Thought Leaders
11 Ways to Stop Companies From Ripping Off Your Invention
Have a good idea? Don't give anyone a reason to work around you.
By Stephen Key
Inventions | Page 2
Building a Business
This Entrepreneur Gets Inspiration From His Childhood Inventions
Building a Business
From Entrepreneur to Shark: How ‘Shark Tank’ Helped Shape My American Dream
Building a Business
Here’s How Celebrity Chef Sunny Anderson Brought Her Super Bowl-Ready Snack Stadium to Market
It's all in the research.
By Linda Lacina
Building a Business
Robert Herjavec on Entrepreneurship, Working with Inventive Kids and Bringing Prototypes to Life
Is your prototype ready for the next step?
Thought Leaders
Good News, Inventors! Quirky Has ‘Re-Invented’ Itself, Pursuing Licensing Deals for Inventors
By taking away risk, Quirky has empowered everyday people to take action on their creative product ideas.
By Stephen Key
Business News
Vycle Replaces Lifts and Stairs With a Vertical Bike
It's basically a lift for one person that only requires leg power to operate. If you don't love it your fitness band certainly will!
Business News
This Polymer Device Can ‘Walk’ When Illuminated
The device itself has just two parts: a rectangular frame and a piece of special polymer material that can 'undulate and ... propel itself forward under the influence of light.'
Business Ideas
What the Creation of Apple’s iPhone Teaches Us About Innovation
Despite what you may believe about Steve Jobs, it isn't something that can happen if you go it alone.
By Nina Zipkin
Business Ideas
10 Things You Didn’t Realize Were Invented in the 2000s
Many of the products and services born in the aughts helped shape the world we live in today.
By Rose Leadem
Business News
20 Facts about Apple on the Apple II’s 40th Anniversary
Looking back on how the company has grown in the years since the launch of its flagship product.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
The Simplest Ideas Can Be Extremely Profitable. Here’s Proof.
Gene Luoma solved a universal problem -- clogged drains -- with a strip of plastic from his garage. His device has sold 33 million units.
By Stephen Key
Thought Leaders
In Honor of Ronco’s Recent IPO, Check Out These 8 Facts About the Infomercial Pioneer
'But wait, there's more.'
By Rose Leadem
Building a Business
3 Approaches to Get Your Patent Application Moving Much Faster
Got a great idea? Expediting it through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may cut the chances that it will be copied or stolen.
Thought Leaders
12 Inspiring Quotes From the Inventor of the Telephone, Alexander Graham Bell
March 10 marks the day the inventor made the first telephone call.
By Rose Leadem
Business Funding
The Craziest Things That Have Been Funded on Kickstarter in 2017
From an air pollution pen to a robot arm -- check out some of these successful out-there campaigns.
By Rose Leadem
Tech
7 New Opportunities Virtual Reality May Create
Certain inventions spawn generations of successive employment for people doing jobs that no one has ever done before. VR may be one.
By Elena Titova
Business News
This Tiny $100 Bed Charges Your Phone — and Helped Me Get My Best Night’s Sleep in Weeks
The Phone Bed is exactly what you'd expect: A tiny wooden bed with silk sheets, for your phone.
Tech
How This Company Is Changing the Personal Transportation Industry
This new vehicle is a combination of a Segway and a wheelchair.
By Rose Leadem
Business News
Bone-Conducting Helmet Lets Cyclists Take Calls
The Coros Linx Smart Cycling Helmet uses bone conduction audio to keep riders alert but not bored.
Business News
No More Bad Hair Days With This Smart Hairbrush
Withings, L'Oreal and Kerastase teamed up to create the world's first smart hairbrush.
Thought Leaders
10 Facts About Big Mac Inventor Michael James Delligatti
The McDonald's franchise owner died at 98 this week.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
Panasonic’s Multilingual Megaphone Translates as You Speak
Simply speak into the microphone and the device takes care of the rest.
Thought Leaders
Inventors: Do a Patent Search Sooner Rather Than Later
What you find may dash your feelings of originality, but it can also be a roadmap for how to see your idea come onto the market.
By Stephen Key
Business News
Laptop Visionary John Ellenby Dies
John Ellenby's Grid delivered what is widely viewed as one of the first laptop computers, the Compass.
Business News
Mom’s Constipation Turns Into $30 Million Cult Juggernaut
The Squatty Potty, a simple white plastic footstool that tucks under your toilet, has made one Utah family multimillionaires.
By Jane Wells
Thought Leaders
11 Successful Kid Entrepreneurs Keeping Their Eyes on the Prize
To these motivated young hustlers, running a business is practically child's play.