The respective Georgetown and Harvard University alumnae were in their last year of business school at Columbia University, with jobs lined up at Goldman Sachs upon graduation.
There was just one problem: Their stilettos kept sinking into grass and getting caught in subway grates. So the friends launched SoleMates High Heelers and never looked back.
SoleMates resemble [...]

Standing before a phalanx of potential investors, three young women make the case for their high-end day care concept. They’ve written a 37-page business plan, and they confidently whip through a PowerPoint about their mission, budget, and marketing plan.
Welcome to “The Pitch” – a culminating event for juniors at Fenway High School in Boston. In [...]

When even the experts can’t agree on what the future holds, the planning process – usually involving an annual budget, cash flow forecast, marketing plan and business plan – can baffle even the most experienced business owner.
Business owners must find a way to plan their way past potential threats in the form of interest rates, [...]

Cargill Inc. has donated more than $34,000 to Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas.
The money is going toward a program that provides YEK students with backpacks filled with business supplies. They will be issued at the beginning of the school year and is theirs to keep through the duration of the business-education program.
“This support from Cargill gives [...]

Anyone who wants to start or improve a small business venture has come to know SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” as a valuable service. Making it easier to access information, statistics, and mentoring, SCORE, based in Herndon, Virginia, has added a section for minority entrepreneurs on its Website, www.score.org/minority.html.
“It’s been in the works since [...]

Business’ name and Website: Check with your local secretary of state to make sure that the name you want is available. If you do not intend to form an entity immediately, check to see whether you can reserve the name and for how long. Also, research whether or not the name is available as a [...]

TelstraClear intends to muscle its way back into the business mobile market and go head-to-head with Vodafone and Telecom.
Business It has set up a new mobile division under head of mobile and alternative networks John Bone.
It will launch a range of mobile voice and data business plans today aimed mainly at small to medium-sized businesses. [...]

Q: She’s been my friend for 14 years. We grew up together, dated a while, but remained friends. When she got a boyfriend, I became her protective brother. When he dumped her, she sought me for comfort. They got back together, lost their virginity to each other and he broke up with her again.
She dated [...]