Archive for September 7th, 2007
Florida Today: Mary Davis of Cocoa wanted advice on how to start her own business, so she went to the bookstore to find it. Instead, she found no books on the topic of how to be a mom and an entrepreneur at the same time. So the aspiring business owner and aspiring mother struck out [...]
Mom Invents Device To Keep Pacifiers Handy
Lower Hudson Online: Every night, Erica Dubrawski put her baby to sleep with a pacifier in his mouth. And every night, Charles woke up wailing when he dropped it. Dubrawski even tried stashing a few binkies beside him in the crib – but they just fell to the floor. That’s where she ended up, too. [...]
3 Reasons Why Your Kids Will Enjoy Having You Work From Home
PR-GB.com: The number one reason children love their parents working from home is time with you. Even if you are in your home office typing away, your children are content just being in your presence. They feel a sense of security knowing that you are at home. You also have the ability to take a [...]
Lifehacker: The Inflight USB Power Unit connects directly to the headphone jack found in the armrests of most commercial airplane seats and passes power to your gadgets via a USB connection. It would be convenient as hell to have outlets at every seat instead of headphone jacks, but now you can get the best of [...]
21 Ways To Add More Hours To Your Day
LifeHack: The first step to reclaiming more time from your day is to get hold of the big chunks that aren’t being put to good use. “Good use” is a fairly subjective term here, but it could mean both work that doesn’t get much done or leisure time that isn’t enjoyable. Here are some places [...]
Economic Data Reflects Slower Growth
Associated Press: Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed in August while construction spending dropped sharply in July, indicating turmoil in the housing and financial markets could be spilling over to the broader economy. One bright spot for the U.S. economy, however, has been the manufacturing sector’s exports, whose growth accelerated last month, but analysts are [...]
Fortune Small Business: Designed to stimulate creative thinking, the card game Yamodo, asks players to define and illustrate a made-up word. It captured the imagination of buyers at Barnes & Noble.com and the Discovery Channel store, which are already stocking it. Yamodo creator Bill Phelps, 27, a MBA student from Pace University who calls himself [...]
Miami Herald: While many of the 135 plans submitted in this year’s Miami Herald Annual Business Plan Contest made us go Aha!, others made us go Huh? Here are samples of some of the more creative entries we received: • CLEAT SHEET: Golf shoes are expensive and old shoes are comfortable, so why not glue [...]
Golf Invention Lands Top Prize
Augusta Chronicle: Of more than 1,000 entrants, David Jones and his Club Caddy advanced to the final round of five inventors. After a week of fan voting, Jones won the competition with 30 percent of the popular vote – six percent ahead of the Hill Shot Golf Trainer, a sloped hitting tee invented by Larry [...]
