April Joyner


How Would You Sell a Virtual Makeover?

Where should ModiFace market its online makeover tools, including HairMixer and WeightMirror?  Read story

A Laptop Bag for Every Purpose

Even speeding through security  Read story

CEO Passions: Ballroom Dancing

Promise Phelon, CEO of Upwardly Mobile, learns business strategy through ballroom dancing  Read story

Elevator Pitch: NovaSim

NovaSim’s software makes call centers and hospitals more efficient. Will $300,000 take it to the next level?  Read story

Nice Meeting Your Avatar

Industry trade shows go virtual  Read story

Elevator Pitch: Sport Technology Makes Gear for the X Games Crowd

Can it raise $3 million to meet demand?  Read story

CEO Passions: Collecting War Stories

Tom Beaty's hobby is creating an oral history of U.S. veterans.  Read story

Perfecting a Sales Pitch: Code Blue Recovery Drink

It sounds like cardiac arrest but it might cure a hangover. How would you sell it?  Read story

Elevator Pitch

Rescue Air Systems helps firefighters breathe as they battle high-rise blazes. Can it get $10 million?  Read story

Passions: Jeffrey Sweeney, Yogi

Every morning , Jeffrey Sweeney spends two hours putting his legs behind his head. And standing on his hands, and bending backward to grab...  Read story

Elevator Pitch: Conservative Café Wants to Take Coffee Back from Liberals

Can it raise $1 million to start franchising?  Read story

The Ultimate Business Tune-up for Times Like These

In a tough economy with credit extremely tight, big investments are not an option for most companies. Yet no business can afford to stand still. We asked our...  Read story

The Product: Online Golf Lessons

DVD maker PurePoint adopts a web-based subscription model.  Read story

A Start-up Plans to Make Mines Safer

Can this workplace-safety company raise $1 million in seed capital?  Read story

Apture: A Tech Company Banking on Journalistic Cred

There's certainly no shortage of tech companies these days. Apture , based in San Mateo, California, and led by 23-year...  Read story

The Product: Grilling Planks

They're hot, but are they supermarket material?  Read story

PR Fairy Tales

Pitches disguised as children's books.  Read story