Inquirer and Mirror:
It’s one of those mundane chores that annoys even the most cheerful Christmas enthusiast but is quickly forgotten shortly after completion in the glow of the holiday spirit: watering the Christmas tree.
Everyone knows the drill. Fill up whatever container that has been designated to do the job year after year with water, get down on your hands and knees and fight your way through prickly pine needles and boxes of neatly wrapped presents, all the while tryng not to spill the sloshing pan of water before reaching your goal: the tiny stand at the base of the tree.
Now there’s an easier way to keep your tree hydrated. It’s the HandyCane, the brain child of John Arena and his business partner Erik Dieknann.
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By amber
on November 30th, 2007 in Columns, Business Ideas
Houston Chronicle:
Pick a flavor — Rain, Frost, Lemon-Lime, Fierce, AM, Xtremo — and drink a toast today to Dr. Robert Cade, inventor of the concoction once nicknamed “Cade’s Cola” and now known as Gatorade.
Cade died Tuesday in Jacksonville, Fla., from kidney failure. He was 80.
Cade and three colleagues developed Gatorade in 1965 to help the Florida Gators football team replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in the swamp-like heat of Gainesville, Fla. The first batch cost $43 in supplies, and “sort of tasted like toilet bowl cleaner,” Dana Shires, one of Cade’s collaborators, told the Associated Press.
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By amber
on November 29th, 2007 in Columns, Success Story
Our guest host Julie Alexandria asks the people of New York to weigh in on Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.
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By winston
on November 28th, 2007 in Columns, Investing
Presentor Lindsay decides to clean up the city one clue at a time.. view the video on Stericycle.
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By nalina
on November 26th, 2007 in Columns, Investing
Angie Mecklenburg is a mother of four in from Sutter, Illinois. Her blog’s about her Farm, God and chickens. Over the last 18 months, Mecklenburg has been writing three blogs. The most popular is Ang’s Chicken Coop, which has the tagline “a view of the world from the coop.”
The blog has only 250 daily visitors, but Angie manages to make as much as $1,200 a month, collecting fees from Google advertising and marketers who pay her to write about their products via the blog ad network iZea.
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By amber
on November 24th, 2007 in Columns, Business Ideas
Hansen Medical, Inc. (HNSN) and Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) are developing robots to assist in medical procedures. Just don’t make the robot angry…
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By winston
on November 18th, 2007 in Columns, Investing
YoungEntrepreneur:
Here is a great story about a young entrepreneur out of Scotland named Fraser Doherty.
Fraser is an 18 year old student at Strathclyde University and his company, SuperJams, is already a million dollar business.
With his recent success, Fraser is looking to make his studies a part time endeavor while he focuses on building his company. “It’s done a lot better than I expected. It’s growing really fast. The difficult thing is producing enough.”
Fraser sells jams and preserves that target a new, younger audience. They stay true to his grandmother’s original recipe but attract more health-conscious consumers.
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By nalina
on November 8th, 2007 in Columns, Success Story
For the first time ever, Wallstrip hires a private investigator to find out why a company is doing so well. Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) Please send flowers and cards to Beth Israel Hospital, N.Y., New York.
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By winston
on October 31st, 2007 in Columns, Investing
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (SWHC) your one stop shop for… air freshener? By the way Wallstrip turns one today. As if you needed another excuse to get drunk.
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By kirsten
on October 30th, 2007 in Columns, Investing
The Dallas Morning News:
Like most CEOs, Justin Avery Anderson keeps an eye on production schedules and inventory, while planning for future expansion.
Unlike many of his counterparts, he’s 20.
Four years ago, when he was a high school junior in Houston, Justin founded Anderson Trail Inc., which makes soft-baked granola. Now, he’s a junior at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and just secured statewide distribution for his granola in upscale groceries Central Market and Whole Foods.
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By nalina
on October 25th, 2007 in Columns, Success Story
