The Salt Lake Tribune: Why do 80 percent of all new ventures fail within the first five years? The biggest reason is lack of proper financing. It is human nature to underestimate the amount of money that will be needed to start up and run a business. They also fail for other human reasons —the […]
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Cassandra Daily: A collaboration between Parisian industrial design firm Eliumstudio and German appliance company Rowenta, the Naturalis lets users make beauty products right at home, using all-natural, easily-accessible ingredients. Emulsion technology, which has been in the headlines a lot lately, is implemented to turn out creams, balms and other skincare products that one can apply
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JSOnline: Getz on Sunday is launching wantable.co, an e-commerce company that will develop style profiles for women, and then present them with cosmetic packages tailored to their look. Here’s how it works: A woman fills out a survey about her preferences and, based on the responses, is put into a style category such as “Rock
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io9: The creation of an effective and reversible male contraceptive method (that isn’t the condom) is currently a hot research topic, as various institutes attempt to come up with a way of stopping sperm without doing any permanent harm. None of these attempts has yet resulted in a male pill, but now scientists have discovered
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Born in 1815, Edmund McIlhenny moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, around 1840, finding work in the Louisiana banking industry. By the eve of the American Civil War, he had acquired a small fortune and became an independent bank owner. During the Civil War, McIlhenny fled with his in-laws, the Avery family, to Texas, where he
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Nope, this isn’t a new iPhone app. It’s a business card from Beasty Design. What do you think?
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