A non-tangling cord an on an electric drill and similar shop equipment. Why can’t they be sold with the self-coiling wire now commonly used on telephones?—W. C. Fox, Nampa, Idaho.
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Paint brushes are cleaned quickly by means of a new electric whirling device.
A brush is first dipped in a cleansing solvent, and then attached by its handle to the whirler, as shown in the image. When the motor is switched on, the brush whirls at high speed, paint being automatically removed by means of centrifugal force.
Imagine how easy this would be to carry around the golf course! I wonder why it didn’t take off? I personally have never seen this in modern day golf.
One shaft and seven detachable heads housed in a lightweight canvas kit replace a whole golf bag full of heavy clubs, in a novel plan devised by a group of golfers based out of Chicago. In addition to the various screw-on club heads, carried conveniently in specially designed pockets, the canvas kit provides a compartment for golf balls and one for wooden tees.
Five iron and two wood heads are included in the kit, which is said to be considerably lighter than a conventional bag of clubs.
Made short enough to fit inside a capped soda bottle, this plastic (or plastic-coated) straw would rise to sipping height when the bottle was opened. A bell-shaped float would supply lift, rising on gas bubbles. To sink the float when the bottle was being filled, the inventor suggests filling it with ice or sugar.
A scuba diver might travel under water faster and easier – and with less turbulence – on this snake-like craft. By lying on a frame and manipulating a crank, he’d undulate a rubbery sheet beneath him. The inventor claims the flexing would simulate the movements with which a fish or reptile propels itself.
They’re a great way to travel and a great way to get much faster from place to place. People used to walk everywhere but now we just drive, no more leg pain!
by Joty Sidhu
(Caledon, Ontario, Canada)
Because everyone in the world uses cell phones these days.
I had a dispute with a roommate in college.
Wearing disposable gloves, I collected some poison ivy leaves, put them in a coffee can and took them back to the house.
When he wasn’t there I put on another set of gloves and rubbed the leaves on the toilet seat.
I don’t know for sure what kind of rash he had but I did notice that he was scratching his ass a little more than usual.
by Brad
(Reese)
How’s this grab yeah I had my ex picked up the local police department three weeks after we broke up.
All was quiet; she was down at her favorite bar in town celebrating her Birthday with friends when at 10:30 cops roll in the back door and arrest her for violation of her probation.
I watched her from the parking lot get hauled away by the cops it was great.
I slept well at night – she got what was coming to her!! Revenge is a dish best served cold!!!!
A good entrepreneur definition to begin with is that put forward by Oxford Dictionary…
A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.
Derives from French
Entrepreneur derives from French. It can be split into two parts. The first part is ‘entre’ which literally translates to ‘under’. The second part relates to ‘prendre’ which means to take. Putting the two parts together it translates to ‘under-take’.
To undertake something means to commit oneself to and begin an enterprise or to take on a responsibility.
So it basically means a person who undertakes the risk of a new enterprise.
Entrepreneurship
In English if you add ship to the end of a word it indicates quality, state, status, skill, or collective body. So entrepreneurship is the process or skill of beginning a new enterprise or responsibility.
What Does and Entrepreneur Do?
I think it’s also important to say a little about what exactly an entrepreneur actually does. An entrepreneur is someone who spots new opportunities. Someone who comes up with new ideas for products, processes or services to respond to a customer need. But also, someone who is able to successfully introduce these new ideas into the market.
Entrepreneurs are individuals that make the innovation process actually happen. They are often able to do this regardless of the obstacles that are put in front of them.
Most successful innovations arise from the identification of opportunities. Innovations rarely come by chance, more often than not they come as a result of deliberate and purposeful search.
Entrepreneurs are quick to act on opportunities that are presented to them. Such opportunities could arise from a number of areas, including
- demographic changes such as a change in consumer demand – such as that from an ageing population.
- Technological advancements – New technologies can often bring new markets to complement or support the technology.
- New knowledge – this could relate to new knowledge about new technology such as the point raised above or even new knowledge in relation to a new business process or a new way of performing or making a process work better.
- Market demand for improved or better products within a particular domain.
Other Entrepreneur Definitions
Webster defines an entrepreneur as
one who organizes and directs a business undertaking assuming risk for the sake of the profit.
David Shaw’s definition in his article Entrepreneurs…Winning Strategies Aside in the Ivey Business Journal is as follows,
An entrepreneur implements ideas, concepts or processes in operating ventures and promotes them to achieve their growth potential.
Peter F. Drucker defines an entrepreneur as
one who always searches for change, responds to it and exploits it as an opportunity. Innovation is the tool of the entrepreneur which they use to exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or service.
To finish, Shane and Venkataraman put forward an excellent definition…
The scholarly examination of how, by whom, and with what effects, opportunities to create future goods and services are discovered, evaluated, and exploited. Consequently, the field involves the study of the sources of opportunities; the processes of discovery, evaluation and exploitation of opportunities; and the set of individuals who discover, evaluate, and exploit them.