Archive for January 18th, 2012
Your Chance To Get On Walmart’s Shelves
Walmart today announced the launch of Get on the Shelf, the first contest of its kind from a major retailer. Beginning today, anyone can enter Get on the Shelf for the chance to get their product sold on Walmart.com and even in Walmart stores. Any product in any category currently covered by Walmart is eligible [...]
Board Games That Combine Real and Virtual
The ePawn Arena is a 26 inch flat screen that interfaces with smartphones, tablets and PCs to allow gamers to use real world game pieces with their online and mobile games. The ePawn Arena includes patented real-time object-tracking technology that allows you play actual physical board games while at the same time interacting with a [...]
Energy Drinks from Coffee Leftovers
Entrepreneur.com: Shaun Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Kalaheo, Hawaii-based KonaRed, is giving the sports drink category a java jolt. His company turns a byproduct of coffee production into a line of energy drinks, also called KonaRed. Before coffee farmers can ship out the beloved bean at the center of the coffee fruit, they have to [...]
Starting the World’s Largest Hotel from His Bedroom
Business Insider: Magnuson isn’t your typical startup guy. When he started his company in 2002, he wasn’t a kid coming straight out of college looking to raise money for a tech idea. Nor was he an ultra-rich investor, painstakingly searching for the next Internet behemoth. He was just a middle-aged man with a big idea, [...]
Infographic: 3 Pathways to Social Business
According to this infographic from Global Dawn, social business has evolved from multiple sources and is taking business in a new direction. From the development of micro-finance to today’s customer ecosystems, shared value and social business is all about empowering people and creating a more collaborative human-centered business environment.
Yesterday was Kid Inventors’ Day, but its never too late to celebrate those young minds that do big things. According to The Washington Post, the day is recognized each year on January 17th because it is Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. He was only 12 years old when he created a hand paddle to help him swim [...]
Video: Rube Goldberg-ian Page Turner
To some it may be a waste of time, to Joseph Herscher it is fun. He has designed a Rube Goldberg-style, 19 step system to turn the pages of his newspaper.
Low Cost Startup Biz Ideas: Mobile Notary Public
Fox Business: Despite technological advances, documents such as property deeds, wills and loan papers still require an official signature and stamp by a notary. Some banks and real estate agents have a notary license, but the current trend is using notaries who come to your home or business on call. Setting up this kind of [...]
Do You Tweet As Your Or Your Biz?
The Washington Post recently asked a couple people whether they post to Twitter as their business or as themselves. How do you tweet? Rakia Reynolds, principal at Skai Blue Media Branding is at the heart of any business, and when people are following a business account on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, [...]
