1788 – American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrive at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opening the westward expansion of the new country. 1827 – John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first […]
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In their new book Small Town Rules, Barry Moltz and Becky McCray reveal the seven “rural-style” solutions that have become invaluable to even the largest companies, most dominant brands, and most cosmopolitan businesses. Between the chapters, powerhouse small town brands are profiled, including L.L. Bean, Walmart, Winnebago Industries, and Viking Range. Small Town Rules profiles
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When you wear glasses all of the time, there are not many options to choose from when you’re blinded by the sun. You can either get prescription sunglasses or settle for a pair of clip-ons that just don’t seem to fit your frames the way they should. Sunclipies is giving eyeglass wearers a third option:
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Entrepreneur: Many dismissed the flavored wallpaper scene in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as childhood fantasy, but for Adnan Aziz, it was a revolutionary idea with real-life potential. In January 2005, he partnered with seasoned entrepreneurs Jay Minkoff, 48, and Josh Kopelman, 35, to launch First Flavor in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Together, they refined
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Havana Times: “You lose 20 and win 40,†touted this almost 50-year-old man. Nice looking and well dressed, he was standing at the stop for the “P line†bus, the heaviest trafficked route in the capital city. What he was offering was a chance for each individual to change 1.00 peso for 0.80 cents, which
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1886 – At Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, GA, the first sale of Coca-Cola was made. 1893 – The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. 1904 – Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. 1908 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
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Most people would take their new vacuum out of its packaging and throw the box away. Jake Tyler used the packaging to make a vacuum instead, reports The Daily Mail. Jake Tyler’s innovative machine so impressed cleaning giant Vax that it intends to put the model into production. Mr Tyler developed the ‘ev’ model for
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DailyFinance: In the bitter catalog of inconveniences associated with moving, finding boxes barely deserves a mention: Compared to changing addresses and forwarding mail, switching phones and looking for the best supermarket, finding cardboard packing cartons is pretty minor. Still, whether one decides to buy brand new boxes from U-Haul or simply scavenges leftovers from the
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SeacostOnline: The tagline for a new online business, Hoist Away Bags, pretty much says it all: “raising old sails to new heights.” Founder and owner Laura Cleminson began dabbling in recycling sailcloth into bags in the fall of 2010. “I got serious in the first quarter of 2011,” she said. “I had the idea to
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Ever wonder what it is like to take an idea and turn it into a product? Andre Nel, the CEO of Bexter7 LLC, recounts his own experiences in a recent article at IPWatchdog. I admit it! I fell for it hooks, line, and sinker. It seemed so easy! Come up with an idea, file a
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