Archive for June 9th, 2010
I’m including this story because it’s NOT about Twitter or Facebook or the iPhone. It’s about Buttercup. Buttercup the chihuahua is a new mommy, but not to a scrappy litter of yapping puppies. No, the tiny 2-year-old pooch has become a mom to nine orphaned kittens at the Angel Animal Hospital in Surrey, England. Buttercup [...]
Multitaskers Paying A Mental Price
When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it., reports The New York Times. Not just for a day or two, but 12 days. He finally saw it while sifting through old messages: a big company wanted to buy his Internet [...]
In a matter of weeks, Stanford University graduate students have built an electric car they hope will make daily travel more environmentally friendly, efficient, and fun. The WENG—”Where Everyone Needs to Go”—is built for short-range, low-speed drives and may soon be the cool new way to cruise the neighborhood—and possibly the antidote to the fully [...]
Inventor Hopes To Stop Oil In The Gulf
mlive.com: Michael Wiley, 59, of Mt. Morris Township believes he has invented the answer to BP’s prayers and will travel to Louisiana tomorrow to meet with the company’s officials. The local inventor invented what he calls the “Wileyf Oil Spill Containment System” that will stop the oil from spewing 100 percent or allow tanks to [...]
What Makes #2 Pencils So Special?
Most of us pick up pencils and lose them without giving it a second thought. Pencils are a bit more interesting than you might, think, though. Mental Floss answers a few not-so-frequently asked questions about everyone’s second-favorite writing implements, including when pencil sharpeners were illegal. What makes #2 pencils so special? They’re the absolute middle [...]
DesMoinesRegister.com: Lana Lewis makes warm chocolate chip cookies five days a week for her son, Dereck. But this isn’t some Donna Reed style stay-at-home-mom ritual – it’s business. “Who doesn’t love a warm cookie?” said Dereck, 24. His cookie delivery business, Tank Goodness, cashes in on the warm, fuzzy feeling the fresh, gooey treats create. [...]
Oprah Wants To Give You A Talk Show
Looking to break free of the cubicle and kick start a career in the spotlight? The mighty Oprah may be able to help. O and TV uber producer Mark Burnett have joined forces to find the next big (basic cable) star. Upload a video or attend an open casting call for your chance to host [...]
Closing The Gender Gap: Maxine Clark
With more than 250,000 woman-owned businesses in the US that bring in $1 million or more, it’s obvious that women have the potential to grow large companies. So why don’t more women try? That is what Forbes recently asked. This question brings to mind an observation that Build-A-Bear Workshop founder Maxine Clark once shared with [...]
Solve A Problem? Live Inside It
Solving a problem is hard – but truly understanding a problem is even harder, says Josh Makower, founder and chief executive officer of ExploraMed, a medical-device incubator. The real trick, he notes in this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture given at Stanford University, is to resist the urge to latch on to the first solution that [...]
Non-Profit Helps Local Inventors Cash-In On Ideas
9News reports that Colorado is leading the way with inventions and one non-profit is helping people turn their ideas into profitable businesses. Colorado is in the top 10 for number of patents filed and issued each year. “We are a hotbed of innovation here and we do have a big impact on the economy,” Inventors [...]
