Archive for November 11th, 2011
Today in Entrepreneurial History: November 11
Happy Armistice Day, Remembrance Day and Veterans Day. 1675 – Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x). 1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting [...]
Airdrop Harvests Moisture Directly From Air
Edward Linacre, a student at Melbourne, Australia’s Swinburne University. has won this year’s James Dyson Award, with his “Airdrop Irrigation” system. The system harvest water from the air and delivers it directly to the roots of plants by mimicking a trick from the Namib beetle. Minute water droplets from the fog gather on its wings; [...]
How to Sell to Big Grocery Stores
Here are seven steps for getting your product into a big groccery store like Whole Foods Market, Wal-Mart, Kroger or Publix. They are, without an explanation, below. For the full scoop, visit The Daily Dose: Use and train your brokers Show the trend Don’t go in cold Position the product Stand out Secure a distributor [...]
Investment Banker Turned Furniture Maker
A few years ago, Greg Hankerson was an investment banker in Phoenix with a problem. No, not a problem at work. A problem at home. His wife wanted a patio, and Hankerson was too cheap to buy her one. This need eventually drove Hankerson out of the world of high finance and into business manufacturing [...]
Profit in the Underground Economy
Co.Exsist: It’s the second largest economy in the world. Within the decade, it may sustain two-thirds of the planet’s workers, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and even rival the United States. But it’s not China: It’s the bazaars, vendors, and informal markets of the world. Robert Neuwirth’s new book, Stealth [...]
Three Ways Entrepreneurs Can Profit from Fake Honey
According to the Food Safety News, three quarters of all honey sold in the United States isn’t something natural that bees produce. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled “honey.” The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality [...]
Smelly-vision is here! Olly is a little white box that you connect to the internet that notifies you via your sense of smell. When it receives a notification from the internet, be it a new email, or a tweet or a change in weather, it emits a smell just like a Glade Automatic Spray.
Arkay is the world’s first non-alcoholic whisky. Do people really want the taste of whisky without the alcohol? Am I missing something? Is there really a market for something like this? ArKay, the world`s first alcohol free whisky flavored drink is designed for the socialite to the construction worker. The exceptional taste of whisky without [...]
First there was the big and tall, now there are options for the height challenged. Jimmy Au may have started out as an accidental entrepreneur, but now he provides suits to some of the biggest names in Hollywood. “My professor was my first customer, and I made $400 with 40 orders, so I told myself [...]
Abu Dhabi Women Embracing Business
The National: A year ago, Badour Al Massabi and Hend Al Nuaimi would have been at a loss to describe what, exactly, an entrepreneur does. Now they are not only preparing to open their own businesses, but they also hold events to educate other female students at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi. “We are empowering [...]
Getting Started With Grant Proposals
Are you having a little trouble getting the grants you need for your small business? Small Business Trends has a few tips to help you get started. The difficulty in applying for a grant is knowing where to start. Instead of trying to do it all by yourself, try the following: Go to local networking [...]
Selling Designer Jeans Through Home Parties
Companies find many different ways to market their product to consumers. A popular and effective way is through direct sales. That is the approach taken by Vault Jeans. Their passionate Fashion Consultants sell their product and have the opportunity to earn a little money, too. I recently spoke with Shannon Misener one of their consultants [...]
