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Need Something Small: Just Download and 3D Print
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 offer larger objects for download."
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:34:43 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesFive Profitable Businesses You’ve Never Thought Of
The following is a guest post from Vit. How are you going about making money? What if you could make money with some of your craziest ideas? Here are five of my favorite off-the-wall businesses: Game Truck – In 2006, Scott Novis, fed up with the exp"
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:48:35 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesStarting the World’s Largest Hotel from His Bedroom
Business Insider: Magnuson isn’t your typical startup guy. When he started his company in 2002, he wasn’t a kid coming straight out of college looking to raise money for a tech idea. Nor was he an ultra-rich investor, painstakingly searching f"
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:37:08 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesEnergy Drinks from Coffee Leftovers
Entrepreneur.com: Shaun Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Kalaheo, Hawaii-based KonaRed, is giving the sports drink category a java jolt. His company turns a byproduct of coffee production into a line of energy drinks, also called KonaRed. Before coffee farm"
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:45:19 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesWine Making From Outer Space
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 aged by a meteorite formed during the birth of the solar system"
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:58:36 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesThe Life Of A Toy Inventor
My Fox 9: Tony Morley is one of only about 300 full-time toy inventors in the United States, so there’s a good chance that one of his projects — beginning as a crude sketch — is now sitting on a store shelf. “I try to come up with "
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:30:58 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesMeasuring Roofs Without A Ladder or a Tape Measure
It doesn’t take much to completely revamp an entire industry if you have a new idea and a great execution. In 2006, roofing salesman David Carlson [no relation to Dane Carlson] vented to his brother-in-law about his frustrations from climbing onto r"
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:15:21 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesMaking Money Delivering Lunches: Eat Club
A couple Stanford Business School grads have started a company in the Bay Area to deliver lunch to office workers. The company, Eat Club, was founded a year ago and now serves lunch to about 3,000 office workers per week from South San Francisco to northe"
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:06:39 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesFranchise Profile Video
Franchise Direct sent me a promotional video for some of their franchises. Even though it’s very promotional, I thought that it contained an interesting mix of business ideas and opportunities to share. Two of the interesting franchises profiled wer"
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:53:34 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesDecide.com Tells You When to Buy
Is Black Friday the best day to buy something? Not always, according to Oren Etzioni’s new website, Decide.com. The site looks at current and historical prices and rumors about upcoming models and tries to estimate the best time to buy. Let’s "
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:03:11 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesMain Street Connect
Main Street Connect is a network of 52 community-based news websites. Inc. has up a video interview with the founders Jane Bryant Quinn and Carl Tucker. The video is below."
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:47:18 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesVideo: The Innovators
A reader wrote: Traveling with Entrepreneur Magazine in 2011 we’ve interviewed some of the brightest innovators all across the U.S.A. We decided to bring them all together in this short film. The Innovators from SPARKHOUSE on Vimeo. After the jump, "
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:25:55 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesTiny Family Biz Sells Billions in Gold
In 1973, Coins ’N Things opened as a small storefront between a Dairy Queen and a hair salon in Brockton, Mass. Today they do $6.5 billion in annual sales with about fifty employees. How do they do it? Easy, they’re the single largest seller of raw "
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:54:18 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesAbu Dhabi Women Embracing Business
The National: A year ago, Badour Al Massabi and Hend Al Nuaimi would have been at a loss to describe what, exactly, an entrepreneur does. Now they are not only preparing to open their own businesses, but they also hold events to educate other female stude"
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:00:22 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesInvestment Banker Turned Furniture Maker
A few years ago, Greg Hankerson was an investment banker in Phoenix with a problem. No, not a problem at work. A problem at home. His wife wanted a patio, and Hankerson was too cheap to buy her one. This need eventually drove Hankerson out of the world of"
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:13:09 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesMore Dessert, Less Food Desert
“Food deserts” are low-income neighborhoods lacking access to healthful, affordable food. Across the U.S. a growing number of people live in food deserts, but a new business out of Seattle is attempting to feel this need. Stockbox Grocers is a"
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:29:33 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesJapanese Salon Has Gone To The Dogs
Japan Trends: Green Dog is a center for holistic life, situated in the upscale Tokyo Mid Town district, among high class restaurants, designer shops and museums. The objective of the center is to create a “joyful life with your partner (the dog)”. In orde"
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:20:09 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesPlaying Tag With Your Drink
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 of playing cards called “PartyPal"
Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:30:13 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesBuilding A Better Jam
When Waitrose decided to stock Fraser Doherty’s SuperJam in its stores, he became the youngest entrepreneur to make it into a major supermarket chain. However, that is not where his achievements end, reports Sunderland Echo. Fraser was just 14 when,"
Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:30:20 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesWomen Who Blaze Their Own Trails
Forbes: Ree Drummond, known to many as the Pioneer Woman, is a mom with an amazing family on a ranch who decided to start a blog detailing their adventures. She didn’t spend tons of money to set up a website, and she didn’t have a major plan, except to sh"
Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:00:03 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesVegan-Friendly Footwear
The Sacramento Bee: Handmade in the United States of recycled materials, Elizabeth’s features the season’s must-have footwear: peep-toe booties in faux leather that are long on style but short on environmental impact — they are biodegrad"
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:00:53 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesBudwrap: The Bracelet That Stores Earbuds
People love to listen to music on the go. Whether they’re jogging, suffering through a long commute, or walking around a school campus. However, where do their earbuds go when they are done using them? Mark Williams has created a simple solution to "
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:16:16 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesPop Up Halloween Stores in NYC
Inc.: So, Halloween is right around the corner, and you want some glow-in the-dark vampire fangs or a green bug-eyed-alien mask. If you live in or around New York City, chances are you will wind up in one of the 30 or so pop-up Ricky’s Halloween sto"
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:49:10 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesA Tongue Cleaner into Wal-Mart, Via YouTube
Can a YouTube video get your business into Wal-Mart? If it goes viral, it just might. The NY Times has more: On Tuesday, Provo, Utah-based Orabrush Inc. announced its flagship product – a tongue cleaner – would be carried in 3,500 of Wal-Mart Inc.’s"
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:48:45 GMT | Tagged: ProfilesCrooked Monkey: T-Shirts For A Laugh
People love to laugh, and that includes Micha Weinblatt. He launched his company, Crooked Monkey, in 2005, and he’s now one of the top young entrepreneurs to keep an eye on. The success of his shirt business has placed him in the spotlight, reports "
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:00:14 GMT | Tagged: Profiles