Archive for November, 2009

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Last chance to submit to PetSmart and EN featured on Animal Planet

Monday, November 30th, 2009

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The PetSmart Live Product Search closes tonight at midnight. Learn more or submit your idea: http://www.edisonnation.com/live_product_searches/PS213.

While we are on the topic of pets, Edison Nation was featured on the Animal Planet show “Your Pet Wants This” which aired on Saturday, November, 28.

“From an airline catering exclusively to pets, to GPS tracking units for your dog and robotic litter boxes for your cat, “Your Pet Wants This” showcases the latest and greatest in products for your pet.”

Edison Nation was interviewed and we featured three products; the Sports leash for Dogs Rock, the Rock and Roll Cat Feeder and Doggy Duks. As soon as we get our paws on a copy of the footage I will post it here on the blog.

Five Questions With … David Fitzgibbons

Monday, November 30th, 2009

David Fitzgibbons is an executive recruiter for the toy industry. His work at Exectutive Search Group mostly involves matching companies with upper-management talent. However, one of the company’s sites, the aptly named thegreattoysearch.com, invites inventors to submit their toy and game ideas. Another site, the likewise aptly named toyindustryjobs.com, also features a “Cute or Cool” [...]

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Edison Nation is Huge in Japan

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Japan

Today Edison Nation is being introduced to Japanese readers in the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper as a cutting edge service with top products that reflect the current American lifestyle. Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun is a business and industry daily newspaper with a circulation of 300,000 readers. The paper is published by Nikkei, one of the largest media corporations in Japan that specializes in financial, business and industry news in Japan. Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun is considered the Wall Street Journal of Japan.

If we get our hands on an English version I will be sure to post it right here on the blog for your reading pleasures!

Virgin Money

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Need Cash? Get By With A Little Help From Your Friends and Family
By Mike Drummond
You need to borrow money to start or expand your business, but the banks say no way. Who ya gonna call? Do what many of us have done at one time or another – hit up Mom, Dad or your circle [...]

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Playing Hardball

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Making deals and turning profits requires smart negotiating skills
By Jim DeBetta
If you are fortunate enough to have a major retailer accept your product for, you will be sent various forms to complete and you are responsible for understanding the terms they present in this agreement.
Agreeing to the retailer’s terms and conditions is key to quickly [...]

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Throwing a wild pitch

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

I got a story pitch from an inventor today.
Or at least I thought it was a story pitch. The inventor never came out and requested a story. He never sold me on the idea or why I should care to write about it.
He was evidently very proud of his invention, as well as the patent [...]

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Last Chance: The Zibra Live Product Search closes tonight, November 23, at midnight PST.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Last chance: The Zibra Live Product Search closes tonight, November 23, at midnight PST.

Learn more or submit your idea: http://www.edisonnation.com/live_product_searches/HD211.

Jet Man to go intercontinental

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Here’s a holiday treat. Swiss pilot and aviation inventor Yves Rossy, who last year flew across the English Channel on his jet wing, is preparing to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday.
Rossy, aka Jet Man, will attempt to become the first person to make an intercontinental flight – from Morocco in Africa to [...]

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It’s that time of year again

Thursday, 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 [...]

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Business at the speed of light

Wednesday, 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 [...]

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