My Face.com Free Facial Analysis and Reconstruction Services

by Beth Hodgson

ThatsMyFace.com satisfies the curiosity of individuals by analyzing their faces and showing them what they would look like if they had been born as a different person.

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Romantic Gift Idea: Custom Musical Compositions

by Beth Hodgson

Requiem for You is a unique business concept that will give your loved one a holiday gift they will never forget. To immortalize or celebrate that special person in your life, you can have a customized musical composition developed with their inspiration.

Businesses of Convenience: 2008's Most Weird and Wacky Vending Machines

by Beth Hodgson

Vending machines offer the consumers the convenience of finding products and services at hand wherever they go. Many companies are profiting on this growing business trend, and are branching out beyond the typical candy and soda vending to provide some very unique and wacky services. Learn about the top 5 vending machines that exist in 2008!

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Security Mailbox - Mailbox That Protects Your Identity

by Dustin Brady

Several years ago, Juan Pineda found himself waiting for his wife's paycheck. And waiting. And waiting.

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Mission Accomplished: Colored Bubbles are Real!

by John P. Barker

For over ten years, researchers have battled to discover the way to make colored bubbles--and they've finally succeeded.

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11 Brilliant Inventions From Popular Science's Best of What's New 2008

by Myra Per-Lee

Popular Science has announced its Best of What's New awards for 2008; they are all brilliant inventions, but some are phenomenal! There were 11 categories of best invention awards ranging across a wide spectrum of technology, from automobile to security technologies. One of the 11 winners was named the Grand Award Winner... see if you can guess which one!

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Student Inventors Keep Seagulls Off Their Boat

by Dustin Brady

Boat-loving seagulls will have to poop elsewhere if a team of high school students have anything to say about it. The team, named Vanish Productions, recently won the top regional prize in New Zealand's Young Enterprise contest for their Ultrasonic Bird Repeller.

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Are You Ready to Start a Business? Find Out With the Small Business Assessment Tool

by Beth Hodgson

How do you know when you are emotionally and financially ready to take your big business idea to the next step and make it a reality? The Small Business Assessment Tool, presented by the US Small Business Administration helps ease you into the decisions that surround getting your business started.