She may have won on Kelly Ripa’s cable TV show, “Homemade Millionaire,” but Karen McCombs is not a millionaire… yet, reports lohud.com. What Ripa’s show — in which regular folks presented their inventions to a panel of experts and competed for a pitch spot on HSN — gave to McCombs was not a million dollars, […]
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The submissions deadline for Startup Open, a featured competition at 2011 Global Entrepreneurship Week that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, closes today. Entrants can register at www.startupopen.com/register. Entrepreneurs who have a “startup moment” between GEW 2010 and GEW 2011 (Nov. 22, 2010 to Nov. 20, 2011) are eligible to take part. A “startup moment†is
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If you thought it was hard to compete against a larger company for customers, imagine running a campaign tour bus company and discovering the government is now offering candidates Secret Service-owned tour buses. “The government went into competition with me,†Williams told The Daily Caller. “Something is not right, or fair about this.†Williams, whose
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When Shree Bose was in second grade, she tried to make blue spinach. At just 17 years of age, she won the first Google Global Science Fair with her research into ovarian cancer, reports The New York Times. For the winning research Ms. Bose looked at a chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, that is commonly taken by
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The Chicago Toy & Game Fair (ChiTAG) has always encouraged innovation among children. With the relaunch of the Young Inventor Challenge for its 5th year, they are doing it again on November 19th. Kids ages 6-18 are invited to participate in this fun and exciting event that brings together imagination, play and inventive thinking with
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Have you been holding on to a unique idea that would revolutionize the way we communicate? If so, a new program called, “Invent with Nokia,” may be exactly what you are looking for. According to Nokia: Having a great idea is one thing, but having that idea turned into a reality is often much more
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According to AOL Small Business, Verizon has started a contest looking for the hardest working small biz mom. The contest, which is open until May 22nd, is searching for moms all across the United States. There are two main requirements: you must be a mom who runs a small business and you must use Verizon’s
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The Telstra Business Women’s Awards has launched once gain in Australia, and it is bringing women together for the chance to win $200,000 in cash and prizes. The 2011 awards were unveiled today, featuring three main categories: private and corporate, business owner, and community and government. They are also featuring two special categories; one is
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Aspiring mompreneurs once again have the opportunity to receive some funding through the Huggies MomInspired program. The program awards money to deserving moms with inventions or ideas that are inspired by motherhood. At a time when American entrepreneurs are credited with starting the most businesses – more than half a million per month – than
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The James Dyson Award is once again trying to encourage the next generation of design engineers to be creative, challenged, and inventive. They are reaching out to university level industrial design and engineering students or graduates within 4 years of graduation. However, they must have studied in one of 18 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
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