Home Office: The Les Nessman Rule
Coolmom.com’s Daphne Brogdon on drawing boundaries:
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Better Entrepreneur: Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark?
Daily Dose: Batman and Ironman both saw some wild profits for their name this year, but nobody thinks to ask them for business advice. And it’s a damn shame. In fact, the actual men, Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark, are two of the world’s most famous business figureheads. I think we should consider them to
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Niche Toy: Implosion Toy Set
Gizmodo: American Toy and Invention Co. is selling a kit that’ll let you build, implode, and rebuild a multi-story structure that looks strangely enough like the 5th Avenue Apple flagship retail space. I’m sure it teaches about the physics of demolition, but hey! Stuff’s blowing up! The inventor, going by the name Advanced Engineering, is
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Fun With Office Supplies
Makes you want to go out and buy some Post-It notes? BTW, these are the same two guys who did the Diet Coke/Mentos geysers.
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Niche Biz: World’s Smallest Postal Service
Leafcutter Designs: Lea Redmond runs the World’s Smallest Postal Service, a teeny tiny letter transcription service. She sets up shop in cafes and stores, and is now available online. Here’s how it works: You write a letter (up to 12 whole sentences!) and Lea transcribes it onto tiny stationary (1 x 1.5 inches) with a
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Home Biz Is Child’s Play
Northside Chronicle: Tapping into the inner child is important for every adult, just ask Florence Forrest. For about four years Ms Forrest has been manufacturing soft designer toys through her home business Flying Star Toys. “I make my products for the inner child in everyone, they are not necessarily for children who want to play
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Paying To Break Stuff
Springwise: Demonstrating that it’s possible to profit from any human desire, Sarah’s Smash Shack was conceived to relieve people who are stressed-out. Customers in San Diego can choose fragile tableware from the Smash Shack Menu–for example a set of three glass flowers for USD 10, or the House Special, which consists of 15 plates at
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Rubber Band Contest Challenges Youngsters
The Suburbanite: Middle-school students nationwide are challenged to stretch their imaginations to design and create an invention made with rubber bands for the first Rubber Band Contest for Young Inventors. Fifteen semifinalists will be chosen in this national competition. From this group, three finalists will be honored at The University of Akron on Feb. 14,
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Entrepreneur Hopes Golf Game Rings Up Sales
Daily News: Sometimes inspiration for starting a business venture just shows up where you might least expect it. For Randy Herron, what he developed into a lawn game known as “Ring It! Golf” started with a visit to Greenville, N.C., eight years ago. As so often happens in college towns, the Herrons found themselves in
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Her Prized Invention – The “Dripstik”
KPVI6.com: It started out as a simple idea, and has received a huge response. Mecinna Price is an inventor responsible for several inventions, including the popular Dripstik. Dripstik is a device that holds your ice cream cone or popsicle, and keeps it from making a sticky mess. Mecinna says she came up with the idea
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