Solomon, who is credited with being the wisest man ever, wrote this in the first chapter of Ecclesiastes: “There is nothing new under the sun.” That may be poetically true, but it’s patently false – and I’m using the word “patent” here in the literal sense of issuing patents. New ones are being granted […]
There are a lot of personal and professional qualities that come together to make a successful entrepreneur and I think Kyle Donovan, creator of the iFork and a related line of flatware, glasses and plates embodies many of those qualities. Sharing a little of his story can help shape your attitude, product or service and […]
When we think of innovation, our minds usually wander back to the great inventions that we believe changed the course of history, or at least the course of commerce. The automobile, the iPhone, the polio vaccine, the atomic bomb and a long list of other innovations fall into this category. But can we talk? Few […]
It’s an interesting time in product invention and development. When a good idea comes to an inventor or entrepreneur, two opposite paths are being walked today. One is to guard the idea closely, the other is to spread the idea far and wide. The direction you choose depends on what kind of idea you have, […]
Watch one of the “hoarders” shows on cable TV and you get an glimpse of one home shopping niche market. The poor guys who have fallen into the hoarding lifestyle often don’t even get their merchandise out of the boxes. There’s even a pretty long discussion thread on the topic on the QVC community forum […]