October 2014

Scaring People For a Living

Now I Know: David Johnson is an allegedly homeless man living in San Francisco. He is also a street performer who makes, in a good year, north of $60,000 per some reports. His instrument? Two branches from eucalyptus trees, with greenery intact, each about five feet high, which he hides behind while sitting on a […]

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Skydiving School

photo credit: divemasterking2000 How much does it cost to start a skydiving school? Not too much, actually: Last month Matthew Fitch [a] former Navy communications officer opened No Limits Skydiving, a parachuting school. After eight years his event-jumping business had hit a plateau of about 30 appearances per year, which generated $100,000 in annual revenues.

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Same Height Parties

Core77: Berlin-based artist Hans Hemmert (famous for his work with balloons) threw a party where guests wore shoe-extenders to make them all the same height of 2 meters. Aside from bringing the partygoers all to a common eye level (and eliminating the awkward postures of party talk between the tall and the short), the gathering

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iPhone Pants

StartupSmart: Designers who are sick of having to fish around for smartphones to send a text have created a pair of jeans with a see-through pocket. The Delta415 Wearcom Jeans, from San Francisco company Alphyn, allow the wearer to leave their phone in their pants while sending texts, surfing the net or playing Angry Birds.

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John Hancock Investments Empowering Family Office Advisors to Delight End Clients

John Hancock Investments excels at building investors’ need based funds and then making them successful by leaving no stone unturned in bringing in professional management to make the stakeholders grow. No wonder, family office advisors like to trust John Hancock for their financial navigation. This investment firm walks the talk, and backs its claims of

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Glowing Dog Collars

Glowdoggie knows that every dog owner wants to keep their furry loved ones safe, seen and protected – during the day, but even more importantly at night, when they need our care most. This is what inspired them to find the world’s finest nighttime safety product and bring it exclusively to the dogs of North

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Automatic Streetlamp Umbrella

Huffington Post: It’s raining, you don’t have an umbrella, and there are no awnings in sight. Mikhail Belyaev would like to have you covered with his latest invention, the “Lampbrella.” Part street lamp, part umbrella, the lamppost contraption has a sensor that detects when it’s raining and an electric motor that automatically opens a canopy

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