http://www.startupaddict.com/blog A haven for entrepreneurial Superheroes Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:10:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The top 10 fastest growing franchises in 2010 according to entrepreneur Six of the top ten are commercial cleaning services. Moral of the story is if you have to get your hands dirty at least get commercial rates for it. In the current economic climate and the world of hard ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/startups/fastest-growing-franchises-for-2010/360 The web conferencing open source software competes directly with webex and offers amazing value for the small business with the version 5 release. This is a completely browser based web conferencing system with nothing to download. According to their mission statement: Dimdim offers a browser based web conferencing service based ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/cool-tech/dimdim-web-conferencing-rock/354 Monster cobbles up Hot Jobs from yahoo for $225 million. Yahoo continues to unload declining or non-core assets to flush up its' financial position. Yahoo appears to be focusing on a content portal only play and leaving certain verticals like search, jobs etc... to players link Microsoft and Monster. ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/business-musings/business-deals/monster-acquires-yahoo-hot-jobs/352 A free terms of service and privacy policy builder service recently launched courtesy of Legal River. The company provides a marketplace that matches lawyers and small businesses. The terms of service builder and privacy policy builder are great tools for the bootstrapped startup. In my experience a custom TOS can ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/small-business-toolkit/free-terms-of-service-builder/350 1. Custom Candy - particularly customizing m&m candy. Write a caption that relates to your business or market a funny word that relates to your mission 2. Custom postage stamps - Zazzle and USPS give businesses the ability to upload their logo and marketing messages to be a cluster buster in ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/guerrilla-marketing/5-guerrilla-marketing-techniques-you-didnt-think-of/348 The US Debt Limit made simple sums up in 5 minutes what this country has done since 1917 in regards to higher spending, raising debt and adding special interest programs. I usually try not get too political on Startup Addict Musings. However, this Debt Limit made simple video is a ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/business-musings/us-debt-limit-made-simple/346 Road Warrior takes on a whole new meaning with the Planon handheld portable scanner and printer for mobile professionals. For under a $700 bucks you can truly have a mobile office on the road. Imagine having mission-critical documents (like a real estate contract) sent to your blackberry and you ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/cool-tech/planon-mobile-handheld-printer-and-scanner/336 Residential small wind energy is finally getting cheaper with the help of Honeywell's wind turbine by Earthtronics.It sounds great so I put it to the test at my residence in New Hampshire. First, I went to the NREL website to run a wind speed and wind class simulation for my ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/cleantech/small-wind-energy-for-your-home/326 Reading about Google real time search, it's amazing watch it here LIVE http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/web-20-and-beyond/google-real-time-searchlive/345 We all need a little PR to get the word out about our business achievements. Below is a compilation of free press release distribution online that should meet any company's PR budget. Although the site are great for guerrilla marketing and startups, you should consider bumping up to the premium ... http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/small-business-toolkit/press-release-distribution-for-free/343