Lifehack: Developed by creative consultancy The Director’s Bureau, The Idea Generator uses randomly-displayed words to help you generate ideas for your next creative project. The user interface of the Idea Generator is a marvel of elegance and simplicity, and it’s fun to use. Three concentric circles fill the screen, emblazoned with random words. Situated horizontally […]
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Do you have trouble getting peanut butter out of the bottom of the jar? A jar with screw on lids on both ends might solve the problem. I have no idea if this is real. Found on Flickr.
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Science Daily: Dr. Kleinberg discovered how saliva’s chemistry helps teeth neutralize the acidity created from eating food by balancing the pH levels in the mouth. “[It’s] like if you’ve got a swimming pool,” Dr. Kleinberg said. “You have got to get the pH right. If you’ve got a neutral pH, you’ve got the ideal condition.”
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: The for-profit’s new venture New Charter University — sidesteps the loan system by setting tuition so cheap that most students shouldn’t need to borrow. The price: $796 per semester, or $199 a month, for as many classes as they can finish. “This is not buying a house,” says Mr. Wade,
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As one of the original door-to-door direct selling companies, it seems like Avon has been around forever. However, the brand has managed to stay fresh, and the Avon lady you remember from the past may be your friend or neighbor today. The United States is not the only country enjoying the opportunity that Avon has
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It is often said that when people can’t do then they teach. For Craig Wallin it was more along the lines of doing first and teaching later. Craig first noticed the need for business guides in the 1980’s. He was growing a breed of apples that are not found in stores. Through his connections as
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Times Record News: The State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) grant initiative, launched under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, is a pilot grant program authorizing up to $90 million in grants to the states and U.S. territories over three years to help them increase the number of businesses that export, as well as
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USA Today: Clothes are an important part of your business image, even in a small business. If you’re too casual, you may not seem professional to your customers, employees, or even yourself. If you’re overdressed, you may seem to be “trying too hard” when you meet with a more casually dressed prospect, or you may
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Guardian Professional: The retail industry is experiencing a revolution on a par with the introduction of plastic payments in the 1950s or the launch of the internet and e-commerce in the early 1990s. The mobile device, a gadget we check more than 200 times every day, is changing the way we discover and buy products
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Windsor Star: The votes are in and this year’s BDC Young Entrepreneur has been chosen. Zane Kelsall, founder of Two If By Sea Cafe in Dartmouth, N.S., stood out among the eight finalists for Anchored Coffee, an innovative project to launch the first roastery in Atlantic Canada that will buy all of its coffee direct
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