Archive for May 6th, 2010
Psssst. Wanna Buy A TV Station?
According to Inc.com, Paul Engle and Barbara Ciric have run WPSJ, their low-power television station near Philadelphia, since 1986. Low-power television, or LPTV, stations tend not to be carried on cable or satellite networks but are available to viewers who choose to hook their TVs up to antennas or rabbit ears. These stations’ livelihood is [...]
Light Bulbs Make Us Better Thinkers
According to Fast Company, we have been trained so well to associate the light bulb with insight and creative thinking that simply sitting under one can inspire, well, insight and creative thinking. That’s the conclusion researchers at Tufts University came up with after putting students through a series of experiments under both a bare incandescent [...]
How much would you pay for a box of tea-bag-like pouches filled with dried cow manure? According to Inc.com, lots of people are forking over $21.95 for a packet of nine such bags, made by Authentic Haven Brand in San Juan Capistrano, California. The product is the idea of Annie Haven, who grew up on [...]
Inventor Turned Patent Entrepreneur
Charlotte Business Journal: Fred Wagner III has a nifty drilling apparatus he would like to sell to the highest bidder. Called Tool-Pusher, it’s similar to a portable drill press for accurately making holes in steel, concrete and other products on a job site. So he’s taking it to the Invention and New Product Exposition near [...]
Awesome Companies Built by Teens: Kristopher Tate
The entrepreneurial spirit starts early for many teenagers, but for most things like high school, college and social lives overpower the urge to start a business. But not every teenager. Wisebread takes a look at some incredibly successful young entrepreneurs, who all started their empires in their teens. Kristopher Tate is a kind of programming [...]
Wanted: Inventors For Charlotte Shark Tank
Life in a “Shark Tank” is quite scary. On the popular ABC TV show a variety of entrepreneurs take their chance with the sharks in hopes of receiving some funding to help build or grow their business, reports the Charlotte Observer. As it turns out, in the Queen City even Shark Tanks are decidedly genteel. [...]
According to trendspotter Springwise, the Life Box can be made to virtually any dimension and used by consumers and companies alike to package or ship goods. What sets the Life Box apart, however, is that within its corrugations are hundreds of tree seeds and thousands of spores of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi. How it works: Once [...]
Weddings Without The Tradition
Who do you call when you want a wedding that is ‘outside the box’? Celia Milton is the woman you’re looking for. She’s a wedding ceremony officiant and minister located in New Jersey. Simply put, she is the woman you call if you’re not religious, don’t belong to a church or simply would like to [...]
