Naples Daily News: A retired entrepreneur isn’t letting the summer weather rain on his parade — or rather, his lanai. Johansen is the creator of DryLanai, a product that works in conjunction with electric storm shutters to protect outdoor living spaces from rain. Sensors are placed strategically on any patio with electric storm shutters. When […]
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When Brian Scudamore, President of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, recently hired a company to paint his home he was so impressed he bought the business. That’s the whirlwind story behind 1-800-GOT-JUNK’s brand new sister company, 1-888-WOW-1DAY!, a fresh face offering a big promise: to paint your entire home in one short day. Formerly known as One Day Painting,
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We Wait For You is a company in London, England that provides short term house-sitting services throughout the city. What is short term house-sitting? Although I’ve never used the term, I understand exactly the service the company provides. Have you ever ordered cable television and been told that the installer will be there sometime between
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42-year-old entrepreneur Todd Pedersen is a college dropout who started out selling pest control door-to-door working out of a trailer and bathing in a swimming pool, and ended up creating one of the fastest-growing home security company in the U.S. His company APX Alarm, now called Vivint, is betting that many of it’s more than
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Julie Caliel Boney has come up with a unique way to choose the right colors for your home. According to IthicaJournal.com, her product is the latest DIY sensation featured on the Today show, in 2011 Women’s Day magazine, and on the DIY Network. the Small Wall is an adhesive-backed panel that you paint with sample
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In September, Steve Jobs introduced his company’s Apple TV, a little box that lives on top of your television and streams movies, as “one more hobby.” Inc.com reports that competition for your home-entertainment is getting serious. Google and start-ups like Boxee, Hulu, and Roku are jostling for space on your television screen with stand-alone gadgets
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Lyle Chesley had been out shopping with his family when he got a call telling him that his house was on fire. He came home to find it nearly in ashes. That experience sparked something within him and he set out to create an automatic device that would help prevent this from happening to others
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Snuggie infomercials are cheesy, but that cheesiness played a huge part in making the Snuggie one of the biggest success stories in infomercial history. “By the end of 2010, the company will have sold 25 million blankets, the equivalent of one for about every 12 residents of the United States,” The New York Times reports.
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Spud Alford saw some kids playing a game he remembered playing during his own childhood–finger football–and thought there had to be a better and safer way. He invented the board version of the game in 1989, but he didn’t “take it to the next level.” After a brief run, it died. Entrepreneur reports that for
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Two Wisconsin entrepreneurs are hoping to infringe on the lucrative wearable blanket’s territory, the Associated Press reports. Tyler Galganski and Dave Hibler, the 25-year old founders of Forever Lazy, peddle their fleece, footless, hooded “adult onesies” online from Hibler’s parents’ basement. And while the operation may seem casual, the Wisconsin pair have actually gained quite
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