On this day in 1840, Canadian businessman Henry Birks was born. In 1857, Birks was hired as a clerk at Savage and Lyman in→

Business owners, and their teams, often lose their way in the midst of the day-to-day stress of generating sales and profits. Suddenly, everyone becomes→

Ever wish you had some way to hold your bag open for you, while you try to stuff it with whatever you need? That→

The following is a guest post by Jim Masterson, author of How to Start a Dog Walking Business: Dog Walking Jobs For Fun and→

Since there are no washing machines on the International Space Station, astronauts often wear the same underwear for three or four days before disposing→

1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta→

The following post is made possible by support from UPS. A reader wrote: Do you have any game changing business ideas you’d care to→

A Frenchman is building a 13th century castle in the Arkansas Ozarks with local laborers and 13th century tools. The goal is tourism, of→

What would you do with a 26-pound gummy bear? Imagine the shock of your party goers when they realize that your 32,000-calorie gummy bear→

Hearing loss from exposure to loud music is a serious problem. One study from the University of Minnesota found that after a concert, 64%→

A new cab service in Lexington, Kentuck will not only transport you, but also your car. WKYT27 reports: Jackie Robinson Jr. has been driving→

Reason: Three years ago, Dr. Keith Smith, co-founder and managing partner of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, took an initiative that would only be→

Carpe Diem: The top photo shows how Hurricane Sandy took out a section of Hwy 12 on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, making→

UT San Diego: Last December, Gov. Jerry Brown said a key reason to pursue very costly alternative energy was that America was running out→

Signal vs. Noise: Remember the web before Movable Type? If you wanted a blog you had to program one. You had to know databases→

1814 – The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig→

Thanks to capitalism, all of these things now fit in your pocket.

ABC 10 News: A long line of people snaked out of a North County machine shop on a recent Sunday. The customers were there→

Last century people worked to build a better mouse trap. This century, the goal is to build a better robot. That is the mission→

Michael Powell faced a fear many low budget inventors encounter, and he won. In this case, he tackled Home Depots theft of his invention,→