Lois Crouse

Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

Myself Belts: Easy to Fasten Belts

Lois Crouse - November 23, 2020 0

Hear the pride and glee in a child’s voice when he proclaims, “I did it myself!” He is taking one more step toward independence. He recognizes the “accomplishment.” It may have been he gave the dog a bath (in the living room) or he painted his face with Magic...

Food & Drink

Pan’s Mushroom Jerky

Lois Crouse - November 17, 2020 0

Michael Pan has a rich multicultural background. His mother was born in Peru, his father in Malaysia. They met and married in a small town in Mississippi, which is where Michael was born and raised. When he was a child, he went with his father to Malaysia to meet...

Pet Care

K9 Mask: Air Filter Mask for Dogs

Lois Crouse - November 16, 2020 0

When Kirby Holmes was a boy, he spent part of his summers at his grandparents’ home in California. He’d see wildfires in the hills nearby and clouds of smoke darkening the sky. Later, he learned how very detrimental the gas and particles contained in that smoke are to people’s...

Food & Drink

Moment: Drink Your Meditation

Lois Crouse - November 16, 2020 0

Aisha Chottani and Faheem Kajee had high-powered positions as management consultants. There were too many days when they were frazzled from meetings, deadlines, and interruptions. Even though they were long-time advocates and practitioners of meditation, they couldn’t stop in the middle of the day to meditate and regain that...

Entertainment & Arts

Foam Party Hats

Lois Crouse - November 9, 2020 0

Grace Rojas was living in Venezuela when she planned the Hora Loca for her daughter’s wedding. She wanted to do something that would surprise and thrill the bride and groom and their guests. Not an easy thing to do since the Hora Loca is, by definition, crazy. Had every...

Food & Drink

Bee d’Vine Honey Wine

Lois Crouse - November 9, 2020 0

Just do not call it “mead.” Ayele Solomon is quite specific: he makes honey wine, just like the “t’ej” he drank as a boy in his native Ethiopia—as Ethiopians had done for more than 2,000 years. Yes, they are both made with honey, but the mead contains various fruits,...

Gift Ideas

Mighty Carver Turkey Chainsaw

Lois Crouse - November 1, 2020 0

A chainsaw. A cabin in the woods. A forlorn family silently gathered around a dining table. A missing grandfather. Do we cue the screeching violins? No. This is not a horror story. It is  “The Invention of the Mighty Carver.” Nothing scary about that. Kim and Lance Burney and...

Food & Drink

Chicken Salt All-Purpose Seasoning

Lois Crouse - November 1, 2020 0

The first thing you need to know is how Chicken Salt got its name. ‘Cause “Vegan” and “Chicken” do not belong on the same label. Chicken salt is a seasoning invented in Adelaide, South Australia, in the 1970s to flavor rotisserie chickens and give them that appetizing golden-brown color...

Sports & Outdoors

Animated Lure Motorized Fishing Lure

Lois Crouse - October 29, 2020 0

Fishing is one of the most popular outdoor activities in the U.S. and in many other countries around the world. And why wouldn’t it be? What better way to “get away from it all,” whether you are communing with nature or bonding with your family (especially your children) or...

Sports & Outdoors

Chirp Exercise Wheel For Back Pain

Lois Crouse - October 25, 2020 0

Tate Stock was working on his degree in economics at Brigham Young University when he founded his company, Chirp (formerly Plexus). He was visiting his aunt when he noticed her yoga wheel. He was fascinated and began thinking of ways he could improve it. He spent $400 on materials,...

Home, Garden & Tools

Sleep Pod Blanket by Hug Sleep

Lois Crouse - October 25, 2020 0

Matt Mundt has always had trouble sleeping—as far back as he can remember. After college and out in the work world, sleep became even more elusive as the stressors increased. He’s not alone. The Sleep Foundation’s studies show that 30% (as a conservative estimate) of the US population have...

Food & Drink

GoOats Oatmeal Bites

Lois Crouse - October 19, 2020 0

Nahum Jeannot was head chef preparing for a hotel’s grand opening celebration. Everything had to be perfect. What could he add to the breakfast buffet to make it memorable? He thought back to his mother’s oatmeal—his very favorite way to start off the morning. But bowls of oatmeal could...

Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

BootayBag Women’s Underwear Subscription

Lois Crouse - October 18, 2020 0

There has to be a better way! Like so many entrepreneurs before her, that’s what Elly Gheno thought as she rummaged through the bins of bargain undies hunting for that most elusive of finds: underpants in her size and style that were not irregulars and not bearing grinning images...

Home, Garden & Tools

Rumpl Indoor & Outdoor Blankets

Lois Crouse - October 12, 2020 0

So there they were—Wylie Robinson and his buddy. Up in the mountains with a broken-down van, miles away from civilization, without phone cell service, in freezing temperatures. Someone would happen by and rescue them, sooner or later. In the meantime, they wrapped themselves up in their sleeping bags to...

Home, Garden & Tools

GarmaGuard Garment & Fabric Cleanser

Lois Crouse - October 7, 2020 0

You resolved not to bring work home with you, and you have succeeded. No papers to go over or books to study, no phone messages or emails to answer. So, you would be surprised to know you are still bringing way too much home from your day in the...

Home, Garden & Tools

Yellow Leaf Hammocks

Lois Crouse - May 15, 2020 0

When Joe Demin took some time off to backpack through Thailand, he expected an adventure. He did not expect that the trip would change his life and certainly never dreamed that he could change the lives of many others. It was on one of Thailand's 1400 islands...

Toys, Kids & Babies

Dreamland Baby Weighted Blanket

Lois Crouse - May 14, 2020 0

Tara Williams and her husband Rob needed sleep. So did Luke. At six months old, Luke still was not sleeping through the night. It made for grumpy parents and grumpy baby. Luke was their fourth child, and they had never had to deal with this before. One night, while...

Food & Drink

RollinGreens Plant Based Wings and Tots

Lois Crouse - May 13, 2020 0

Ryan Cunningham and his wife Lindsey decided to start a food truck business. Ryan, Executive Chef, had worked as a personal chef (known as Chef Ko) for 10 years after attending his mother's plant-based culinary school and later training at a West Coast restaurant. Lindsey, CEO, had experience as...

Food & Drink

Salted Restaurant Delivery

Lois Crouse - May 11, 2020 0

Jeff Appelbaum is the founder and CEO of the Salted Restaurant Group. Restaurant groups are nothing new. There is Darden Restaurants that owns Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Bahama Breeze Island Grille. Bloomin' Brands owns Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, and Carraba's Italian Grill. Salted is not like those groups....

Home, Garden & Tools

Rescue Ready Window Escape Ladder

Lois Crouse - May 10, 2020 0

Eric Hartsfield and Brett Russell know all about house fires. Eric has been a firefighter with the Norfolk (VA) Fire Rescue for 10 years. His buddy Brett has been a firefighter/paramedic for 13 years. The two specialize in technical rescues, including confined-space rescues, rope rescue, and structural collapse rescue. They...

Food & Drink

Slate Chocolate Milk

Lois Crouse - May 9, 2020 0

Josh Belinsky and Manny Lubin are giving chocolate milk a clean slate. They both have loved chocolate milk since childhood, but there’s the lactose, sugar and short shelf life to deal with, as well as the containers depicting little kids or cartoon cows or bunnies. The 20-somethings and 30-somethings...

Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

Lord von Schmitt Crochet Clothing

Lois Crouse - May 7, 2020 0

When Schuyler Ellers first heard the words, “Those are the most hideous pants I've ever seen,” he knew he was on the right track, creating high fashion from vintage crochet Afghans. Schuyler always loved art, color, theater and the bizarre. While at Columbia University, he discovered costume design. After...

Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

The DadWare Bondaroo

Lois Crouse - May 5, 2020 0

Nick Baker and his wife Dawn thought they were well prepared for the birth of their daughter Eva. They went to all of the classes, read all of the books. They knew how important it was for Eva’s first experience in this world to be skin-to-skin bonding (aka “kangaroo...

Beauty & Health

PROVEN Skincare

Lois Crouse - April 30, 2020 0

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the beauty industry, and PROVEN Skincare is in the vanguard. AI is the ability of a computer to assess a colossal amount of information, draw rational conclusions and select relevant details faster than is humanly possible. It is Netflix recommending movies based on everything...

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