Eureka
Larry Page founded Google on a sleep dream
Here’s a tip for entrepreneurs (and everyone else): If you want great success, dream it. Literally.
Google co-founder Larry Page recently revealed in his commencement address to the University of Michigan that the basic platform for google was based on a sleep dream he had in college. Page, then 23, took the source material of his [...]
Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep
Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings may have important implications for how sleep, specifically REM sleep, fosters the formation of associative networks in the brain. [...]
Trips to barbershop inspired entrepreneur
Brian Egeston of Stone Mountain grew up with a truck driver dad who was happy with what he had. Egeston grew into a man who was always looking for something better. An entrepreneur, a dreamer.
Someone crazy enough, in a bad economy and with a newborn son, to start a free local magazine about barbershops. Someone [...]
Invitation-Only Social Network for Real Estate
Social networks and interactive Web 2.0 technologies have become dominant features of social life and news lately, and millions regularly spend hours each month on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. One startup company with a selective vision for a real estate investor oriented social network decided to focus on the quality of members as [...]
Pub landlord signs multi-million pound deal for baby suit invention
A PUB landlord from Long Melford is cracking open the bubbly aftersigning a multi-million pound contract for his “lifesaving” invention.
“I’m passionate that this is something that will save babies lives”
Chris Ebejer
Chris Ebejer, 42, who runs the Melford Inn, said he had a eureka moment six years ago in an unusual place when he woke up [...]
Beer Belly
Books Lambert, who runs TheBeerbelly.com as president of Under Development Inc., is also someone who might have been viewed by some as having a less-than-perfect business model for his venture. But — after the press picked up on his contraption and he got 1 million hits to his fledgling site, as well as about 80 [...]
Cellphone Billboard
“We’re calling the phone ‘the brand in your hand’ — you’re never more than a foot away from it, 24 hours a day,” said Fareena Sultan , associate professor of marketing at Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration. The challenge, Sultan said, will be to produce an advertisement for the phone “that excites the person [...]
