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| Sep 4, 2017 | 5 Ways to Keep Your Head When Things Get Testy in the Workplace | September 4, 2017 5 min read
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Everyone's been there: In the midst of an argument (or just a good-natured debate) with a co-worker, suddenly things get serious. Heated words are e... |
| Oct 29, 2015 | Ars UNITE: Join us to talk about the future of the Internet of Things | Have you ever checked how many eggs you have in the fridge from the grocery store? You will someday... maybe. But IoT will find its way into your life in more subtle ways.
Quirky reader comments 18 with 15 posters participating, including s... |
| Sep 22, 2015 | Quirky Files For Bankruptcy While Flextronics Puts Up A $15M Bid For Wink | Quirky, the long-suffering startup that was once held up as a model for bridging the maker movement and corporate world, has filed for bankruptcy.
The New York-based company has had plenty of issues lately, and we’d heard that Wink had been... |
| Sep 22, 2015 | Belly-Up in Bankruptcy, Quirky Trying to Sell All Assets Including Wink | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Ten months ago, Ben Kaufman energetically proclaimed the demise of the thermostat as he talked up a device being rolled out by his New York-based invention platform Quirky, wh... |
| Sep 1, 2015 | With $50 Million Edison Nation Looks To Back A New Generation Of Inventors | Touting a direct pipeline to Amazon’s Launchpad program and sporting $50 million in commitments to help finance the businesses of young inventors, Edison Nation is preparing to embark on a nationwide tour to find the country’s next great te... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | This Amazon Launchpad is a one-stop marketplace for startups | Amazon has launched a new marketplace, called Launchpad, that is specifically geared at startups. This initiative sees Amazon partnering with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and Indiegogo to source and vet startups.
Launchpad allows a re... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | You won’t believe how honest this CEO is about blowing $185M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Quirky might seem like one of the more extreme ex... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | You won’t believe how honest this CEO is about blowing $185M | Quirky might seem like one of the more extreme examples of Silicon Valley excess in recent years, but its recent pivot — and the way its CEO handled it — is a rare example of honesty and transparency.
The startup’s premise was inspired, if ... |
| Jun 11, 2015 | In The U.S. Smart Home Market, Don’t Rule Out China | Jim Kim Contributor
Jim Kim is founder and managing partner at Formation 8.
It’s no secret that the smart home is a hot industry generating big-time buzz from VCs and large technology companies alike. The dream of a fully automated and conn... |
| Apr 7, 2015 | Quirky teams with Harman Audio to develop futuristic headphones | Quirky wants to usher in the next generation of headphones in its latest product development contest.
In collaboration with Harman, Quirky today announces a product challenge called Headphones of Tomorrow. The competition invites people fro... |
| Mar 15, 2015 | Connected Home Products Need To Shift From Nerds To Normals | While connecting devices in the home to the internet creates all kinds of interesting possibilities, the concept still has a ways to go before it really enters the mainstream — and there are a number of obstacles, according to Quirky CEO Be... |
| Jan 26, 2015 | 5 Startups That Could Shake Up Money, Shopping And More In 2015 | ReadWritePredict is a look ahead at the technology trends and companies that will shape the coming year.
Startups are all about innovation, although it’s often difficult to distinguish in advance between world-changing technology and mere n... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | The 8 categories of crowdsourcing in healthcare | Crowdsourcing involves soliciting input, ideas, services and capital from online communities as opposed to traditional suppliers. Its beauty lies in the ability to harness large and diverse groups who are primarily volunteers and part time ... |
| Dec 9, 2014 | eBay links up with CircleUp to fuel its Innovators Collective | eBay and small business investment platform CircleUp are joining forces for the auction site’s latest marketplace, the Innovators Collective.
Last week, eBay launched Innovators Collective with a handful of smart home and lifestyle products... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | Smart Home Gadgets: ReadWrite’s 2014 Gift Guide | The advent of the connected home has made it possible for our everyday appliances to talk to us, and more important, to each other. Thermostat control, energy conservation, and routine maintenance are just a few more things your average sma... |
| Nov 11, 2014 | Quirky releases a slew of new products, but its focus is still on the bulb | Quirky and General Electric are gearing up for the holidays with a new lineup of connected home products. Despite the wow factor of many of the new offerings, Quirky’s signature smart light bulb is still the star of the show.
