The Niche Beat
Reality TV & Budding Entrepreneurs
Myths & Lessons Popular, competitive industries and related concepts provide inspiration for top TV cable shows. The food industry, for example, has provided a rich source of ideas. Here are a few examples: Food/Restaurant Restaurant Impossible Each week, an episode showcases how a hopeful entrepreneur bought a restaurant, yet failed to learn, beforehand, how to operate […]
Information Brokering a Recession-Proof Business
Innovative Mentoring Program for Prospective Entrepreneurs Members of this profession use high-level skills to find, manage, and communicate information in a multitude of niche industries, according to the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). Industry members may refer to themselves in a number of ways, including info-entrepreneur or information broker. Despite the economic downturn over […]
Career-Changers Find Their Niche in Strange Ways
2 Unusual Cases that Resulted in Entrepreneurship. Strange Cases… View Free Press Release.com http://tinyurl.com/pz2h99x How Career-Changers Literally Dream Ideas… PR Web View Press Release 2011 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/03/prweb5208434.htm New Book Promises to Help Career-Changers with Entrepreneurial Streak Choose the Right Business PR Web View Press Release 2010 http://tinyurl.com/nfelfqu Views: 87
How Vincent van Gogh Pursued HisTalent Despite Major Obstacles
Vincent van Gogh 60 Minutes recently rebroadcast a segment on the life of the Dutch impressionist painter. The poignant and tragic life of the great artist underscores a number of important lessons. One could argue that van Gogh’s vocational journey illustrates major tenets of aptitude science and the importance of recognizing and following one’s innate […]
New Product Ideas
One Way to Profit from Consumer Complaints People with disabilities couldn’t find the entertainment books they wanted to read through public libraries, such as cookbooks, thrillers, and romance novels. The publishing industry routinely offered bibles and health-related subject matter for that market segment. A large print publisher decided to solve the problem and profited handsomely by producing […]
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Unsual History Presentation
Historian Mark Gardner does more than lecture about stories of the Old West from his new book To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West. Audiences fascinated by the subject hear Gardner play and sing classic songs from a bygone western era. […]
Native American Food Products
Niches in the Food Industry Two examples of how history, cultural practices, and customs inspire different ventures in the food industry. Blueberry barbecue sauce and bison ribs for starters. Or Indian tacos and fry bread… http://www.tocabe.com/our-story.php http://www.woodenknife.com/history.asp Views: 23
The Restaurant Business
Testing the Dream Many aspiring entrepreneurs dream about opening their own restaurant, but there is a tendency to believe that following the dream and hard work will solve business challenges in this field. Watch a few episodes of Restaurant Impossible and it’s clear why the failure rate is so high in this industry. The mistakes […]
Project Runway
Reality TV & Real World Lessons The 10th season of Project Runway will air tonight on Lifetime TV. This morning, host Heidi Klum, informed viewers that, for the first time in the history of the program, there was a first: in the middle of the night, without telling anyone, two of the design contestants packed up their […]
The Restaurant Industry
Famous Chef’s Memoir & Receipe for Success Taking an entrepreneurial career path in some industries may mean having to face elements of serious social and cultural issues as the two articles below illustrate. NHPublicTV: Tavis Smiley | Chef Marcus Samuelsson The award-winning chef serves up a tell-all of his life: struggling with cultural identity, paving the […]