Archive for April 23rd, 2010
Unique products to amuse and inspire. Carstache. Make your car look like Magnum PI. Shark Fin Ice Cubes. Best effect with Bloody Marys. Fruit Jackets. Tuxedos coming soon. Pet High Chair. Have a kid already! Photos by carstache/buzzfeed/holykaw.
According to a story at Dayton Daily News, lots of people know that libraries are great places to get free books, movies and more but fewer are aware that libraries provide needed support for businesspeople. From free Wi-Fi access for those professionals who are constantly on the road, to business related workshops for entrepreneurs thinking [...]
Got A New Invention? We’ll Publicize It!
Sometimes inventions just need a little push, a little publicity to get them noticed by the public or investors. That’s why last year Inventors Digest launched Under the Radar, a section in the print version that features new and nascent inventions that have yet to take hold in the market. Precious few publications offer inventors [...]
Branson’s Call To Green Entrepreneurs
British billionaire Richard Branson marked the “official” launch of his latest green initiative, the Carbon War Room, speaking to hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and students about the importance of businesses going green, reports Forbes. During a three-day conference, “Creating Climate Wealth,” at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Branson and six other founders of the [...]
Sometimes it is simply amazing what someone can come up with from the comfort of their own garage, reports Public Radio International. In garages, basements, a Quonset hut and even NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, home inventors are creating amazing things in the 21st century. “I think some of the advantages that amateur inventors have over [...]
Who says technology is just for the young? The Oregonian says a video of 99-year-old Virginia Campbell receiving her first computer – an iPad – has gone viral on YouTube. The woman loves books, but glaucoma makes it difficult for her to read. You can enlarge the print, and it has a much brighter screen [...]
While all of the fighting and action is happening inside the AFC cage, Sarah Johnston is keeping a close eye from the outside reports the Anchorage Daily News. Johnston, a 27-year-old single mother and former mortgage broker from Wasilla, took over the Alaska Fighting Championship three years ago. As a woman, she’s an unlikely cage-fighting [...]
Benjamin Franklin still appears on the $100 bill, but he’s got a few new bells and whistles alongside him, reports The Washington Post. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke unveiled the redesigned C-note, which includes new security features designed to weed out counterfeit versions of the most copied piece [...]
Dancing To The Tune Of A Franchise
A world-class dancer, dance instructor, and entrepreneur from southern Florida, Moshe Rasier has recently turned his business, Aventura Dance, into a franchise opportunity. Success is nothing new for the 28 year old entrepreneur; Rasier has won over the tough critics in success as a business man, dancer, choreographer, and producer, and worked with Cirque du [...]
