MyFoxBoston: You’ll remember him as key member of the New England Patriots. Former linebacker Matt Chatham has gone from flattening running backs to flattening crepes. The three-time Super Bowl champ just won a prestigious business MBA business plan award from Babson College, which will help launch SkyCrepers. Chatham’s business is an innovative new fast-serve crepe […]
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Australian inventor, Pat Jones, was inspired one night after taking his “tinnie” out for a little fishing. Trying to bring his boat back to shore, he was fighting heavy winds and choppy water, but he made it back safely. It was the next morning when he took out the floor to clean it that he
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Sporting goods are hot, even in a down economy, according to the National Sporting Goods Association: Sporting goods store sales in October rose 5.4% versus October 2009. This was compared to a 5.0% increase in September. Year-to-date sales of $31.4 billion are 5.5% ahead of the same nine months in 2009.”“ If this sounds like
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It seems that there was some sort of big football game yesterday. Did you watch? AOL Small Business has up interesting profiles of both Gregg McArthur, the manufacturer of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Terrible Towels, and Ralph Bruno the maker of the Green Bay Packers’ Cheeseheads. One interesting question from McArthur’s interview was “Is the towel
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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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The New York Times reports that Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis shut down so many receivers last season that teammates started calling his turf Revis Island, where opposing players were inevitably marooned. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg jokingly renamed Manhattan Revis Island in January when the Jets reached the American Football Conference championship game. But even as
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Just ask Amy Reynolds, there is nothing wrong with giving old clothes a new purpose. That is the basic idea behind her business, Teamwear Totes, reports MyCentralJersey.com. She takes old sports jerseys and turns them into unique tote bags, pillows, or cinch sacks. Since the business was launched in August, Reynolds, a mother of two,
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that as curling season gets under way, the handful of entrepreneurs who cater to the quirky Scottish sport in the U.S. say they are seeing a boom in business. The Olympics tend to give birth to new curling fans in America every four years. But the 2010 games appear
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Every so often an idea comes along that stops you in your tracks. sOccket is an incredible demonstration of the power of a simple idea, of the collision between science and sport, of the application of minds to mending hearts. One part soccer ball, one part portable energy generator, another community builder and finally one
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According to CNNMoney, Tyler Marsh grew up surfing in Hawaii, so he’s used to living in what many consider an ideal vacation spot. But after visiting his older brother, Tim, who was living in Costa Rica in 1997, he found his paradise: “It was just someplace that was a little foreign and really open,” Tyler
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