Ever wish you had real office space for just a day or 30? Just imagine how many people wish they could escape the home office, even if it was only for a short period of time. Oficio, a new office rental space in Boston, hopes to tap into those people and give them the perfect […]
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Chicago Tribune: Creating a thriving business in this sour economy is a tall order, but one local man has combined technology and ambition into a business plan that is showing promise after only a matter of months. Combining the convenience of Internet shopping, an ever-expanding medical field and competitive prices, James Bell saw a market
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Love bacon? Then you’ll really love Bacon Freak, reports The Street. BaconFreak.com actually has roots in the wine business. Founder James “Rocco” Loosbrock also has a subscription service selling wine. After attending many chefs’ dinners where he would be pitched the latest and greatest sophisticated wine, he realized that customers for the most part are
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Inc.: Laura Silverthorn is the founder of Mother Ink, they make temporary tattoos for expectant mothers. Silverthorn says that online sales are great, but retailers aren’t buying. How can she get stores to step out of their comfort zones? As a tattoo impresario, you of all people should recognize the importance of surface appeal. Product
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Why should wheelchairs stay boring when the people using them have so much personality? That is exactly what Bill Lasher when he created his first sporty wheelchair. In the six years since that first garage tinkering, Lasher has built Lasher Sport, crafting custom wheelchairs and handcycles that can roll on sandy beaches, ski on snowy
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Kima TV: There is no snooze button. If you unplug it, a battery takes over. As wake-up time approaches, you cannot reset the alarm time. It could be the world’s most exasperating alarm clock. Once it goes off, to stop it you must get out of bed, go into the kitchen or bathroom, and punch
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New to the scooter business, Doug Vitello and Gary Parr worked hard to meet their customers’ needs. But there was one type of customer they couldn’t serve, according to a story in The St. Petersburg Times. Again and again, they kept hearing: I got a DUI. I lost my license. Do you have something I
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Taylor Swift was recently strumming one during a show at EnergySolutions Arena. It is the Kavanjo, a banjo that uses electronic pickups to help the sound carry above the drums and guitar, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. Kavanaugh devised a way to add electronic “pickups” — similar to the magnets in an electric guitar, which
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BusinessWeek: In 2001, Johnny Earle dropped out of music college after just two weeks. On a lark, he made a T-shirt with an image of a cupcake atop a pair of cross bones. The trenchantly iconic design got noticed and people started asking to buy his tees. Earle began selling them out of the trunk
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With digital music, vinyl records were declared dead. When you are declared dead you can become part of a vinyl record thanks to Andvinyly, a UK-based outfit. They offer after you die, you can have some of your cremated ashes pressed into a vinyl record according to Discovery News. There are many different packages available.
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