Investing In Women founder to offer $500 “stimulus package” to encourage women to start or grow businesses that will help the economy or improve lives.

SAN DIEGO, CA – Tuesday, June 30 2009 – Founder of Investing In Women (http://www.iiWomen.com) Leah Oviedo, a website to connect female entrepreneurs to helpful resources, is offering a $500 micro-grant to women seeking to open or expand their business.

Laptop Love: Have blogs and blog comments replaced
love letters of yesteryear?

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In  2003,  Makus Frind's sixth employer in three years was laying off half its work force. So he built own web-based business working a few hours an evening in his apartment. 'It was a burning desire to have something stable," he says.  Now he does $10 million a year. And hardly works.

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With increasing broadband access, professionals and executives are tranccending the constraints of geography - working where they want. From mountaintop retreats to beachside condos.

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The Merchant Maven, a member of the Laptop cafe announces the launch of the merchant maven.com. Press release hints at the unique voice he will provide in the credit processing market.

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With increasing broadband access, professionals and executives are tranccending the constraints of geography - working where they want. From mountaintop retreats to beachside condos.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/garden/26office.html

As more and more hedge funds go the way of many formerly hot industries, hedge fund managers are scrambling to set up home offices.

Michael Madigan, who has created a whole business setting up newly out-of-work hedge funder, says he "Started paying attention in November when two former clients called him to say they’d be wrapping things up at their offices and needed help setting up home offices so they could do some trading on their own. In December, he got a flurry of calls saying the same thing..."  To read the full story...