Quirky’s home ... |
| Nov 11, 2014 | Quirky, GE Unveil Their Vision For The Connected Home | At their headquarters in Chelsea, crowdsourced invention engine Quirky and its manufacturing juggernaut of a partner General Electric threw back the curtains on their play for the connected home.
They re-launched their spinout, Wink, announ... |
| Nov 11, 2014 | Quirky & GE Launch 7 Gadgets to Make Your Home Smarter | Gizmodo Coverage of Quirky: |
| Nov 11, 2014 | Quirky & GE Unveil their Vision for the Connected Home | At their headquarters in Chelsea, crowdsourced invention engine Quirky and its manufacturing juggernaut of a partner General Electric threw back the curtains on their play for the connected home. “Last year, we announced to the world that t... |
| Nov 7, 2014 | The Path To Successful Digital Transformation Starts With Pockets Of Innovation | I’ve been hearing about “Digital Transformation” for a couple of years now, and as I’ve wandered the halls of Web Summit this week in Dublin, I’ve heard lots of talk about how companies must transform and change the way they approach develo... |
| Oct 20, 2014 | MilkzUpBottle Is Yo For When You’re Out Of Milk | I’m not great at being an adult. If I’m lucky enough to have milk in the fridge for my cereal, it’s normally gone bad.
Luckily, a hack at yesterday’s Disrupt EU Hackathon can tell you everything you need to know about your milk situation. I... |
| Sep 6, 2014 | Are these 9 kitchen gadgets ‘smart’ or just plain ridiculous? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
From utensils to flatware, your every interaction... |
| Sep 4, 2014 | Quirky Is Reinventing Invention—Again | When Ben Kaufman started Mophie, the iPod and iPhone accessories maker, as a teenager, he had to teach himself a lot about the process of invention.
He sold Mophie in 2007 and started his next company, Quirky, with the idea of helping other... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Funding Daily: Pouring a lot of money into taxis | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here are today’s funding deals: GetTaxi gets $150... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Funding Daily: Pouring a lot of money into taxis | Here are today’s funding deals: GetTaxi gets $150M
Tired of the Uber and Lyft drama? There’s another taxi app you should be paying attention to. GetTaxi, also known as Gett, just announced a big $150M funding round, reports Israeli news sit... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Electric Imp scores $15M to broaden Internet of things' reach | There’s a good chance you haven’t heard of Electric Imp — it doesn’t make consumer products. Instead, much like Intel or Qualcomm, it makes one of the components that makes smart devices, well, smart.
Electric Imp has already made strong in... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Electric Imp scores $15M to broaden Internet of things' reach | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s a good chance you haven’t heard of Electr... |
| Jul 8, 2014 | Normal Makes Headphones 3D-Printed To Your Ear | Hello, world. Meet Normal, the customized, high-end earphone manufacturer that’s looking to bring 3D printing to the mass market. From its offices and manufacturing facility in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, Normal is looking to sell $19... |
| Jul 7, 2014 | Bridging The Gap As The Smart Home Industry Expands | With the smart home market growing, the focus is shifting to the seamless connectivity of different products under one platform rather than the quality of hardware construction. At the same time, automation is driving technology to react to... |
| Jun 23, 2014 | Quirky makes a big connected home play with the new Wink hub | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We should have seen this coming when General Electric and Quirky, a platform that helps inventor ideas come to life, first released a s... |
| Jun 23, 2014 | Invention Machine Quirky Spins Out “Wink,” A New Business Focused On The Connected Home | New York-based “invention machine” Quirky, a company which turns crowdsourced ideas into real-world products you can buy like this popular flexible power strip, these connected milk jugs and egg cartons, and even app-connected air condition... |
| Jun 11, 2014 | From Crowd to Factory, Inventalator Aims to Simplify Product Creation | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The process of taking an idea from a scribble on a napkin to a product on store shelves can be protracted, grueling, and expensive. Milwaukee-based Inventalator aims to make p... |
| Jun 4, 2014 | Developers react to iOS 8 and its long-awaited opening of the platform | Apple has made several developer-pleasing changes in iOS 8—better late than never.
