Archive for April 15th, 2010
Inventor’s Journey From Idea To Market
Andre Nel talks about his inventor journey over at IPWatchdog.com. I admit it! I fell for it hooks, line, and sinker. It seemed so easy! Come up with an idea, file a provisional patent and pitch it to a manufacturer. The manufacturer is so giddy with excitement that they file a patent for you and [...]
Double-Check Demand For Product
Here is an interesting story by Jerry Osteryoung over at HELPING SMALL BUSINESS about making sure people want your product. Marketing 101 demands that before you introduce a new product or start a business selling a new product, you need to make sure there is a solid demand for it. While this sounds so elementary, [...]
Tensions Rise For Twitter And App Developers
The New York Times reports that it was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Twitter made it easy for programmers outside the company to build 70,000 applications that made the microblogging service more usable. Without them, people would not be able to post a photo, shorten a URL, monitor several Twitter accounts at once, easily [...]
Tweets Emerge As A Serious Business Tool
The burrito he purchased from Boloco was poorly wrapped, so Harvard senior Anthony Britt tweeted about it on Twitter, the popular social network. The next day, the chief executive of Boloco, John Pepper, responded on Twitter: “can I help or make it up somehow?’’ The conversation between CEO and customer continued over the next few [...]
Twitter Unveils Plans To Draw Money From Ads
Twitter unveiled a much-anticipated plan for making money from advertising, finally answering the question of how the company expects to turn its exponential growth into revenue, says The New York Times. The advertising program, which Twitter calls Promoted Tweets, will show up when Twitter users search for keywords that the advertisers have bought to link [...]
Small Bizs Still Searching For Recovery
Small businesses in the U.S. are still waiting for the economic rebound that’s enabled larger companies to obtain low-interest credit and to boost exports and production in recent months. Smaller companies aren’t much more optimistic than they were in the depths of the recession, according to a survey released by the National Federation of Independent [...]
Income Tax Season Spawns Internet Spammer Scams
USA TODAY reports that with the federal tax-filing deadline looming, spam enticing Internet users to fill out bogus forms at faked IRS websites is flooding inboxes. And slick Web page promotions for overnight tax-preparation services and instant refunds are turning up in Google search results and Twitter micro-blog postings. Be wary, the IRS and tech [...]
Moms, Sisters and Business Partners
You’ll never learn anything if you don’t leave your comfort zone. At least that is how Sarah, writing for WRAL.com, feels about it. Michelle Zimmerman and Karen Dorman, sisters and the mothers of 11 kids total, certainly did that a couple of years ago when they purchased the Twice As Nice consignment sale, which opens [...]
Ever wonder what happens to the people after they’ve left the Dragons Den? The Yorkshire Evening Post recently talked with Barry Haigh, inventor of the Baby Dream Machine, a device that creates a gentle, rhythmic motion that lulls your child into a peaceful slumber, to answer that very question. He appeared on the BBC2 show [...]
At first glance it might look like all a good knitting project requires is a pair of knitting needles and some yarn. However, upon closer inspection, you’ll soon find that it also includes a lot of little extras. Where does it all go when not in use? Either it makes its way down to the [...]
