June 18, 2014

The Right-Brain Business Plan

Millions of artists, entrepreneurs, crafters, and solopreneurs dream of making a living doing what they love. But turning their vision into a viable business plan can feel like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Jennifer Lee knows what it’s like to make the entrepreneurial leap — and how to do it […]

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Painless Laser Shots

Tech Crunch: The end of needles is nigh: researches have developed a laser-based system “that blasts microscopic jets of drugs into the skin [that] could soon make getting a shot as painless as being hit with a puff of air,” reports phys.org. The laser system works by creating microsecond bubbles of air that penetrate the

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Niche Biz: Robot Dolls

CheezBurger.com: A pair of scientists in New Zealand are predicting that the brothels of the future will be staffed by robot prostitutes. In a research paper on the sex industry, “Robots, Men And Sex Tourism,” Ian Yeoman and Michelle Mars believe that by 2050, clients will pay nearly $10,000 for an all-inclusive evening that features

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Farmers Of The Future Won’t Have To Drive Their Tractors

According to Grand Forks Herald, the next time you see a field being tended by a farmer, he probably won’t be driving the tractor. Initially, the tractors will be primarily for tillage. They’ll have “follow-me” technology, to trail behind a lead vehicle between fields and then follow another tractor, “just like a hired hand would.”

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Niche Biz: Fertility Yoga

Entrepreneur.com: A decade ago when Beth Heller and Tami Quinn opened Pulling Down the Moon in Chicago, “fertility yoga” was little-known. Today, they operate four centers in Illinois and one in Rockville, Md., offering a variety of services to women trying to get pregnant. “Never did we imagine that it would grow into a $1.3

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