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| May 31, 2014 | Uber Is Delivering Air Conditioners This Weekend To New York's Laziest | Need these guys? There’s an app for that. (Photo via Getty)
Ah, the first days of summer, when haven’t installed your air conditioner, and therefore spend days and days sweating through bed sheets until you can’t take it anymore. But maybe ... |
| May 27, 2014 | Quirky Taking Social Entrepreneurship to Next Level | Ever wanted to invent something but did not have the resources to back your idea? Ever felt bogged down by the corporate sector capitalizing on their enormous budgets to develop a solution that was originally your idea? Ever felt too incomp... |
| May 8, 2014 | CODE MONKEY ISLAND: board game teaches kids coding concepts [Crowdfunding] | Code Monkey Island is a prototype game by Raj Sidhu, a digital product designer at Quirky and Williamsburg resident. It gets kids ready to learn how to code by teaching them logic concepts that are integral to coding. Sidhu says the game is... |
| Mar 21, 2014 | GE Opens a Pop-Up 3D Printing Lab in Downtown DC | The GE Garages DC program officially launches today, with a pop-up, collaborative fabrication lab in downtown Washington, DC. The program provides individuals with some hands-on experience with various manufacturing technologies, including ... |
| Mar 19, 2014 | Apartment dwellers, rejoice: Quirky & GE launch a slick, smart air conditioner | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Just about everything is getting “smart” and web connected these days — even the boring old window AC unit.
Quirky, a New York City com... |
| Mar 19, 2014 | Quirky And GE Show Pity On Those Nest Left Out With A Smart Window AC Unit | Though Nest has made a dent in home automation with its smart thermostat, the company hasn’t really addressed those of us who live in old apartment buildings with window AC units as our only summer salvation. But GE and Quirky haven’t forgo... |
| Mar 9, 2014 | Bill Nye Sees An Intimate Connection Between Startups And Science | While at South by Southwest Interactive, I had a chance to (briefly) interview one of my childhood heroes, Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Nye was about to evaluate inventions at an event for Quirky, a startup that helps turn inventions into comm... |
| Feb 28, 2014 | The Rise And Future Of The New York Startup Ecosystem | Contributor Contributor
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Like many who have been active in the New York startup ecosystem over the past decade, I a... |
| Dec 18, 2013 | 8 gifts to make the entrepreneur in your life happy (or at least look up from the computer) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Tech entrepreneurs can be tough to shop for. They... |
| Dec 11, 2013 | Google Ventures helps pour $1.2M into smart kitchen company The Orange Chef | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Google Ventures, along with Sparklabs Global Vent... |
| Dec 6, 2013 | Gift Guide: Five Kitchen Gadgets Your Foodie Will Eat Right Up | More food is consumed during the holiday season than at any other time. But that’s the thing with food; you can’t stay full forever. And so these gadgets, services and tools should serve your food-friendly loved ones quite handily. We’ll co... |
| Dec 2, 2013 | Quirky Lands $79MM Series D from GE | The following is an excerpt from the press release. To read the complete original article, please click here: Quirky Lands $79 Million in Funding. |
| Nov 14, 2013 | Quirky Raises $79M in Series D Funding | Quirky, a New York-based product invention platform, raised $79m in Series D funding.
Backers included GE (NYSE:GE), Andreessen Horowitz, Norwest Venture Partners, RRE, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Along with the funding, Quirk... |
| Nov 13, 2013 | Funding Daily: Chocolate Jesus | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This pitch VentureBeat received today easily take... |
| Nov 13, 2013 | Quirky lands another $79M to build even more strange connected gadgets | Quirky, the maker of the Pivot Power, is raising more money to build the future of weird connected devices.
The New York City-based company, which crowdsources product development from prototype to reality, has raised $79.3 million in a fou... |
| Nov 13, 2013 | Quirky Lands Its Largest Funding Round at $79 Million | November 13, 2013 1 min read
New York City-based Quirky has just landed a boatload of new money to continue its mission of making inventions and innovation accessible to the masses. It announced today that it has raised $79 million in a Ser... |
| Nov 1, 2013 | Assembly will crowdsource development of your awesome startup idea, then pay you cash | You know all those brilliant startup ideas you have, that you just don’t have time to execute? Now there is a way to turn those ideas into reality.
Assembly is a new company creating a lot of buzz amongst the startup community right now, fo... |
| Nov 1, 2013 | Assembly will crowdsource development of your awesome startup idea, then pay you cash | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You know all those brilliant startup ideas you ha... |
| Oct 1, 2013 | Quirky, The New York-Based Invention Machine, Brings On Doreen Lorenzo As President To Build Out Product Categories | In an effort to scale its product development capacity, Quirky, the creation funnel for crowd sourced invention ideas, has hired as president Doreen Lorenzo, formerly the president of design consultancy firm frog design. Prior to Lorenzo’s ... |
| Sep 22, 2013 | Betabrand’s New Think Tank Mashes Up Kickstarter-Style Fundraising With Cult Clothing Manufacturing | San Francisco-based cult clothing retailer Betabrand is debuting a new way for customers to engage in developing new products — an online think tank.
