Archive for March 11th, 2011
The season must be approaching quickly, because golf and tees are filling the news. A couple weeks ago, an inventor combined the golf tee and a pencil, creating the Teecil. Now an inventor has combined the birdie used in badminton with the idea behind tees, creating the BirTee, reports Ottawa Citizen. After whacking badminton shuttlecocks [...]
Mompreneur Finds Success In A Cup
The news is filled with stories about successful entrepreneurs that got their start while a teenager. Krimson Black is yet another one of those success stories. Her cafe, The Krimson Kafe, has been in business for 13 years now. She is no longer a teenager, but she is a successfol mom-entrepreneur. Oconee Patch asked her [...]
Today in Entrepreneurial History: March 11
1702 – The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time. 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. 1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down [...]
Tackling The Snow In Luggage Racks
It’s not uncommon to see SUV’s driving down the road with piles of snow stuck in the luggage rack right after a winter storm. So, two fourth graders created a solution and entered it into the Invention Convention for their school district, reports PhillyBurbs.com. They call it the Roof Rack Scraper, a modified shovel-scraper that [...]
Superfocus Glasses For Astronauts
According to Ubergizmo, NASA supplied the astronauts on the recently launched Discovery with special glasses that would make it easier for them to see in space. Superfocus glasses aim to help folks suffering from presbyopia. The glasses act like a regular pair of spectacles, with prescription lenses on the outer layer, while a pair of [...]
Have A Great Idea? Tell Everyone!
The New York Times: You’ve heard of high-tech start-ups being in “stealth mode,” meaning they’re not telling anyone what they’re up to yet. It has a glamorous aura to it, conjuring up images of a brilliant project in the works that will soon be sprung upon the world, disrupting established players and leaving everyone scrambling [...]
There is something about parenthood that is simply inspiring. Parents recently shared some of their favorite moms and pops that were inspired by their own children. Melissa Radcliffe, the Peekaru Original Inspiration: “My daughter was 5 or 6 months old when it started to get bitter cold,” says Radcliffe. “When we took my son to [...]
