Edison Nation product search looms
November 20th, 2009
The Home Depot and Zibra are seeking
product ideas for paint tools and sundries
The Home Depot and Zibra paint tools and sundries Live Product Search closes this coming Monday at midnight PST. This weekend is your last chance to submit your innovative paint tool and sundries solutions!
The Home Depot and Zibra are seeking new paint tool [...]
It’s that time of year again
November 19th, 2009
By Devin White
So in my lovely hometown of Stonington, Conn., for the first time this year, we’ve had a frost and that same night the thermometer hit 36° F with the stars above, which means one thing – it’s that time of year again!
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, so is Black Friday when millions [...]
Business at the speed of light
November 18th, 2009
Make technology work for your bottom line
By Kent McSparran
Everything in business is changing at light speed. To survive and excel, businesses need to master change and an increasing flow of data.
End-of-the-month syndrome
Most businesses wait until the end of the month to kick out income/loss, cash flows, balance sheet and a budget analysis. Sometimes these [...]
Think you’ve got game?
November 17th, 2009
Repeat or you’re obsolete
Teen inventor Zach Levins wants to put your memory to the test
By B. Collins
A funny thing happened to Zach Levins on the way to learning a new word a couple of years ago – he invented a board game that also reportedly boosts your memory.
A teacher introduced Zach, then 13, to [...]
Raising Capital 101
November 16th, 2009
In Risky Times Focus on Risk Reduction
By Scott Waxler
No matter how strong your company’s performance or outlook, no business is totally immune to macro-economic forces – those seismic elements such as gross domestic output, interest rates, balance of trade, consumer sentiment and consumer and government spending.
Whether the capital raised is from equity [...]
Too big to love
November 13th, 2009
She longed for the embrace of a major retailer, but at what price?
By B. Collins
Sometimes, life doesn’t go according to script.
In the case of inventor-entrepreneur Madeline Canfield, the original screenplay read:
Invent and commercialize the NanoLite, the world’s smallest light for keys.
Entice major retailers to sell NanoLites.
Get rich.
Canfield has been [...]
Want to sell your patent?
November 13th, 2009
Want to sell your patent at auction? Here’s your chance – again.
ICAP Ocean Tomo is hosting a spring IP auction. To submit IP or request an auction invitation, contact 1.866.779.8363 or patent.brokerage@us.icap.com. The deadline to submit IP is December 31, 2009.
We’ve written about ICAP Ocean Tomo IP auctions this year. They’re tinkering with the model [...]
Voices of Optimism
November 12th, 2009
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in mid-September officially declared that the worst recession since the 1930s was “very likely over.”
But public opinion didn’t side with the Fed chief, according to one CNN poll, and some economists warned of a “double-dip” recession.
Good news sometimes is hard to hear.
Earlier this year, during the darkest days of the recession, [...]
Market Research or Bust
November 11th, 2009
Understand your place in the market before beginning your development journey
By Jack Lander
Many years ago an inventor I know fairly well applied for a job at a large corporation and was told by the personnel director that he had the best résumé they’d ever seen.
He figured he was on to something and started [...]
Guess who’s blogging? David Kappos
November 10th, 2009
USPTO Director David Kappos started blogging today. I don’t recall predecessor Jon Dudas doing any blogging. So I believe Kappos is the first USTPO director to blog in an official capacity. Be interesting to see how long this lasts and whether Twitter is in the works. As we ponder these grand questions, here’s a snippet [...]