The online-only clothing retailer, which launched in August 2010 and has raised funding fr... |
| Sep 20, 2013 | Rumor Roundup: Tim Cook Tweets, Miley Hates iOS 7 and AlleyNYC Parties Hard | #sports, yall
#FollowFriday Well, well, well–look who’s on Twitter! Apple CEO Tim Cook took the bluster out of everyone’s #FF today and tweeted for the first time.
Internet sleuths hopped on the case, parsing the clues to determine whether ... |
| Sep 3, 2013 | Quirky, An Invention Startup That's Raised $91 Million, Lays Off Its CRO And Revokes A Big Employee Perk In October | Daniel Goodman / Business Insider
Quirky CEO Ben Kaufman.Quirky, Ben Kaufman's New York-based invention startup, has laid off a few members of its sales team, including its CRO, and postponed pre-planned time off for all employees in Octobe... |
| Jun 27, 2013 | SketchFab Aims To Be “YouTube For 3D Files” | Alban Denoyel founded Sketchfab on the observation that the internet lives largely in 2D but could easily become a 3-dimensional landscape. The website, which Denoyel is calling “YouTube for 3D files,” is seeking to raise $1M at TechStars D... |
| Jun 18, 2013 | TC Cribs: Quirky, The NYC Startup Where Unique Inventions Are Brought To Life | More and more jobs deal in the virtual realm, and are done by people sitting down at desks at computers. Desk work can be made interesting in its own ways, but it’s always fun to visit a company that’s actually making physical stuff.
So for... |
| May 28, 2013 | Ongoing issues with eggs spawn new business opportunity | They say the best way to come up with a popular product, or a decent marketing strategy for one, is to focus on the problem your business solves.
It doesn’t even need to be a major one. As this new Pluck tool shows, even something as small ... |
| Mar 4, 2013 | Five start-ups that are tackling life’s annoying problems | The ‘keep it simple, stupid’ principle may have been devised by the US Navy in the 1960s, but it’s a catchcry that has aided many business leaders over the years.
Speak to any start-up mentor and they will tell you one of the first things t... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Where the Founders of Young Startups Find Inspiration | February 21, 2013 4 min read
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Inspiration can come from anywhere. We asked the founders of high-profile young startups to let us in on what keeps them going when things get tough... |
| Feb 4, 2013 | Quirky Founder, Ben Kaufman, Talks Invention with Jay Leno | Quirky’s founder, Ben Kaufman, was a recent guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he talked about the company’s process for the development of inventions and shared some favorites, from the from fan favorites Stem and Pivot Power to... |
| Jan 28, 2013 | OXO Shows The Right Way To Respond To Bogus 'Outrage' Over 'Copied' Product | We see stories often enough about “big” companies “copying” the ideas of individuals or small upstarts, and it’s not uncommon to see a group of fans rise up in protest, often leading the big company to back down and apologize. This can show... |
| Jan 12, 2013 | Best. Startup. Perk. EVER. | Startups offer some great employee perks to attract top talent. For example, Evernote's employees can charge two house cleanings per month to the company.
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| Jan 12, 2013 | Best. Startup. Perk. EVER. | Startups offer some great employee perks to attract top talent. For example, Evernote's employees can charge two house cleanings per month to the company.
Quirky recently announced the best perk yet.
