According to Wikipedia, a provisional patent application is
a provisional application for patent is a type of national application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but which does not mature into an issued patent unless further steps are taken by the applicant.
It is a patent application with a specification, i.e. […]
The New York Times:
It sounds like a recipe from the Internet’s cookbook for business disasters. Sell bulky commodity items at prices low enough to compete with grocery stores, and ship them for free to consumers.
The recipe vaporized businesses like Pets.com, Webvan and other giants of the dot-com bust, but now it is being revived, successfully, […]
Reuters:
In 2006, William Witcher’s company did virtually no business with the federal government. Last year, his Walpole, Massachusetts-based Minuteman Trucks Inc., sold some $1.2 million worth of truck parts to the federal government - primarily the U.S. military - and he expects to more than double its sales in 2008.
“The economy has been slip […]
Serious Eats:
Proving yet again that South Korea is light years ahead of everyone else in fast-food technology is The Col-Pop.
The Col-Pop is the brainchild of BBQ Chicken, a South Korea–based fried chicken chain that has recently set its sights on worldwide chicken domination (though at this time, it only has locations in New York, New […]
eCommerce-Guide.com:
Even with all the fee changes afoot at eBay, there’s still a way to keep making money at the auction giant that doesn’t necessarily tie into listing fees and such — Affiliates. eCommerce-Guide decided to take a look to see what latest developments are underway with the eBay Affiliate program, as well as provide the […]
BusinessWeek:
Like lava flowing from a volcano, creative destruction—the economic notion that old companies and industries have to be wiped out before new ones can be born, first popularized by economist Joseph Schumpeter—is scary but beautiful.
In the New Economy of the late 1990s, this phenomenon turned the U.S. into an amazing job-generating machine, because the rapid […]
Sunshine Coast Daily:
“We aim to have a belly laugh every day.”
These are the words of Jeanette Jones, who says her business TRAC Consulting, which she runs jointly with its founder and her husband Mark, is a values-driven organisation.
But in among the honesty, transparency, communication and respect is a firm emphasis on fun.
“Having a belly laugh […]
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