<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566311</id><updated>2011-12-14T18:43:33.704-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Business Idea Haystack</title><subtitle type='html'>there's a needle in here somewhere</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joe Vandal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14216096881554771507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566311.post-115372256449108795</id><published>2006-07-23T22:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-23T23:29:24.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ads Paid Per Viewer (APPV)</title><summary type='text'>Television networks still won't admit it, but advertising on TV is losing value and becoming overpriced.First, I always thought it hokey that they set their ad rates during sweeps periods. You mean you want to charge me for viewers you garnered in May when you aired season finales, series finales, and blockbuster movies and specials; yet the next two months you're airing junk that results in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/feeds/115372256449108795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31566311&amp;postID=115372256449108795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115372256449108795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115372256449108795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/2006/07/ads-paid-per-viewer-appv.html' title='Ads Paid Per Viewer (APPV)'/><author><name>Joe Vandal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14216096881554771507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566311.post-115371920680847749</id><published>2006-07-23T22:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-23T22:33:26.906-07:00</updated><title type='text'>school loan consolidation</title><summary type='text'>This is pretty shady, but I always wondered about a method whereby one person agrees to take on the school loans of others. This person must have absolutely perfect credit (especially no bankruptcies), and they somehow shoulder the federal college school loans of say 10-20 other people paying off their student loans. This person consolidates the school loans in a way of speaking, consolidates </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/feeds/115371920680847749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31566311&amp;postID=115371920680847749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115371920680847749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115371920680847749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/2006/07/school-loan-consolidation.html' title='school loan consolidation'/><author><name>Joe Vandal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14216096881554771507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566311.post-115371856109434327</id><published>2006-07-23T22:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-23T22:22:41.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DQ Machine: computing, voice communications, and dessert</title><summary type='text'>When I worked for Qwest communications (a regional phone company), and VoIP (voice over IP) technology was getting big, I had the idea for Qwest to manufacture a PC card dedicated to VoIP, or partner with a big PC maker like Dell computers to co-manufacture a computer that had built in VoIP/free telephony appliance built into it.I said we could call it the DQ machine (for Dell and Qwest), and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/feeds/115371856109434327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31566311&amp;postID=115371856109434327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115371856109434327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115371856109434327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/2006/07/dq-machine-computing-voice.html' title='DQ Machine: computing, voice communications, and dessert'/><author><name>Joe Vandal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14216096881554771507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566311.post-115371703540690380</id><published>2006-07-23T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-23T21:57:15.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Business ideas haystack: there’s a needle in here somewhere</title><summary type='text'>Hello, how are you doing? I have too many ideas.  I don’t know if I’m autistic, just sick, hyper-imaginational, ADD/ADHD, or have some pittiful need to attract attention. I just come up with lots of ideas, many of them for potential businesses. Some are obviously jokes, many could be really cool if a few key challenges could be overcome, and some are rock-solid that just need expertise and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/feeds/115371703540690380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31566311&amp;postID=115371703540690380' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115371703540690380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31566311/posts/default/115371703540690380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://businessideahaystack.blogspot.com/2006/07/business-ideas-haystack-theres-needle.html' title='Business ideas haystack: there’s a needle in here somewhere'/><author><name>Joe Vandal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14216096881554771507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