The NYC invention shop just told its 100... |
| Nov 9, 2012 | 10 Kickstarter Projects Every Geek Should Support | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 6/5/2014] We’re living in a golden age for creators and entrepreneurs. If you don’t believe me, just look back about a decade and try to remember how hard it was to p... |
| Sep 12, 2012 | Quirky Joins Forces With Fab To Rush Apple Accessories to Market | United at last. (Photo: Quirky Blog)
Quirky isn’t resting on the laurels of that recently announced $68 million series C. Apparently hellbent on setting a new land-speed record for collaborative product development, the company is partnerin... |
| Sep 7, 2012 | Quirky Raises $68M in Series C Funding | Quirky, a New York City-based product development company that helps creative people bring their ideas to market leveraging crowds, has raised $68m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from new i... |
| Sep 7, 2012 | Quirky Raises $68 Million to Make Invention More Accessible | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Quirky founder and CEO Ben Kaufman may have penned a long and detailed blog post about why it’s not a big deal, but the New York-based startup has just raised a boatload of ca... |
| Sep 7, 2012 | Quirky Snares Whopping $68M Series C |
NEW YORK, NY, Company that helps creative people bring their ideas to market, today announced $68 million in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
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| Sep 6, 2012 | Quirky takes $68M to fill the world with thingamabobs and whozawutsits | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Quirky is a startup that helps inventors bring th... |
| Sep 6, 2012 | Quirky Lands $68M From Andreessen, Kleiner To Build An Online Community For Inventors | Much like it is for entrepreneurs, being an inventor isn’t easy. From the moment that magic light bulb appears, product developers have to navigate a bumpy road of financing, engineering, legalities, patents and more. As a result, many grea... |
| Sep 6, 2012 | Funding Daily: a big ol’ pile of cheese | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Cheese graters bookended my day today. The first ... |
| Aug 7, 2012 | Back To School 2012: Five Gadgets To Keep You Sane In Your New Dorm Room | What? It’s August already? That means (for better or worse) that hordes of freshly minted college students will soon be starting the next chapter of their lives and moving into dull, cramped dorm rooms in the process.
Oh, that description a... |
| Aug 6, 2012 | Collaboration: How business and starting-up are changing fast? | Have you ever thought you can start right out now? Me neither until last week when I got the essence of collaboration for the first time! I realized my poorly done BBA degree, at last, started to paying off! I guess you certainly remember t... |
| Jun 6, 2012 | Quirky Unveils The App-Enabled Milk Jug Of The Future: The Milkmaid | Back in early May, Quirky and GE announced a contest that had users pitching ideas for everyday objects that could be improved by adding software to the mix.
The eventual winner was — surprisingly enough — a smart milk jug that could tell u... |
| May 10, 2012 | GE And Quirky Team Up To Develop The Milk Jug Of The Future | For just about a week now, GE and product development network Quirky have been running an interesting contest — they’ve challenged people to come up with ways to improve everyday objects by making them “smarter with software”. Unlike the tr... |
| Dec 24, 2011 | Fancy Yourself an Inventor? Submit Your Idea to Social Product Development Site Quirky | Do you hold the idea for the greatest invention of all time, but unsure of how to get started to bring it to life?
NYC-based startup Quirky is a social product development site – or online idea community – that gives anyone the chance to be... |
| Nov 23, 2011 | 2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Six Household Gifts For You And Yours | Home is where the heart is. It’s also the place where most people will live and die so give a gift that will make someone’s life a bit easier (or fun). No one wants a $20 coffee pot for Christmas. But yet there are still some awesome househ... |
| Aug 5, 2011 | Quirky Raises $16 Million for Social Product Development | The following is an excerpt from the press release announcing Quirky’s $16 million Series B funding. To read the complete original article, please click here: Quirky Raises $16 Million in Social Product Development Platform |
| Aug 5, 2011 | Quirky Premieres on Sundance Channel | Quirky will be featured on the Sundance Channel in a new reality TV series premiering on August 30. To learn more click here: Sundance Channel To see the trailer, click here: Quirky on Sundance Channel |
| Aug 4, 2011 | Quirky Raises $16 Million For Social Product Development Platform | Quirky, a social network for product development, has raised $16 million in Series B funding led by Norwest Venture Partners with RRE Ventures participating in the round. This brings Quirky’s total funding up to $29 million (Quirky quietly ... |
| Jun 21, 2011 | On Quirky’s Site, Anyone Can Invent a Hit Consumer Product | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 6/21/09 3:30 p.m. See below.] On June 15, Jake Zien stood outside the Bed Bath & Beyond store on 6th Avenue in New York gazing at a giant poster of himself in a s... |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Fly Or Die: How Will Color Solve The Loneliness Problem? (Plus, Amazon Cloud) | In this week’s episode of Fly or Die, we cover two big launches—Amazon Cloud Drive and Color—and a Quirky DIY pocketKnife called the Switch. Just yesterday, Amazon launched its Cloud Drive, which is a general storage service in the cloud wh... |
| Mar 29, 2011 | Fly Or Die: How Will Color Solve The Loneliness Problem? (Plus, Amazon Cloud) | In this week’s episode of Fly or Die, we cover two big launches—Amazon Cloud Drive and Color—and a Quirky DIY pocketKnife called the Switch. Just yesterday, Amazon launched its Cloud Drive, which is a general storage service in the cloud wh... |
| Mar 10, 2011 | Video: Hands-On With The Quirky Switch Modular Pocketknife | We’ve been dreaming of the Quirky Switch for months now, ever since it was first announced back in April, 2010 and now that dream is a reality. The Quirky Switch is basically a modular pocket knife that lets you create three sizes of knife ... |
| Feb 23, 2011 | The Mantis LED Light Is Great For Traveling | One thing we night owls know about working at night is that lighting is key. Too much or too little can cause some serious strain. That’s why people come up with versatile clip-on LED task lights like the Mantis. The Mantis lights up your w... |
| Feb 22, 2011 | Testing “brilliant” ideas | Picture this:
I am approached by “John” who has been recommended to talk to me about his new venture – but it turns out he wants me to sign an NDA before he can discuss it.
