It all started with a 4 a.m. email nearly a year ago: “Do you think a baby bib could change the world? I do...”Then Susie Taylor included a link to her website, bibbitec.com, and off it went to Shark Tank, the popular ABC television show where entrepreneurs pitch their companies to investors on the show — and by extension, 7 million viewers.Four months later, as the “mompreneur”...
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South Miami police supplier hires chief's son
Label: World The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics said last week that the South Miami Police Department can continue to purchase equipment from Lou’s Police Distributors, a company that recently hired the police chief’s son. “The son has no direct or indirect financial ownership in the company and will not be involved in the local contract, or profit from it,” the commission on ethics...
RIM faces its day of reckoning with BlackBerry 10 launch
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (Reuters) – The innovative line of BlackBerry smartphones that Research In Motion Ltd will formally unveil on Wednesday has already succeeded on one crucial count – getting RIM back in the conversation.The new BlackBerry 10 has created a buzz among technology watchers and financial analysts, thanks to nifty features that may set it apart in an overcrowded smartphone market. RIM stock has...
Rocsi's Behind the Scenes of Super Bowl Media Day
Label: LifestyleET's Rocsi Diaz caught up with both teams at Super Bowl Media Day in New Orleans, getting up close and personal with the players, who let their hair down for Rocsi's camera phone footage.RELATED: Inside Beyonce's Super Bowl Rehearsals!
Rocsi's Nokia Lumia 920 captured the gridiron warriors of the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens trying to stay relaxed before Sunday's big game.Click the video...
'Fake lawyer' arraigned after allegedly representing clients with no degree
Label: Health The bi-polar, heroin-using son of a prominent Albany lawyer walked into a Manhattan courtroom at least three times last year, facing judges and representing a paying client despite having no law degree, according to the charges in a bizarre attorney-imposter case.Terence Kindlon, 42, just wants to be a real attorney, his defense lawyer argued today. Unfortunately,...
Marlins hire new PR firm
Label: Business Maybe a new slogan will help?The Miami Marlins on Tuesday announced the hiring of a new public relations firm to help with the team’s battered image on the heels of jettisoning star players and renewed backlash against tax dollars used to build the team’s new baseball park. Miami’s Jeffrey Group won the account. The company replaces RBB and founding partner Bruce Rubin, a...
Jan
28
Related developers find themselves in court over tactics
Label: World His company on trial over its tactics in a controversial condo project, Jorge Perez, the celebrated developer, found himself on the witness stand Monday answering to an unexpected foe: Jorge Perez, the author.Perez, the chairman of the Related Group, testified in the trial of a lawsuit brought against his company by The Vizcayans, a fundraising and support group for the Vizcaya...
What the ‘Bqhatevwr’ Did Scott Brown Tweet?
Label: TechnologyWhat do politicians do after losing their re-election bids? Take to Twitter, of course. Former Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts has been doing just that.Brown has been tweeting about his everyday life post-politics, posting blurbs about house chores, football, and his family, but Brown’s tweets are somewhat less refined than those tweeted by his skilled staffers when he was serving in Congress.On...
Father 'proud' of son who stood up to alleged molester
Label: Health I'm proud of him, the dad testified today of a brave nine-year-old boy who stood up to an alleged sex-molesting school aide at the Upper West Side's PS 87 last year.The boy had taken the stand Friday to describe the alleged abuse at the hands of aide Gregory Atkins, 56, angrily confronting the defense attorney during cross examination by shouting, "Stop...
Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge opens for entries
Label: Business Entrepreneurs, please don’t let the name of our contest scare you.As we launch our 15th annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge today, we are putting out our annual call for entries. But we aren’t looking for long, laboriously detailed business plans. Quite the contrary.More and more, today’s investors in very early stage companies want to see a succinct presentation...
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