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A Chief Marketing Officer for Your Small Business?

Melody Stevens | Posted 04.12.2013 | Small Business
Read More: Jurjen Jacobs, Velcro, Teamwork, John Stephans, Marketing, Idea Paint, Mood-Media-Muzak-Collaboration, Small Business Hiring, Hiring, Cmo, Small Business News
Melody Stevens

Do you already have someone like this in your company? Or, does this sound more like a dream? What if all these tasks were off your plate?

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Burdock: Curse the Burrs, Love the Roots

Darrin Nordahl | Posted 02.17.2013 | Taste
Read More: Velcro, Kinpira Gobo, Darrin Nordahl, Burrs, George De Mestral, Weeds, Gobo, Burdock Root, Japanese Cuisine, Japan, Burdock, Nordahl, Taste News
Darrin Nordahl

"What's for dinner?" my dad asks, as he walks in the door. I point to my prized find on the kitchen counter: a half-dozen brown, hairy roots from Berkeley's venerated Monterey Market.

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Plant That Inspired Velcro Now Appearing in NYC Parks

Kelly Rypkema | Posted 02.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Burdock Plant Velcro, Velcro Invention, Burdock Velcro, Velcro, George De Mestral Velcro, George De Mestral Burdock, Invention of Velcro, George De Mestral Burdock Plant, Burdock Seeds, Burdock Plants, Nature, Science in Nature, Park, Nature and Science, Central Park, Science and Nature, Parks, Video, Green News
Kelly Rypkema

A plant quietly grows in our city that incited a revolution in how we fasten things together. In this video, I show you what it looks like and share this story of nature-inspired design involving Swiss engineer George de Mestral, some seeds, and an idea that just wouldn't let go.

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A Day In The Life Of A Theme Park Character

Peter Mandel | Posted 09.12.2012 | Travel
Read More: Etch-a-Sketch, Kings Dominion, The Flintstones, Theme Park Rides, Patrick the Starfish, Theme Park Staff, Nickelodeon, Va., The Beatles, Velcro, Green Rooms, Theme Parks, Paramount, Bling, Fast Food, Pepto-Bismol, Cartoon Characters, Monopoly, Richmond, Spongebob Squarepants, Theme Park Characters, Tor, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Peter Mandel

It is July, a few summers back, at Paramount's Kings Dominion theme park near Richmond, Va. And as Patrick the Starfish, SpongeBob SquarePants' best cartoon friend, I am the goofy hero of the afternoon.

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Is Michael Graves the James Dyson of Healthcare?

Rosina Samadani | Posted 04.15.2012 | Business
Read More: Wounded Warrior, Mobility, Dyson Vacuum, Architecture, Design, Target, Innovation, Michael Graves, Target Stores, Patients, Charles Osgood, Social Media Week NY, Bacterial-Meningitis, Cbs, Saatchi and Saatchi, Velcro, Social Media, Richard-H-Driehaus-Prize, Social Media Week, Stryker, Hospitals, Rehabilitation, Healthcare, James Dyson, Business News
Rosina Samadani

Michael Graves has noticed the deficit in understanding in the design of hospital rooms -- including layout, bathrooms, and even décor, and the tremendous need in assistive devices for patients.

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What Part of "It's Never Off the Record" Don't You Get?

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Time Magazine, Val Kilmer, P.J. O'Rourke, Joe Klein, Duncan Boothby, Pr, Off-the-Record, Meg Whitman, New Mexico, Hunter Thompson, Public Relations, Jerry Brown, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, Katherine Graham, George Allen, The Washington Post, Macaca, Velcro, Media News
Tom Alderman

The digital age and the internet has further limited what a public figure should and should not say. But that does not change the first commandment of all public dialogue: you are never off the record!

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