Crowd-Sourcing Innovation
Jake Zien was a 17 year old with a quirky idea for a flexible power strip. Ben Kaufman was a 19 year with a start-up and a vision of harnessing ideas just like Jake’s.
Now, thanks to Kaufman’s invention crowdsourcing site Quirky, Zien and other inventors like him are seeing their products go from sketchpad to store shelf faster than they can say “perpetual royalties.”
The DODOcase
When 28 year old entrepreneur Patrick Buckley heard that his family and friends were reluctant to switch over to an e-reader because they strongly preferred the sensation of holding a book, he had a great idea. He created the DODOcase, an e-readers, tablets, and phones, manufactured using traditional bookbinding methods.
Snappy Socks
Here’s a mom-turned-entrepreneur who solved a common frustration that most of us just take for granted: Matching Socks.
TechShop
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were some sort of community where artists, tinkerers, geeks, and inventors of all shapes and sizes could pay a small monthly fee and have access to expensive, technical tools, as well as a work space in which to operate?
Well, actually, there is. It’s called TechShop.
Boogie Wipes
What’s worse than a kid with a runny nose? A kid crying because his runny nose is red, dry, and rubbed raw from traditional tissues. Two creative moms realized this, and invented Boogie Wipes.
