When I mention to people that I have a registered trade dress on my product, most people have never heard of it. A trade dress protects the look of a product and my trade dress is a contoured bottle that sits on top of the wrist. But there is another bottle trade...
It’s that time of year. Fireworks and backyard barbeques have long been a tradition for Fourth of July celebrations. I call it grill-o-mania, and use it as an excuse to throw anything on the grill. 4th of July innovation Also known as Independence Day in the...
All innovation starts with an idea. My invention idea of the wrist water bottle actually came to me when I passed out from dehydration while out on a run in the hot Texas summer. As I sat in a hospital bed with an IV, the idea that I should probably have water on me...
Smart businesses are always trying to figure out how to get their customers to buy more. So was the case with the inventor of the shopping cart, Sylvan Goldman. He was the owner of the Humpy Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma City. The struggling supermarket chain...
Blues legend B.B. King loved his electric guitar so much he risked his life to save it in a fire. Afterwards he named all of his guitars Lucille. We can’t imagine blues or rock without the electric guitar. But who was the inventor of the electric guitar? Like...
