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Must see – UNL Webinar on Food Product Development
Wow!!!!!! You missed an excellent webinar on Food Product Development if you were unable to attend the UNL Extension eShip Webinar Series on Tuesday, October 19th. Laurie Keeler, Senior Manager of Product Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Food Processing Center shared so many cool examples of unique new food products and how entrepreneurs came up with the idea and how they made them marketable.
Laurie talked about product ideas such as developing unique products with water; line extension which involves adding new lines of product to get more space on the shelf, and final packaging of products for convenience. Laurie outlined the steps needed to create a successful new food product and the problems and pitfalls in the development process. We also learned that the UNL Food Processing Center is a premier service available to anyone across the United States. They specialize in helping individuals and businesses develop food, pet and cosmetic products. It’s right there in Lincoln, Nebraska.
This is a webinar you should see. Go to the archived presentation at: http://breeze.unl.edu/p72177450/ .
The next UNL Extension eShip Webinar will be Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CST/9:00 am MST. Katie Pakarek, UNL Extension Education in Stormwater Management will highlight Entrepreneurial Potentials in Stormwater Management.
Guest Blogger: Dennis Kahl, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Online Tutorial on Refining Idea Concept
Here’s a jewel of information for the average inventor. Planet Eureka!, operated by Merwyn Research, Inc., provides free on-line tutorials for getting your invention noticed and to the market. The FREE Merwyn Business Translation Workshop includes nine videos and a downloadable workbook that walks you through the process of translating your idea into a simple description. You can then use your workbook to pitch your idea to others or use the fee-based services provided through the Merwyn Business Simulation Research and post your idea on their searchable website. Caution – simulation research is not cheap!
Planet Eureka! is also a searchable website where you can look-up other innovations or seek manufacturers that may be looking for your type of product. Planet Eureka! is supported by the USA National Innovation Marketplace, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Kauffman Foundation and others.
For more information about Nebraska’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, contact Dave Wright, dave.wright@nebraska.gov
New Searchable Patent Website
Patent Lens is a worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource. Users can search and retrieve the full-text of more than 9 million patent documents from US, Europe, Australia and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), their status and counterparts up to 70 countries. Patent Lens is supported by the Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI) and partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Visit the Patent Lens Search Help to get started on your searches.
Who is Using Social Networks?
The social network dynamics are constantly changing, from who is Facebooking to who is Linked-in. These dynamics impact how you conduct your online business. To help capture what is happening with the online social network phenomenon, the Pew Internet & American Life Project is publishing multiple reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009 by Susannah Fax, Kathryn Zickuhr, Aaron Smith.
- Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others–up from 11% in April.
- Thirty-seven percent of Internet users age 18-24 use Twitter or another service, up from 19% in December 2008.
The Pew Internet project posts data on numerous topics such as : Teen Use, Broadband Issues, Health and Technology Trends, Social Networking Use, Web 2.0 Integration, and Technology/User Types.
Visual Merchandizing
Glenn Muske, Oklahoma State University, takes us on a tour of ways that business owners can create compelling visual displays that will draw the interest of customers without breaking the bank. This is an adobe connect webinar courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.(http://www.extension.org/) To access the webinar, click on the title below.
Which is Best: Nimble or Powerful
Given the state of our economy right now, would you rather be a very small company or a very large company? When I interview small business owners and advisors on NBS (NxBizSuccess.com), I wonder how they would adapt to this turbulent situation if they were running GE, for instance. Would they fare any better than Jeff Immelt, who has a very
drawn look on his face these days? Read more