Archive for September 27th, 2009
Hula Hoops: From Child’s Play to Real Exercise
Time Magazine: To get in shape for her October wedding, Dawn-Samantha Cahill, 25, tried every exercise routine she could think of. Cahill was nearly ready to give up, until one day last spring, she discovered a video on YouTube about hula-hooping. “The woman in the video was so sexy, and the moves she was making [...]
Come Up With Innovative Ideas–By Sleeping
OPEN Forum: Have you ever solved a gnarly problem after sleeping on it? I know I have. In fact, I’ve been known to sit down before bedtime and review a particularly challenging problem, just to tee it up for my mind to “work” on overnight. An important part of developing creative ideas is to “incubate” [...]
Montreal Gazette: There’s really no need for it, but North Americans now are in the habit of replacing their pillows every two or three years. Which suits Nino Saad just fine. Saad is the head of Les Accessoires Sleep Comfort Inc., a small family business that has found a niche making and stuffing pillows. Its [...]
Pioneer Woman, Internet And Publishing Sensation
The Los Angeles Times: Ree Drummond likes to call herself an accidental country girl and she considers herself something of an accidental cook. But there’s nothing accidental about the success she’s built combining those two. Drummond writes the Pioneer Woman blog and gets about 13 million page views a month, enough to spin off a [...]
Consumers Say “No” to Paid News Content
Website Magazine: Times are tough in the publishing world. And the news doesn’t seem to be getting any better. A new survey from PaidContent:UK and Harris Interactive polled nearly 1,200 UK readers and found that a scant five percent would consider paying for their “favorite” news site if it began charging for access. Close to [...]
Small Bizs See U.S. Economy Improving
Reuters: Many U.S. small businesses are optimistic about growth and see the economy improving in three to six months, according to a survey released on Friday. Four out of five small businesses are pursuing a moderate or aggressive growth strategy, expanding into new markets and producing more revenue among existing customers, according to the survey [...]
Build A Better Bulb For $10 Million
The New York Times: The ubiquitous but highly inefficient 60-watt light bulb badly needs a makeover. And it could be worth millions in government prize money — and more in government contracts — to the first company that figures out how to do it. Right now, that company could be Philips, the Dutch electronics giant. [...]
