Archive for September 1st, 2010
According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, Raymond Stauffer was shopping at a New Jersey mall when he noticed something peculiar about the bow ties on display at Brooks Brothers: They were labeled with old patent numbers. Stauffer also happens to be a patent lawyer. He sued Brooks Brothers Inc. in federal court, [...]
Spreading Business Knowledge To Kids
Chad Vail might be young but he is no newcomer to the word of business. Now a successful entrepreneur, he has entered into a new line of work. Chad is training a new generation of entrepreneurs reports The Berkley Independent. Vail, who is president of Junior Achievement’s South Carolina Coastal Region, recently spent a few [...]
Top 10 Reasons For Entrepreneurial Success
Jay Goltz owns five small businesses in Chicago. He recently posted a list on The New York Times “You’re The Boss” blog of what he believes are the most important success factors in business: 1. Look for opportunities to do something better than just about everyone else. 2. Accept risk as a necessary evil. It [...]
Mom/Daughter Business Caters To Pets
When you walk into the shop created by Debbie and Kristy Yettaw, they want you to feel like animals are people too reports Press-Telegram. Debbie, a laid-off transportation worker, and her 21-year-old daughter Kristy celebrated their grand opening onJuly 10. Inspired by her daughter’s love of animals and a troubled economy, Debbie says they took [...]
Toy and Game Inventor Expo 2010
The Toy and Game Inventor Expo is the only industry event designed exclusively to help the new toy and game inventor and entrepreneur by providing networking and educational opportunities. Independent inventors are an important source for new products to the Toy Industry, but because the industry relies heavily upon professional toy developers for new products [...]
An entrepreneur from Brunswick is hoping to save a lighthouse and keep it in the hands of the locals reports Mainebiz. Bob Muller, a consultant with a background in IT and high-tech image mapping, is scrambling to crowd fund between $75,000 and $150,000 in individual $49 donations in order to buy the lighthouse in Casco [...]
Slate: Modern-day squat evangelists make money off the claim that a “more natural” posture wards off all sorts of health problems, from Crohn’s disease to colon cancer. Inventor Jonathan Isbit runs a modest online business selling Nature’s Platform—a homemade, $150 device that fits over toilets to make them more like holes in the ground.* (He [...]
According to a story at CNNMoney.com, after selling his Illinois gourmet food store and moving to Austin six years ago, Chris Miller was anxious to open another food-related business. So he became an early pioneer of one of food world’s hottest trends: mobile food trucks. Miller’s hot-dog trailer transplants a Chicago classic down south. “I [...]
Inventor’s Journal: Provisional Patents
In this episode, Rich Whittle explains the 7 easy steps to getting a provisional patent for your invention. Click here to download the US Patent & Trademark Office Form Cover Sheet for provisional patents.
