Archive for November 7th, 2008
A New Breed of Barter Exchange Brings Hope to American Business
Anybody reading the headlines these days knows the world teeters on the biggest worldwide recession in modern history and our leaders are scrambling for solutions. It is very timely that I recently had the opportunity of interviewing Mr Steve Bolles, founder and President of Merchants Barter Exchange, one of America’s great innovators of economic change [...]
Homegrown Business Trucks Onto National, International Scene
LSJ.com: Two Men and a Truck truly is a family businesses. Matriarch Sheets does most of the community outreach work. Daughter Melanie Bergeron is chief executive officer; Brig is president and Jon is executive vice president. The four follow one rule: Put the customer first. “We don’t take on any new project or service unless [...]
Smart Cookies: Family Opens Business
BucyrusTelegraphForum.com: A family Christmas tradition has turned into a small business this year as two Bucyrus natives make ornaments that look good enough to eat. Kelly Stockmaster and her daughter, Kymberlee Stockmaster-Wood, produce hand-painted clay Christmas ornaments for their Gingerbread Keepsake Collection. “It’s heartwarming and family oriented, and the ornaments will last,” Kymberlee said from [...]
TIME’s Best Inventions of 2008
TIME: From a genetic testing service to an invisibility cloak to an ingenious public bike system to the world’s first moving skyscraper — TIME’s picks for the top innovations of 2008. The Global Seed Vault Superman had it right: if you want to keep something safe, build a mountain fortress above the Arctic Circle. That’s [...]
Sioux Falls Business Journal: Ginger Thomson saw the need for some kind of new door gizmo about 30 years ago. A town house she lived in had sliding patio doors. “I kept thinking there needs to be a way to open the door when your hands are full,” the Brookings bank executive recalls. About 12 [...]
Mom Turns Free Time Into Biz Opportunity
St. Petersburg Times: Katrina Hollon of St. Petersburg, Fla. had an epiphany when her second child, a daughter, was born. “My second child was born with peanut allergies, which changed my idea of heading back off to work anytime soon,” said Hollon, 38, who was a teacher at the time. So instead of returning to [...]
Key To Invention Success: Differentiate
ArgusLeader.com: Those who have creative ideas can bring them to reality by differentiating their product from competitors, the founder of Belvedere Vodka told a group of inventors, entrepreneurs and business leaders gathered at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Steve Gill of Belvedere Vodka was keynote speaker Wednesday at the Innovation Expo. The annual conference is [...]
5 Hard Realities About Selling An Invention
Up And Running: First, the global view: You’re rowing upstream. You’re facing several real problems. 1. First, the real value in business isn’t the idea but rather the building of the company to create, market, sell and manage the idea. That’s where the money is. 2. Second, ideas are very hard to sell as just [...]
