Hammerhead Sleds
It seems to me like Steve Luhr has stumbled upon a fool-proof strategy: Take a timeless children’s activity, update it, make it significantly more exciting/dangerous, and market it as a must-have for any extreme sports enthusiast. It started when Steve left his job. Steve had been working for BioTek, a medical equipment sales firm, for [...]
Inventions Preview
If you haven’t looked around our site at all, I urge you to. Why Didn’t I Think of That? is a collection of stories about businesses that inspire a sense of, “What a great idea! I wish it was mine!” These ideas can be anything from a unique service, to a brilliant product idea. Some [...]
Batter Blaster
Organic Pancake Batter in an aerosol can? Yep.
Sean O’Connor came up with the idea for Batter Blaster during the early 2000′s, during his time as co-owner of Thee Parkside Cafe in San Francisco.
But for O’Connor, the hardest part wasn’t coming up with the idea, it was getting others to believe in his idea.
“Try telling someone, ‘I have this idea. We’re going to put pancakes in a can,’ and not have them laugh you out of the room,” O’Connor said.
