Fraser Doherty, now a student at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, always loved jam. When he was fourteen years old, he began making homemade jam using his Grandmother’s recipes, selling it to neighbors and church congregations. But Fraser realized that when consumed in large quantities, jam takes its toll. He decided to try and […]

 
Waterford business man and entrepreneur Kevin Coleman is one of twelve Irish entrepreneurs featured in a new book that was put together by accountancy giant, KPMG.  The book describes how Irish entrepreneurs ignored detractors and opted to back themselves, their ideas and their business acumen in pursuit of a dream.
Kevin Coleman is the Managing Director […]

 
The young chief executive could squeeze me in late in the day - right after the call with “60 Minutes.”
The guy juggles a busy schedule. There’s English, math, social studies, P.E. And hey, a guy’s got to find time to shoot a few hoops and torment his little sister.
Young, remember? Like 14 years old. Yep. […]

 
A new guide has been launched to help small businesses choose flood insurance.
The Insurance for Small Businesses guide has been put together by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in response to the high number of firms affected by last year’s floods.
After last summer’s flooding, the insurance industry registered more than 27,000 claims from small […]

 
One-person companies are earning upward of $1 million in revenue annually. How do they do it? With high-speed Internet connectivity, mobile apps, automation, and a little help from their customers.
As the first one-person business to make the Inc. 500 — Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies — Jim Fairchild does no marketing, […]

 
A budding young design student is officially the second best inventor in Britain.
Polly Firth, of Glastonbury Drive, scooped second place at the Ideal Home Shows Innovation Nation competition.
The 21-year-old beat off stiff competition from hundreds of other hopefuls and wowed judges with her Elegance Shower’ invention. “I was ecstatic, I’m so happy,” she said.
“It was […]

 
A young entrepreneur from the University of East Anglia has been named a national finalist in a prestigious business competition for his pioneering invention. 
Luke Jefferson, a 28-year-old PhD student, is in the running to win £20,000 after coming up with computer software to help the men and women who are colour-blind across the country to […]

 
There is such a thing as recovery in the world of web 2.0. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen; sometimes the catalyst is a new feature or option; sometimes the service was simply waiting to be discovered; and sometimes there’s no good reason at all; the tipping point appears out of nowhere.
The five […]

 
A Christchurch-based energy efficient lightbulb seller has raised $10 million from two Australian investors and is about to open its own lightbulb factory in China.
Energy Mad, started by a pair of university mates just four years ago, has now expanded into Australia and the United States and has developed a product that it believes will […]

 
Tim Harrington sits aboard the express bus from Mason, Ohio, to Cincinnati, his computer propped in his lap. He logs on, picks through his e-mail and begins his workday during the 30-to-40-minute rush-hour trip.
His commuter bus and buses in more than 20 other cities now offer wireless Internet, according to an informal survey by the […]