DivineCaroline: Some people just have a gift. They may already be talented musicians, actors, artists, or mathematicians, but some prolific thinkers have minds that work in overdrive in multiple different areas. Some very famous inventors originated items that we still use every day, and even those who didn’t fill sketchbooks full of ideas sometimes had […]
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Fast Company: Amina Nazari is a product designer by training, so it makes sense that she was mystified by the things that people don’t need, but nonetheless hang onto because of their sentimental value. Sure, we might attach a story to an heirloom–but what about all the stories of its previous owners, which have been
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Rhonda Abrams over at USA TODAY has this to say about today: I love the Fourth of July. Friends, barbecue, fireworks. Many years I celebrate the holiday with my family in Ashland, Oregon where I watch a small town parade. Afterwords, the community gathers in the downtown park for a music festival. Before the music
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CNNMoney.com: Each morning that he unlocks the doors of Cottage Pharmacy, owner Ken Villani fights a losing battle. Revenue at his Woodbury, N.Y., store has been dropping for months. But unlike at other retail establishments, sales at his pharmacy may not rebound in tandem with consumer confidence. That’s because more and more of Villani’s customers
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Wired: The iPod was not invented in 2001 in Cupertino, California. It was invented in England in 1979, by “serial inventor” Kane Kramer. This is not a story of intellectual property theft, or of big companies putting the screws on the little man. Instead, it is just the retelling of another old story – the
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Rhonda Abrams At USA TODAY: Here’s a trivia question: Who’s the only U.S. president to receive a patent? Here’s a hint: He was also a small business owner and one-time retailer. The answer: Abraham Lincoln. This year we observe the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. We remember Lincoln as a great president, who helped save
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The New York Times: Invariably, once the recession is over, hundreds of people are going to come forth and offer “lessons learned from the recent hard times.” That’s fine. But we all can use that advice now. Here is what some entrepreneurs said they learned during the last economic downturn. 1. Keep Plugging 2. Help
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CNNMoney.com: Procter & Gamble Founded during: The Panic of 1837 Candle maker William Procter and soap maker James Gamble joined forces to start a small household-goods business in Cincinnati. IBM Founded during: The Depression, 1873-1896 Three startups – the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company and the Computing Scale Corporation – developed technologies
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photo credit: SC Fiasco Facing a potential $6 billion shortfall this year, the U.S. Postal Service has asked Congress to allow it to cut one day of mail delivery and it wouldn’t necessarily be Saturday! In fact, they’re proposing to suspend mail delivery on, of all things, Tuesday. What’s next, no mail delivery in months
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The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: John D. Rockefeller, Greatest Wealth – $318 Billion at age 74, First Job — Book keeper Warren Buffet, Greatest Wealth – $62 Billion at age 77, First Job — Newspaper delivery boy Bill Gates, Greatest Wealth – $57 Billion at age 53, First Job — Congressional page Sergey Brin, Greatest Wealth
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