Once again, young entrepreneurs can compete their way into a change to pitch their business ideas to Warren Buffet. Young people, aged 7 to 16, individually or in teams of 2 to 4 can submit their entries to the second annual “Grow Your Own Business Challengeâ€, with a chance to win prizes and the ear […]
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Last night was the first episode of season two of the History Channel show Invention USA. If you missed it, you can watch it here. Invention USA follows Scotty Ziegler and Reichart Von Wolfsheild as they search the country looking for the next brilliant invention, the next bold innovation, the next million-dollar idea. I haven’t
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Terror attacks, civil unrest, dirty bombs, earthquakes, 2012. Cue the entrepreneurs. Come-ons for doomsday products, from survival classes to earthquake kits, abound on the Internet. Demand is fueled by natural disasters, terrorist activity and websites dedicated to exploring such topics as what will happen Dec. 21, 2012, the last day of the ancient Maya calendar
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Yesterday, residents of Puerto Rico, an American territory, couldn’t vote for President but they could and did vote for something else even more historic: statehood! For the first time, a majority of Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood. Puerto Ricans were asked about their desires in two parts. First, by a 54% to 46%
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There are a dozen homes in Detroit, Michigan that you can get for less than $100. Most have a listing price of only $1. Some of them even have walls and doors! Readers, what would you do with a $1 house?
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Looks like their might be an opportunity for an entrepreneur willing to buck tradition and transport pumpkins from California to other parts of the country where pumpkins are less plentiful. The LA Times has the scoop: There’s a pumpkin shortage plaguing parts of the country this year, because of drought and storms in the Midwest
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The Federal Trade Commission is challenging the public to create an innovative solution that will block illegal commercial robocalls on landlines and mobile phones. As part of its ongoing campaign against these illegal, prerecorded telemarketing calls, the agency is launching the FTC Robocall Challenge, and offering a $50,000 cash prize for the best technical solution.
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Fast Company reports that Genomatica, a startup best known for figuring out how to make spandex from sugar cane and E.coli, has a new trick up its sleeve: producing chemicals from trash. The startup, which relies on microbes to turn renewable feedstocks into major market chemicals, recently patented a method to use synthetic gas as
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Anybody who works at a desk for the majority of their day has likely experienced some sort of negative side effect. From wrist and elbow pain to weight gain, the adoption of a sedentary lifestyle during our work hours can take a toll, even for people that exercise religiously in their off hours. Stand-up desks
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Via our friends at Unusual Business Ideas That Work comes word that Bitrix24 (reviewed here) is giving away five Kindle Fire tablets. The rules for the contest are very simple. Register at Bitrix24.com Send the following information to [email protected]: your Bitrix24 ID the feature you liked (used) the most what you found difficult/disliked the most
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