Traditional Christmas trees in those nostalgic images of the holiday are usually freshly cut evergreens, decorated with heirloom ornaments and festooned with homemade popcorn and cranberry chains. But if you grew up as the grandson of a Colorado engineer who designed A-frame cabins and had a playful sense...
Michael Speciale, of Phoenix, Arizona, was going through a difficult time in early 2017 and was staying with his brother, Brian. One day he was walking through the living room and noticed his 7-year-old nephew lounging on the sofa wearing one of his father’s old hoodies. Next...
Staying hydrated is extremely important and flavored waters are very popular. While some cynics might say it is mostly a profit driven, marketing ploy, the truth is that for many people plain water just isn’t that appealing and flavored waters are often the answer.
Vince Zaldivar, who has lived...
Tom Burden joined the military right out of high school and was trained to work on F16’s in the Air Force. After his service, he was studying for a degree in mechanical engineering and working on aircraft for the Air National Guard in Toledo, Ohio. But he...
Having a beautiful and well maintained lawn is the goal of every homeowner. As everyone knows, however, keeping up with the work required to achieve this goal is not an easy task. In 2014, young fathers Justin Crandall and Bart Lomont of Dallas, Texas, realized they were spending more...
Joshua Esnard spent a lot of his childhood dismantling things, rebuilding them, pondering over designs and making Batmobiles out of cardboard. A native of St. Lucia, Esnard grew up in Ithaca, New York, where his parents taught at Cornell University. His father had been cutting his hair, but when...
What’s worse than wanting to tip your bartender or pay a friend for helping with that strenuous move, but not have any cash on-hand? The Bravo app solves this everyday problem with their instant mobile payment model. Once you sign up, you are ready to send or receive money...
It’s been quite an interesting and complicated journey from the day when Plated founders, Nick Taranto and Josh Hix, appeared on Season Five of Shark Tank. Initially asking for a $500,000 investment in exchange for 4% of the company, they accepted an offer from Mark Cuban for the $500,000...
Sawyer Sparks was studying agriculture economics at Purdue University when he learned that his professor’s daughter suffered from celiac disease. The digestive disorder is triggered by, among other things, wheat. For the five-year-old, that meant that she could not play with Play-Doh. All of her friends had so...
