Archive for June 2nd, 2010
How Are You Going to Profit From the World Cup?
I just asked on Twitter: How are you profiting from the World Cup (for a post I’m working on)? How about you?
One evening in a Manhattan bar in February 2003, childhood friends, Ira Liran and Michael Kirban, were speaking with a couple of girls they had just met from Brazil. When asked what they missed most about their country, one of the girls, without hesitation, answered “agua de coco.” Coconut water, she explained, is the most [...]
Bubble Wrap Saves Energy In The Fridge
Like most kids Jared Mann enjoys playing with bubble wrap. Thanks in part to his ingenuity and the Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventor’s, Jared is also the creator of an energy-saving device made using bubble wrap. Jared was awarded second place in the Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventor’s, and received a $5,000 savings [...]
Daily Stack is time management tool created by designers Sebastian Rønde Thielke and Anders Højmose. Designboom reports the simple design allows users to help track their work flow by creating physical representations of their tasks. The design consists of a small base and a series of wood blocks that each have a different colour and [...]
Author Offers Advice For Baby Boomers
KansasCity.com recently interviewed mompreneur and author Mary Beth Izard about her book titled, BoomerPreneurs. She offers advice to baby boomers that would like to start their own businesses. A lot of people have lost their jobs. How hard is it for someone who was always an employee to become an entrepreneur? I think for the [...]
According to The New York Times, after a towing company hauled Justin Kurtz’s car from his apartment complex parking lot, despite his permit to park there, Kurtz, 21, a college student in Kalamazoo, Mich., went to the Internet for revenge. Outraged at having to pay $118 to get his car back, Kurtz created a Facebook [...]
Game Inventor Is No Longer Pursuing Trivia
The Washington Street Journal: What game has the highest per-capita sales in Iceland? Which one has had its questions printed on Pringles chips? And what game was, at first, titled “Trivia Pursuit,” until its inventor’s wife suggested the name as a sly joke? Chris Haney, who died Monday at age 59 after a long illness, [...]
Make Money Selling Cell Phones with Amazon
I just got this press release from Amazon about AmazonWireless and thought I should share it. Amazon is excited to announce AmazonWireless – a new website by Amazon specializing in cell phones and wireless service plans. Starting today until August 31, 2010, Associates can now earn $65 per unit in advertising fees on AmazonWireless cell [...]
For some entrepreneurs, love doesn’t look like a heart. Instead, it looks like dollar signs. Washington Post: Max Hartshorn has pretty much mastered online dating. It took awhile, but the 24-year-old now knows exactly what kind of message to send to pique a woman’s interest. The Montreal research assistant will come home from work, sit [...]
Confidentiality Without a Patent
In my line of work, I’m often asked to sign confidentiality agreements before someone will tell me about their business or invention. Most often, I refuse. Not because I’m interested in stealing their idea (ideas are easy, execution is hard) but because it’s very possible for someone to share information with me about their project, [...]
Toy Rental Service Targets Waiting Rooms
Serving businesses in Vancouver, B.C., Lucky Duck Toy Box offers a solution to the problem of old, dirty, worn out toys in waiting rooms, reports trendspotter Springwise. Instead, it delivers a fresh assortment of sanitized playthings to keep businesses’ youngest customers safe and entertained. All toys are lead-tested, inspected and cleaned with environmentally friendly products. [...]
For sale: one Aston Martin Silver Birch DB5s. It’s not the most fuel efficient car available, but it does have a revolving license plate, a tire slasher, twin machine guns, rear oil sprayer, smoke screen, nail disperser, radar, retractable bullet-proof screen, and a passenger ejector seat. Oh yeah, and it’s had only one previous owner: [...]
The iPad apparently isn’t just good for browsing the web and watching video in style. It can also bend spoons, and make books, birds and money appear out of thin air. At least that’s what one Japanese street magician wants you to believe. By combining some sleight of hand, camera trickery, rehearsed timing and a [...]
Google Ditches Microsoft Windows
According to Business Insider, Google is banning Microsoft Windows from internal use. Employees will be given the choice between Apple’s Mac OS and Linux. Adding insult to injury, Google is also publicly citing Windows security problems for the decision and blaming Windows vulnerabilities for the China hacking incident. So that’s 20,000+ Windows licenses that won’t [...]
