Archive for July 18th, 2011
Gotham Greens: Urban Rooftop Greenhouse
Gotham Greens is the the country’s first commercial urban rooftop greenhouse. They have a 15,000 square-foot facility atop a two-story warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that aims to put more than 100 tons of farm fresh produce into the mouths of hungry New Yorkers within 24 hours of harvesting. Business Insider has a photo tour.
Three things men love will be woven together when a new business opens in Howell later this summer — burgers, beers and shears. Pinckney resident Lance Lumpiesz soon will open the doors of Moe’s BarBar Shop, 106 W. Grand River Ave., a place where a man “can cut his locks and have a scotch on [...]
Joe Reynolds is a former cross-country athlete and house painter who’s love for marathon running but dread of miles and miles of endless pavement drove him to create the Great Urban Race in 2007. Great Urban Race is a wild urban adventure. Teams of racers travel somewhere between four to eight miles, solve twelve clues [...]
Entrepreneur: Every frat house and bar has its self-appointed beer expert. But if you really want to learn what’s worth drinking and which brews complement your favorite foods, the go-to guy is Matt Simpson, aka The Beer Sommelier. Based in Marietta, Ga., the fast-talking Simpson has built a formidable one-man business around his knowledge of [...]
3D Laser Scanning Accident Sites
According to the BBC, police in the UK will soon use laser scanners at crash sites to make 3D images of the scene, instead of having to painstakingly log everything at the scene. The 3D laser technology uses a special scanner mounted on a tripod to take a 360-degree image of the crash site recording [...]
Is Your Business Failing Facebook?
Sometimes a business will join Facebook with visions of instant success and many followers. Forbes offers a few reasons why your business may be failing on Facebook. You’re trying too hard. Spamming your followers with non-stop brand-related chatter will make you lose followers, not gain fans. Social media works best when it involves an element [...]
Helping Businesses Find Employees
Job placement companies are not new, but they are still a booming business. This is something Sheri Welsh knows a lot about. In 2002, she launched Welsh & Associates. Whenever a company needs professional personnel, she helps them find the right person for the job, reports Mlive. When a client needs professional personnel, Welsh already [...]
When most people think of magicians, they think of the many magic tricks they perform. However, who made those tricks? At the recent convention of the Society of American Magicians, you just need to look beyond the trick. That is when you realize some of the most innovative minds came together to create the most [...]
