Archive for May 16th, 2007
YourErie.com: Erie is now home of Good Morning America’s Mother of Inventors! Carol Senkalski invented the multi-cookie cutter which started out as a solution to making multiple treats for her dog who has a lot of allergies. Well, this not-so-cookie-cutter idea ended up launching her into an overnight success! Carol Senkalsi, a 45-year-old stay at [...]
Building A Business And Family Takes Balance
Lower Hudson Online: Lynda Fassa has balanced motherhood with business, raising three daughters: Layla, 13; Mina, 10; and Nadia, 8. Fassa is co-owner, along with her husband, Hossein, of Irvington-based Green Babies Inc., a manufacturer of organic-cotton baby clothing and other items. Green Babies was also started about a dozen years ago and surpassed $1 [...]
Meraki Mini – Cheap WiFi Repeater
Ohgizmo: I guess ‘cheap’ is a relative term but at $49 each these mini WiFi repeaters from Meraki are an extremely cost-effective way to expand the size of your wireless network. Each repeater is only about 4.5 by 2.5 inches in size and includes suction cups and adhesive pads for mounting (or hiding) anywhere in [...]
nerdapproved: Simple and striking wall lamp that loves to climb beside your desk to as an effective reading light. The silver tipped bulb creates a decorative down light. The climbing light will freak out anyone that sees it and is not expecting it to be just a light. As good a reading light as it [...]
Entrepreneur: From postage changes to great new additions to the eBay site, keep up with the alterations that will affect your eBay business. USPS is revamping its international services and raising prices. The categories for international mail will become the same as those used for domestic mail. USPS will offer the following: Global Express Guaranteed [...]
Entrepreneurs Creating Custom Travel Guide Books
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: Colleen Cavanaugh Anthony and Alexis Owens, who met in Los Angeles while working on film and fashion projects, came up with the idea of creating their own series of custom guides, tailored to the special interests and needs of travelers headed to a particular destination at a specific time. They [...]
Coolest-Gadgets: Remembering a bunch of passwords can be quite a pain. The Eikon Digital Privacy Manager provides a fingerprint authentication security solution thanks to the Eikon USB peripheral fingerprint reader coupled with the Protector Suite QL software. This solution enables you to retrofit this biometric authentication system onto an existing computer, greatly simplifying the different [...]
2007 Subscription Summit Wrap-Up
Marketing Sherpa: Selling subscriptions to online content may have slipped on the Internet hype meter, supplanted by Web 2.0 and a rebounding online advertising market, but being outside the spotlight didn’t diminish the excitement among industry execs who gathered for the seventh annual MarketingSherpa Selling Online Subscriptions Summit. Several themes emerged throughout the event, along [...]
Invention May Be Next Big Thing
Aiken Today: From fledgling inventor Donald Waters comes Timbertite, a new way for commercial truck drivers to secure dunnage to their vehicles. Dunnage is a term for spare pieces of scrap wood that is used to support loads, like cargo that is transported on a 18-wheel flatbed truck. Typically, trucking companies and their drivers secure [...]
Forbes: Q: I have an invention that kills flies, mosquitoes and other pesky insects, but I don’t have a patent yet. I am looking for a manufacturing company that is willing to review my prototype under the appropriate terms and conditions of confidentiality. Do you know a good way to approach a company that may [...]
