When we hear the word “entrepreneur,” we tend to conjure up images of tech magnates or other computer-based startup business owners. However, the process of small business ownership goes back much farther, with roots stemming as far back as the Middle Ages! To see how the field of entrepreneurship has changed throughout history – as […]
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EnglishRussia: Recently a new trend appeared in some Russian cities to use the mass chicken egg production as a medium for a short text messages that can instantly reach thousands of people in the city overnight, with a message as clear as it was texted to them by someone.
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Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste to U.S. power utilities and burn the utility business model, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century, to the ground. [Source]
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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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There’s a small family farm on eighty acres in western Kansas, that unlike its neighbors who might farm corn, or cattle, this farm has a motto: “If they don’t tumble we don’t sell them!” That’s right, the Prairie Tumbleweed Farm grows tumbleweeds. Not only do they ship worldwide, they also quality test each and every
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Ed Herr of Herr Foods estimates that if they currently made potato chips the same way they did back in the 1940s, they’d cost about $25 a bag. In the video below, he describes other ways the potato chip manufacturing process has changed since the company was founded in 1951.
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You’ve heard the term “snake oil salesman” to refer to someone who sells something that claims to have miraculous, usually healing, powers. Their sales process is almost entirely hype. The phrase originated in the 19th century when people sold snake oil ointments to rub on your joints to cure arthritis and soreness. Eventually, the term
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Springwise: Shaving knowledge and technique is not instinctive, all men need to learn the art and unfortunately many learn it badly”. A passionate statement from London-based grooming shop Geo F. Trumper, which now offers classes on how to shave properly. Customer demand led to the introduction of the one-to-one sessions, in which a barber shows
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Lionel Messi, the best soccer player in the world, vs. a robotic goalie? Who’ll win? Man or machine? In this match, it was Messi, but in the long run, it’ll be the robots. Look at the upside: the robot’s prowess will free us up from the drudgery of sport to pursue other, more, chair bound
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For your reading, and idea generating pleasure, comes this inforgraphic “What We Owe – And What We Spend.” The average American spends over $2,600 per month. Where does that money go? Here’s the breakdown:
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