StarTribune: Pond scum, or blue-green algae, is a common sight in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. For Blue Water Ponds, a start-up company operated by two recent college graduates, pond scum is a business opportunity. The company, which won the student division of the 2010 Minnesota Cup challenge, aims to prevent summer algae blooms with […]
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Chapelboro.com: … His name is Chase Lewis and he’s a 13-year-old home schooled seventh grader from Chapel Hill. He’s invented a device to help famine victims carry their children on the often long and often grueling treks to refugee camps. “Last summer my mom had some papers in her hand,†he says. “They were headlines
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Belfast Telegraph: Branding is important but new quality niche products can be successful if effectively marketed. That is the strong message from The Brewer’s House, a gastropub and restaurant in the Co Tyrone village of Donaghmore, near Dungannon. Although the Brewer’s House is an 18th century hostelry and one of the oldest pubs in Ulster,
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nebusiness.co.uk: A Northumberland-born entrepreneur has returned to the UK from Australia – and brought her new business idea with her. Entrepreneur Clare Robinson, who is originally from Morpeth and now lives near Berwick, will be launching Green Elephant Coaching (GEC) at Edinburgh Zoo in November. Rather than elephants, the programme looks at chimpanzees and just
Stockhouse: … * Being self-employed is a choice with only 20 per cent of new owners doing so because they couldn’t find a job; * The 50 and over age group is the fastest growing segment of new business owners accounting for nearly 30 per cent of start-ups; * The self-employed are more educated –
Alex Broches originally launched College Junkee as a way to connect Northern Illinois University students. A year later, he has rebranded his website. He now helps students connect with each other for dates. This recent change will allow him to grow his business in a big way, reports The Beacon-News. “It’s fast and easy,†said
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Michael Hecht was mowing lawn on his hilly property just a few years ago when he nearly had an accident. A wheel had slipped, and he couldn’t stop it from rolling backwards. It ended up going over a brick wall and he landed in the driveway. Sure that there had to be a way to
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What do you know about the toothpick industry? Here are a couple of links that might enlighten you: The Straight Dope: Toothpick manufacturers (most of them are in Maine) steam birch logs to make them easier to cut, then “veneer” them, which means they peel each log into a thin sheet, sort of like unrolling
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Shane Chen believes his invention could replace bikes or cars for short trips. Whether that is true, we will have to wait and see. However, we can say that his step on and go style unicycle is very unique! According to Kamas Katu, Chen is a long time inventor, with many inventions already under his
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Moneycontrol.com: Rupesh Kumar Shah, 25, a Computer Science engineer with a post graduate degree from IIM- Kolkata creates Open Source based content and technology that can make learning fun. His passion for technology took him to IIT Mumbai. Where he developed ‘Intux’ an operating system based on Linux. He likes himself to be called as
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