Archive for September 3rd, 2010
Up Close and Personal With Crocodiles
Like crocodiles? Then you’ll love Crocosaurus Cove park in Darwin, Australia where tourists to this unusual theme park can get up close and personal with crocodiles. The Daily Mail has more on the crocodile itself: Saltwater crocodiles are the largest reptiles on the planet. Their main habitat is northern Australia and New Guinea, Indonesia and [...]
Swagapalooza: Looking for Innovative Consumer Products
Swagapalooza is an experiment in democratizing PR. On September 9th, the world’s most-followed bloggers, tweeters, and digital influencers will gather in New York to judge five-minute auditions from the creators of the latest, greatest, and most unexpected new products… And to connect with each other. The event gives any new consumer product the chance to [...]
Men’s Cosmetics Becoming A Bigl Market
When cosmetics began disappearing from her bathroom drawer a few years ago, Gretchen Bain, who lives in Merchantville, N.J., knew the culprit. Her husband, Jarrod. It turned out that Mr. Bain, 34, a Customs and border-protection officer who is 6-foot-3 and weighs 240 pounds — and whose uniform includes a 9-millimeter handgun — had developed [...]
The Snogometer is not some new fancy device. Rather, this invention is the product of a 16 year old mind from the 60′s reports the BBC. Designed to measure the power of a kiss, the archive Pathé news footage shows Malcolm putting his startling development through its paces whilst his mother (yes it is actually [...]
How’s this for a business idea? One family is selling t-shirts that read Stop Spending MY Money. I asked the mom, Kathy Conforti, where the idea came from: Hi. So good to hear back from you. The idea believe it or not came from my oldest son Richard who is 14! We were all watching [...]
Silly Bandz Become Dating Tool
We first brought you the story of Silly Bandz, the rubber bracelets that are all the rage among grade-schoolers back in March. Now they’re getting grown-up treatment at bars and clubs. Adults on the prowl are using the colorful bands instead of bad pickup lines to make love connections says the New York Daily News. [...]
Keep Leaf Makes Going Green Stylish
While on a trip to India when Jaswinder Salh was a teenager, she swore to herself that someday she’d have a job that would make a positive difference in the world. It is now two decades later and Jaswinder has kept that promise reports TheStar.com. She’s the founder of Keep Leaf, a Toronto-based company known [...]
Researcher Walks Into A Bar, Makes $712,883
A researcher at Northwestern University walks into a bar. Oh wait, no he didn’t—because he’s too busy spending the $712,883 he received in grant money to create joke-writing software. According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the federally-funded project has had some conservative backlash—Sen. John McCain ranked it as 36 on his list of the 100 most [...]
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Farmers have been using vending machines to sell carrots for awhile now. What’s new is that one group of farmers has teamed up with an advertising agency to rebrand baby carrots and advertise them in a way that mimics snack food like potato chips. What do you think?
Lewiston-Auburn, Maine has begun the race to find a young entrepreneur. Not just anyone, though. They are on the lookout for someone with a connection to their community that is interested in building there. There are a few catches, of course: you have to be willing to locate that business in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine’s second largest [...]
Her Own Biz, At Just 11 Years Old
Micro businesses are everywhere. They are run by people of all ages, educations, talents and passions. The New England Cable News Network highlights an amazing story in Massachusetts of a unique and successful micro business, but with an intriguing sole proprietor. McKenzie Plante, an 11-year old girl in the seaport town or Gloucester, Massachusetts, has [...]
Entrepreneurs Love Election Season
The Wall Street Journal reports that as campaign season ramps up, entrepreneurs that make products designed to help office-seekers and incumbents win votes are bracing for business. Small companies such as VictoryStore.com Inc. have introduced new marketing tools for political candidates in recent years, with users ranging from U.S. senators to small-town sheriffs. More politicians [...]
