Archive for June 15th, 2010
It All Started With A Cellphone…
In 2003, Tom Stemple had the sort of struck-by-lightning moment every entrepreneur dreams about–on steroids. Stemple’s brother had taken his wife’s cell phone to work by mistake, reports Entrepreneur. Drowning in a sea of drab black and silver cell phones hardly distinguishable from one another, Stemple decided there had to be a better way to [...]
Expand Your Thinking With New Experiences
Success magazine suggests that each month for 30 days in a row, commit to doing something new that you have thought about doing, but have not done, and notice how it affects your life. Some possibilities: do aerobic exercise for 30 minutes, listen to only positive music, don’t read the newspaper, stop watching television, eat [...]
In 2008, Peter Frykman, a mechanical engineering student at Stanford University, designed a small, portable laser-manufacturing system that could quickly and accurately punch holes in cheap plastic tubing to make affordable drip irrigation systems. According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, in June 2008, he founded Driptech with $5,000 of his own money. The 26-year-old entrepreneur has raised [...]
Invention Blocks Vuvuzelas Sound
The endless drone of the vuzuzelas, the plastic trumpet, has become an infuriating and inescapable presence at World Cup matches and their global TV broadcasts. German inventor and programmer Tobias Herre has a solution. The Atlantic Wire is reporting that Herre has devised a way to filter the audio from World Cup through his computer [...]
Is Entrepreneurship Harder For Women?
According to The Commercial Appeal, the path to entrepreneurship is a harder one to take for women than it is for men. With various gender obstacles to face, many women simply find that they cannot get as far as they would like. Although Denise Burnett loves her role as leader of one of the largest [...]
Newspapers Unveil Auction Site
According to a report at MediaPost, a number of newspaper and broadcast TV news Web sites have come together to create Boocoo, a national online listing and auction site with a local focus. It is intended to compete with Craigslist and EBay. Developed by Michigan-based Ranger Data Technologies, Boocoo is a self-serve consumer-based product scheduled [...]
Birthing A Business In 48 Hours
Have you ever tried to start a business in under 48 hours? Or is this a challenge you just wouldn’t feel comfortable taking on? The Washington Post has recently reported about one set of entrepreneurs that spent this past weekend launching their own business. With just minutes to go until deadline, the coders sit furiously [...]
Staples Launches Entrepreneur Competition
The Boston Globe is reporting that Staples Inc., the Framingham-based retailer of office supplies, is once again looking for young entrepreneurs who are creating ventures that can have a positive impact on communities. Working with Ashoka, a community of social entrepreneurs, Staples said it is launching its fourth annual youth social entrepreneur competition. The grand [...]
Mom’s Cloth Art Leaves An Imprint In Homes & Hearts
When some people want to get a message across using crafts they might try needle point. Others might consider picking up an artist’s brush and painting a portrait. Then there is the founder of Tekst-doeken, Brigitte Wolfhagen. She brings words to life using a little creativity, a few special words and some canvas or linen. [...]
