Archive for July, 2007
Aquafina Labels: It’s Tap Water
The label on Aquafina water bottles will soon be changed to spell out that the drink comes from the same source as tap water, the brand’s owner said Friday.
A group called Corporate Accountability International has been pressuring bottled water sellers to curb what it calls misleading marketing practices.
Aquafina is the single biggest bottled water brand, [...]
World’s the tallest man met the shortest
The world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun today shook hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth’s shortest.
While Mr Xishun, 56, towers above everyone at an astonishing 7.9ft, 19-year-old Mr Pingping is a mere 2.4ft high.
Bao Xishun, a herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, was recently married in a traditional ceremony to a 28-year-old saleswoman from [...]
6 Steps To Creating A Super Startup
If you want to be an entrepreneur, you’re in good company. An average of 464,000 adults a month create new businesses, according to the most recent statistics available from the Kauffman Foundation, which tracks and promotes entrepreneurship. Technorati Profile
But starting a business is a complicated, risky, all-consuming effort. Indeed, just two-thirds of new small businesses [...]
Dog Vending Machine
When July hit Miami in 1998, everyone seemed to be enjoying the dog days of summer–except the dogs. As owners took giant swigs from their 32-ounce water bottles, their dogs ran to and fro, wearily retrieving makeshift toys in the afternoon heat. It was on one sunny afternoon in July that Carlotta Lennox rolled by [...]
The Idea Guy
Since launching his first business, Speck Design, 11 years ago, Ryan Mongan and his business partner have founded Speck Products, famous for its iPod accessories; CAD Talent, an online job board for engineering talent; Camera Armor, which makes protective cases for cameras; and Speck China, a design and sourcing firm in China. Mongan’s latest company [...]
How Couples Run A Home Business Without Running Each Other Down
Combining marriage and business is not an endeavor to be taken lightly. It requires serious consideration and answers to some tough questions. Here are 10 tips for running a successful home-based business with your spouse:
Determine if you can work side by side.
Discuss your goals.
Write a business plan and solicit feedback.
Define each person’s role.
Keep the lines [...]
It’s Never Too Early to Invent
A new website and media campaign are encouraging children to use their imagination to come up with technological innovations of the future.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is working with the Advertising Council and the National Inventors Hall of Fame in launching the new initiative InventNow.
The program targets kids between 8 and 11 [...]
