If one venture ends, why not start a new one? That is the idea behind Jonathan Kaplan’s foray into a different industry. Cisco has recently killed off his beloved invention, and it was time to move on. So he decided to make his move into the grilled cheese industry, reports Mashable. Kaplan’s genius, as shown […]
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No one really enjoys shopping with their kids. Between the “I Want’s” and the bathroom breaks, shopping with even one kid can be a long process. So, what can you do about it? If you’re on Merritt Island, just drop them off at Go Have Fun and shop kid-free. Melody Autry’s business represents a special
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What do you get when you cross a sports drink with a beer? Researchers from Queensland, Australia have discovered a way to make beer more hydrating, perhaps doing away with the hangover: Since the beginning of time, it seems sipping on a frosty cold beer has been a necessity on a scorching hot day. This
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Los Angeles Times: The first note of Ray Foulkes’ weekly piano lesson is the staccato double ring of his telephone. Every Monday at 8 p.m. Foulkes picks up his cordless phone, clicks on the loudspeaker and sits down at his piano to practice jazz and pop standards with teacher Mark Miller. Miller listens closely to
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Crain’s Chicago Business: Her three-year-old company, The Scrumptious Pantry, has seen sales increase fourfold in 2011. She won’t disclose dollar amounts, but she says revenue is up 50 percent so far this year compared with last year. She went back in time about 200 years to track down heirloom regional recipes for pickles, ketchups and
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Maximum PC: With football season still a couple of weeks out, the NBA mired in a lockout situation, and TV viewers ignoring any baseball game that isn’t part of the World Series, sports bar owners have been kind of at a loss about how to fill their seats. Enter Barcraft. Earlier this year, some enterprising
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Got a few minutes? Feel like taking your SAT…again? No, not that SAT! “The Stickiness Aptitude Test,” or SAT, was designed by The Heath Brothers and Guy Kawasaki. Go ahead. Take the quiz. Post your scores in the comments.
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Study the gold dust around you Offer something spectacularly exclusive Never underestimate the importance of the human touch Let people Pick Your Brain, commercially Motivation alone is not the answer Read all the details at Jim’s Marketing Blog.
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Enterprise News: Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer loves a good cup of coffee as much as drumming “Dream On†before thousands of fans. Kramer has launched his own whole-bean, organic coffee line, Rockin’ & Roastin’, set to debut in local supermarkets Trucchi’s and Roche Bros. and other New England stores in August. The cost will range
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Jeffrey Strain: I had a discussion with a friend this past weekend. He was trying to convince me that in order to start a business today, it costs a lot of money. While I will concede that it can cost a lot of money to begin a wide variety of businesses, there are also many
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