USA Today: Over the past decade, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs to the 55 to 64 age group, according to a study by the Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City, Mo.-based entrepreneurship institute. The 20 to 34 age bracket has the lowest rate. “When people think startups, they think kids,” said Christian Gurney of […]
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Inc.: Consumers are becoming more aware of the contaminants, like nitrates, in drinking water. That leaves a huge opportunity for companies to purify water without the use of chemicals. One such company is HydroNovation, based in San Francisco. It makes residential and commercial water treatment systems that use a chemical-free process called electrodeionization to soften
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Londonist: Set up just off Tottenham Court Road, the billboard allows passersby to have pictures taken of themselves and the words “I LOVE YOU MUM†— something that could be handy ahead of next Sunday. As Simove says, “I wanted an original way to send my Mum a Mothers Day greeting — greeting cards and
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Cassandra Daily: Scarcity of electricity and abundance of waste are serious global challenges. Fortunately, the UK’s Bristol Robotics Laboratory has developed the EcoBot III, a self-sustaining cyborg that’s fueled on dirt, leaves, and, well, certain undesirable excrements. The machine is potty-trained to use a litter tray”its predecessors ran on bugs and spoiled fruit”making it a
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Worried about a zombie attack? Hornady, an American ammunition manufacturer has you covered with their Zombie Max ammunition. Zahra Huber, of WWWJ Detroit, recently spoke to a company representative about the product and their marketing with zombies:
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Pixar, makers of Toy Story, Cars and WALL-E, story artist Emma Coats has been tweeting a series of guidelines she’s learned at Pixar for creating compelling stories. I’m sure that you’ll find some of them useful in your marketing. You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. You gotta keep in mind
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At The Beach Park, outside the city of Fortalezza, Brazil, you can ride the world’s tallest water slide. Insano is 134 feet high and riders can reach a speed of 65 miles per hour during their five second ride. Insano video below.
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The following is a short excerpt from the book The Startup Owner’s Manual: Once your Business Model Canvas is done, it’s time for your team to “get out of the building” to test your hypotheses. You need to answer three key questions: Do we really understand the customer’s problem or need? Do enough people care
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Diginfo: The Multiprotector from Kinoshita Kogyo is a simple cast that can stabilize an injured area with the use of a single straw. This cast is used when an injury from sports or the workplace requires the injured area to be stabilized. The cast is wrapped around the injured area and inflated to stop bleeding
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ZipFlyer Nepal is the world’s most extreme zipline. Riders travel nearly 90 miles per hour on the one mile wire as they experience a vertical drop of 2000 feet. Video below. I wonder what kind of red tape something like this would have to go through to get approved in the US?
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