Archive for December 15th, 2010
Here’s a cool STOCKing stuffer. Company Stock. How about a share of Hershey’s for the chocoholic? Or a share of Starbucks for the latte lover? The gift of stock ownership – and an introduction to the wild world of stocks – starts with a stock certificate from OneShare.com. With more than 150 public companies to [...]
Irish Entrepreneurs Boom in Crisis
The economic turmoil in Ireland has given Irish entrepreneurs an opportunity to rise out of the shadows of big business. A crisis can be an opportunity to some, as Fast Company explains: With her country embroiled in budget cuts, a $113 billion bailout, and a general financial frenzy, product designer Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh’s obsession with [...]
The New York Times reports that Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis shut down so many receivers last season that teammates started calling his turf Revis Island, where opposing players were inevitably marooned. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg jokingly renamed Manhattan Revis Island in January when the Jets reached the American Football Conference championship game. But even as [...]
Jeff Cicatko has always amused himself by making board games. His father even told him that he should make a living doing it when he grew up, reports HamptonRoads.com. After a stint in the insurance business, he created a new game revolving around competitive surfing – just in time for the Christmas shopping season. Called [...]
Become An Intellectual Property Donor
Artist Evan Roth has a radical idea to help let our ideas live long after we die. Taking inspiration from organ donation programs, Roth advocates donating intellectual property to the public domain to contribute to the ‘progress of science’ and ensure that your creative legacy lives on. Why let all of your ideas die with [...]
Over in the Meadow Animated Storybook is an app from iMomConnect. One of its founders, Rupa Tak, told the Greenbay Press Gazette that their product is aimed at helping kids up to 12 years old learn to count and recognize animal sounds. Tak said iMomConnect is focusing on moms with a fast-paced life. “We wanted [...]
How Colors Affect Purchase Decisions
A visually stimulating chart compiled by Kissmetrics outlines how our purchasing decisions are influenced through color, among other factors. Via: PSFK
The Future For Women In Business
Sue Schell recently presented a small crowd of people with a unique question, “What would you do if you were a businesswoman who was sent to Korea to conduct business, but the men wanted to work out the details on a golf course where women weren’t allowed?” This question was presented to a group of [...]
According to a story in Bloomberg Businessweek, the last time Ray Lopez bought a suit, Lehman Brothers was still standing. Now the managing partner at private equity firm Shamrock Capital Partners is ready to go wardrobe shopping again. Lopez, 43, plans to drop as much as $1,500 at Jos. A. Bank on two pinstriped suits, [...]
Fast Company reports that a new survey by Forrester tracking U.S. consumer activity has revealed that the Net has caught up with TV as a pastime–and while TV’s not going away just yet, this pretty much cements the future of web-based TV. Forrester has been carrying out this kind of research for years, but this [...]
