In 1962, when he was 33, the scientist Nick Holonyak, Jr., created the first practical visible light-emitting diode. Holonyak wasn't trying to create a light that would replace incandescent bulbs. He was trying to make...
Yahoo Finance:
While reviewing a thick legal document in her office one night at 2:00 a.m., corporate attorney YiShaun Yang had an epiphany – she realized the desire to be her own boss and...
Thingverse is a website to swap digital files for 3D printing tiny objects. You can download and print the objects using a Makerbot, or a 3D printing service. Eventually, the site hopes to...
Amy Parsons used to work as a telecommunications executive, but the stress was eating her alive. Diagnosed with an autoimmune condition aggravated by stress, she didn't let it frustrate her when she was laid...
In Janet Shulman's caramels, you'll find local ingredients. Whether it is Schlafly beer or bacon from Missouri-based pigs, reports Ladue-Frontenac Patch.
Shulman, the mother of two, is a self-described “mompreneur.†As her children went off...
After more than a decade of success in Arizona, Larry "Lo-Lo" and Rasheedah White, founders of Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles, are ready to start a soul food revolution. The couple has partnered with local real...
Mansfield News Journal:
The chalkboard menu features burgers, melts and hot dogs -- served on homemade breads and buns -- and potato chips kettle-fried on the premises in two flavors, regular and sweet onion.
The unexpected twist...
My father-in-law has been working fifteen hundred miles away from home for the last seven months in Denver, Colorado. Although he flies home for the weekend once a month or so, he spends every...
In this post on the Priceonomics Blog, Ryan Finlay recounts his business: Craigslist scavenger.
The scrap yard’s electromagnetic steel excavator picked up my two steel die cast molds and put them on the scale....
Although 40% of American chose to be cremated when they die (and the number continues to grow), there is still a substantial gravestone business. The Atlantic has put together an incredibly interesting profile of...
Tired of losing track of your drink at a party? Trong Nguyen's unique drink tags will allow you to keep track of your drink throughout the night, reports The Sacramento Bee.
Nguyen's solution: Mini decks...
Dynamic Business:
The passion for making quality gelato has been ingrained in the guys since they worked for their father’s gelato bar in Crows Nest in the early nineties. “The family learnt how to make gelato...
5 Profitable Businesses you Never Thought of
How are you going about making money? What if you could make money with some of your craziest ideas? Here are a few wall ideas for very profitable businesses:
Game...
The Wicked Witch Cotton Candy Company sells cotton candy at everything from children’s parties to upscale weddings.
The Bradenton Patch has more:
Unlike processed cotton candy sold in chain stores, Wicked Witch Cotton Candy...
Men In Kilts, a window and exterior building cleaning company, has taken their kilted lads down south. CEO, Tressa Wood comments, “We’re very excited to bring the Men In Kilts concept to the US and...
Ian Hutcheon is a 40 year old British astronomer living in Chile that has has combined his two great loves, astronomy and wine making. He’s created what is believed to be the first wine...
Who didn’t spend hours as a child sending a Slinky down the stairs? The metal toy has entertained kids and adults alike since it hit Gimbels department store shelves in November 1945.
How much do you...
Edmonton Journal:
Initially designed as a fast and efficient way for Canadian soldiers to fight off hypothermia, the Cold-Buster - the culmination of 18 years of research using more than $1 million in funding - was...
Wall Street Journal (In Charge):
Like many new small-business owners, Cathy Deano knew nothing about franchising when she and a partner launched a series of bring-your-own-wine painting classes in Mandeville, La., four years ago. Yet from...
Did you know that each year Americans throw away more than 30 million tons of food waste and that this waste accounts for nearly a quarter of all landfill waste?
Today I learned about a company...
