Serial entrepreneur Johnny de la Valdene bubbles over with ideas wild and wacky enough to work

G.J. McCARTHY/DMN Johnny de la Valdene, a Dallas-based entrepreneur, has founded Vacation in a Bottle, Marshmallow Fun Co. and Big Heads Entertainment.Johnny de la Valdene is best known for the Marshmallow Shooter, an invention that has been one of the hottest Christmas toys for the last couple of years. De la Valdene expects revenue for Marshmallow Fun Co. to reach about $9 million this year ...

FRESHLY DEVELOPED

The professor, Bibek Debroy, asked me how an innovative young man, Sandip Chatterjee, a relatively unknown inventor with no connections or influence, could be helped to market his invention.

Wheelchair design could be Godsend

IT'S been said that necessity is the mother of invention and Bryan Flemming's dream of designing a new wheelchair could be a Godsend for countless others.

Inventor from Lexington Selected to Present Award Winning Invention in Las Vegas

The InventHelp-INPEX New Product Showcase is a part of the larger 2010 Annual Electronic Retailing Association's Conference & Exposition held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas September 21-23, 2010.

MasterChefs cook up a live treat for fans

MASTERCHEF winner Adam Liaw will cook up a storm in front of a live audience for the first time.

Along Route 74: Did our thirst for knowledge go up in smoke?

It’s been a while since I climbed up on my soapbox. So long, in fact, I can’t remember what the issue was that got me fired up. But I do have something that agitates me and it’s probably well overdue bringing it up. For me, it’s dealing with...