Archive for December 21st, 2011
Today in Entrepreneurial History: December 21
1620 – Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1844 – The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement. 1913 – Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World [...]
Badpreneuer: How One Guy Failed 10 Times
If you think you’ve had your fair share of failures and bad luck in life then think again as you meet Simon Jameson – an entrepreneur that has not only failed once in business, but 10 times. “I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” – Thomas A.Edison Launched this [...]
The Science of Christmas Trees
WSJ: Christmas tree geneticist John Frampton rubs the sprigs of a two-inch seedling, planted two years ago from the seed of a fir cone from the Uludag Mountain region in western Turkey. This Uludag seedling tube is one of thousands in a greenhouse at North Carolina State University, where Mr. Frampton tests DNA and blends [...]
CNN Money: America’s love affair with the irreverent, tacky and politically incorrect is making millions for at least one business. Carson Home Accents, a 41-year-old, family-owned company based in Freeport, Pa., struck gold recently when it started manufacturing and selling RedNek Wine Glasses. The company, a wholesaler of gift and home decor items, started making [...]
Adjustable Swimming Pools: Hidden Water Pools
Hidden Water Pools look like traditional pools until the owner presses a button on the attached control panel. Within seconds, hydraulic lifts, powered by the pool’s own water, slowly raise the floor of the pool up. As the pool floor rises, the water flows to the edges where it then drains beneath the pool floor. [...]
Small Business in Tough Economic Times
The following is a guest post from Kelly Austin. It is possible to own and operate a profitable small business during the recession. Starting a small business does not mean you have to do the business indefinitely and running a small business can be temporary to help provide some income to help pay for bills [...]
Giving The Gift Of Information
Not sure what to give your young aspiring entrepreneur this year? Why not send a few entrepreneur memoirs their way? Entrepreneurial memoirs, whether they are displayed as printed books or on electronic tablets, are a treasure chest of information and entertainment. They fit the bill perfectly for all work-for-yourself wannabes on your holiday list, for [...]
Switch-A-Dish Inventor Not Yet ‘Homemade Millionaire’
She may have won on Kelly Ripa’s cable TV show, “Homemade Millionaire,” but Karen McCombs is not a millionaire… yet, reports lohud.com. What Ripa’s show — in which regular folks presented their inventions to a panel of experts and competed for a pitch spot on HSN — gave to McCombs was not a million dollars, [...]
Huffpost Tech: A Japanese inventor has revealed his latest creation – an LED inserted in your nose that lights up when you breathe. The strange device casts a ghostly blue light through your nostril every time it senses a draft. It is the brainchild of Noda Akira, who says he simply attached a temperature monitor [...]
WaveMaster Making Waves In Dock Industry
In October, we featured an article about the WaveMaster boat docking system. His docks are truly a green product, and they are made in the USA. He is an inspiration to many entrepreneurs who hope to follow the same path. We recently got in contact with the founder of WaveMaster, Larry Moody, and asked him [...]
