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When Seth Berkowitz was a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, he started baking cookies for friends out of his dorm. Soon, he noticed a trend: students got hungry late at night and there wasn’t any delivery alternative to greasy and heavy food. Berkowitz wondered, “Why not hot cookies and milk – delivered to your door after midnight?”
When inventor Doug Vick got up in the middle of the night and bumped into the bedpost, he wondered, “How many other people do this every night?”
So he invented high-quality double-lined fleece slippers with a weight sensor in the sole, a light sensor on the side, and an LED light in the toe.
In the latest episode of the Why Didn’t I Think of That? ® Podcast, Bob Smith and Greg Anastos sit down with thinkofthat.net blogger Benjamin Christopher and discuss the first of their Axioms For Entrepreneurs, “Re-think Your Industry.”
The Why Guys explore how companies like Netflix, Apple, Xerox, and General Motors were able to look at their industries, and their companies, in a new light.
Richard James was working at a Philadelphia shipyard and was looking for a way to keep nautical instruments stable in rough seas. That’s when a torsion spring fell off the shelf. Richard watched the spring crawl down shelves, stacks of books and tabletops, and land upright on the floor. Suddenly, he had a great idea…
Why do candles all have such “girly smells,” 14-year-old Hart Main asked his younger sister, who was selling the candles for a school fundraiser. Main thought why not have smells that guys would like, like fresh cut grass, bacon, sawdust and leather. So, with a $100 investment, and his heart set on buying a brand new bike, this young man invented a whole new kind of candle: the ManCan.
What they do:
ake and market fashionable diaper bags and other baby stylish products for young parents.
Inspiration:
Distressed by fuzzy-bunny decorated diaper bags, Steve and Catherine Granville developed a line of premium diaper bags to better suit their tastes.
About the business:
Fleurville products are sold in thousands of boutiques and department stores, in a plethora of patterns, fabrics and textures. Sales: $15 Million.
Since launching last year, Silicon Valley tech star-up Particle Code company has been the subject of much industry buzz. So perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that this one year old company, itself the byproduct of an acquisition, was acquired by competitor Appcelerator, for an undisclosed sum earlier this week.
Lucky for us, Particle Code co-founder Galia Benartzi was kind enough to speak with Why Didn’t I Think of That® earlier this month about her company and the revolutionary technology behind it.
Here’s a mom-turned-entrepreneur who solved a common frustration that most of us just take for granted: Matching Socks.
It’s an Amazing story about an Amazing company. In this week’s Why Didn’t I Think of That? ® Podcast the Why Guys have a chat with Sue Katz and Lisa Thurman of Amazing Cosmetics.
Here’s an entrepreneur who wouldn’t take no for an answer. It’s the story of Berlin, New York style cheesecake, and a woman who wouldn’t let naysayers sway her confidence.
Join us for the World Premiere of this new 90-second Why Didn’t I Think of That?® feature, Café Barcomi.
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.
