The Automated Check
New business information on hand-held electronic server pads for waitstaff. Read story
Leslie Brokaw
Flower Eating
New business information on edible flowers in the gourmet cuisine industry. Read story
Space-Age Phone
New business manufactures dime-size microphone/receiver to replace the traditional phone handset. Read story
Burger Zapper
New business information on a commercial barbeque- equipment company. Read story
Not a Cheap Date
New business information on a network dating service. Read story
Aerosol Yogurt
New business information on yogurt-based whipped cream. Read story
Bathtubs for Wheelchairs
New business provides mobile cleaning service for hospital equipment. Read story
Max Boardroom
New business creates a computer-generated talking head to enliven company board meetings. Read story
Tank Toter
New business creates a special back pack for people who have to carry oxygen canisters. Read story
The Chocolate-Covered Potato Chip
New business dips potato chips in chocolate. Read story
Birth Watch
New business offers mail-order pregnancy calendar full of relevant facts and tips. Read story
Life After Pampers
Imagine a cloth diaper with the features of the disposable kind. Culley Davis's brother-in-law did. He sold the idea for $1,000 to Davis, who developed a... Read story
Good Stuff Cheap
Wanna buy a $3,000 desk for $1,000? Good luck finding one, unless you're near Dallas's Wholesale or Less, a discount high-end office-furniture store, whe... Read story
Seaside Selling Machines
The prototype for Charles King's suntan-oil vending dispenser was a converted port-a-john. Four years of engineering and market research later, Memphis-b... Read story
California Preening
She was fed up with the California wind shipping her hair as she zipped around in her Porsche convertible. So Kanda Boykin created a slipcover-like shiel... Read story
Sweet Dreams
Surgery patients may someday be able to receive their anesthetic orally, through a thimble-shaped lollipop tentatively named Anestapop. Targeted for chil... Read story
"aah Wilbur, My Aching Feet"
If only Mr. Ed had had MagicCushion Horseshoes, what Pegasus Distributing president Joe McKenna calls "Nikes for horses." Designed by an aerospace enginee... Read story
The Miracle Of The Name
In the beginning was a trucking company, and the company was with Walter Riley, and the company was of Walter Riley. And Riley said, "Let it be called Gu... Read story
Hair Today, Gone . . . Oh, Forget It
You can't fight city hall, but the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists is another matter, or so Caryl Barday discovered when she tried to set up an in-off... Read story
Dat's Entertainment
Put yourself in James Twerdahl's shoes. Since last May you've been running Marantz Co., a consumer-electronics concern that once boasted $225 million in ... Read story
