The video-game and electronics industry has long been dominated by men. But according to a recent study done by advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, “lady geeks” are fed up with that notion. The study reported that 35 percent of female internet users would spend more on consumer electronics if retailers tried targeting them for [...]

  Turns out, Coca Cola may be plotting a new version of Sprite that actually chills itself upon opening. Apparently, the drink has to be kept at a specified temperature before being snapped up, and once the oh-so-thirsty consumer pops the top, “a mechanism inside creates ice made from the drink, so it is not [...]

Residents of the town of Varallo in northwestern Italy are turning kilos into euros through a communal diet project initiated by the mayor. Men who lose 4 kg (9 lbs.) in a month will receive €50 ($70). Women will get the same amount for losing 3 kg (7 lbs.). If they keep the weight off [...]

  Getting through the work day on high power is a work habit that’s more common than not. From the espresso concoction from Starbucks to the green tea from the organic coffeehouse, there are plenty of ways to get the daily buzz. Today’s newest caffeine-infused products even include gum, chocolate, and caffeinated water. But could [...]

  Students who want to be successful in business and cyberspace should look no further than Matt Moog, a 1992 GW graduate, entrepreneur and founder of Viewpoints.com.  Moog spoke to students Wednesday evening as part of the Alumni Association’s “How Do I Become A…” lecture series and detailed his career as an entrepreneur and offered [...]

  Alex Algard is a true entrepreneur. His companies – WhitePages.com and CarDomain.com – are born from his passions. Both are thriving businesses in Seattle. Both survived the dotcom bust – no small feat! As a Stanford University graduate student, Algard was frustrated by his inability to track down an old friend: he wasted time [...]

  Britain’s personal debt is increasing by £1 million every 4 minutes. Graduates who leave University have an average debt of £12,363. Are you in debt? Could you work with the homeless, sick and elderly? Then you could become debt free simply by doing some charity work. It is a new and exciting scheme called [...]

  Randa Sweet knew she was on to something special when her future husband, Steven, became excited after trying her homemade ice cream sauce. “It was the first thing I made for Steve that really lit him up because he isn’t very demonstrative of food,” she said. Though she had been making the concoction of [...]

  Last year, Dave Novak sold $1.2 million of luxury steam-shower and bath equipment, importing wares from China and reselling systems for $2,500 to $4,000 apiece under his own brands, like American Steam and Rockstar. And he did it from his 20-month-old son’s bedroom in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Novak, 27, runs Novak & Co. LLC [...]

  We have gone from domain names that say exactly what they do, e.g. cheaplaptops.com or asbestossurveys.com to quirky four letter names! Andrew Frame had several criteria for the name of his Voice over Internet Protocol startup. It had to be universally pronounceable, memorable, and short—ideally, no more than four letters and two syllables. Of [...]