I refuse to sign unless he can give me an outline on what he is pro... |
| Dec 30, 2010 | OpenInvo: A Marketplace For Innovation | Have a great idea, but don’t have the time or money to actually bring it to market? A new startup called OpenInvo wants to help you turn it into a nice chunk of change by selling it to existing businesses that are looking for an extra dose ... |
| Dec 9, 2010 | The Great Holiday iPad Case Round-Up | http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=JkbW92MToUoNjTwVfKOWTGCncCEmWPmy&version=2
iPads are shaping up to be a popular gift this year (despite the certainty of a sequel just around the corner), but what do you get the spouse or k... |
| Oct 30, 2010 | Quirky Contort Keeps Your USB Cables Looking Sassy | The Quirky Contort is basically a four port USB hub with a trick: it also acts as a cable organizer so after you plug in all your goodies you can keep them all wrapped up and neat. The device costs $29.99 for pre-order ($35 when it comes ou... |
| Oct 15, 2010 | Meet the New Henry Fords: How Industrial Revolution 2.0 Works | In the midst of an ongoing recession, American entrepreneurs continue to find innovative ways to create new businesses for themselves. Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost are designers living in New York. Being fashionable city gents they use iPho... |
| Sep 21, 2010 | Trek Support Backpack Charges Your Gadgets, Plugs Into The Wall | So you’re traveling through the airport, and you’ve got your backpack loaded up with all your gadgets. You get through the security checkpoint, and now what? Well, how about if you could just plug your backpack in, and have it recharge all ... |
| Sep 10, 2010 | The BoilBuoy Lets You Know When Your Pot Boils | One of the greatest problems facing the world today is knowing when your pot of water is boiling. You can’t watch the pot for obvious reasons, and if you don’t listen carefully you might miss when the water starts to boil and accidentally b... |
| Aug 20, 2010 | Bottle Collects Morning Dew, Elf Tears | Are you one of those people who loves to drink the effluent from the blue sky? Do you love dew, unicorn sweat, and angel rain? Then this is the flower-shaped dew-catcher for you.
Essentially you put this thing from Quirky on your old bottle... |
| Jul 9, 2010 | Strategy Roundtable: The EJ Methodology | This week’s roundtable was an interesting mix of entrepreneurs ranging from an IP licensing company to a snow removal system.
Dr. Marilyn Bruno started off by presenting Aequor, Inc., an early stage biotech company that removes biofilms by ... |
| Jun 29, 2010 | Pivot Power: The fantastic electrical outlet that changes shape to save space | Ok, so this is legitimately great. Ninety percent of the stuff I write about… meh. It’s called the Pivot Power, and it’s a electrical outlet that changes shape, allowing you to snake it around corner, shoes, the giant Xbox 360 power supply,... |
| Apr 30, 2010 | Digits makes any gloves play nicely with touchscreens | This is pretty self-explanatory. The little button clips onto any gloves, which in turn allows users to operate touchscreen devices while keeping their gloves on. Some what clever although ambitious folks have been constructing their own ve... |
| Apr 27, 2010 | Quirky’s 23-year-old CEO finds love with the supply chain | Ben Kaufman is known as the guy behind Mophie, the Burlington, Vermont-based iPhone accessory maker that claimed $1 million in revenue in 2006.
But as he learned more and more from firsthand visits to outsourced manufacturers in China, Kauf... |
| Apr 27, 2010 | Quirky’s 23-year-old CEO finds love with the supply chain | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ben Kaufman is known as the guy behind Mophie, th... |
