Calling it Kahawa Coffee is repetitive. Kahawa means coffee in Swahili, the native language of Kenya where entrepreneur Maggy Nyamumbo hails from. She’s a third generation coffee business person in her family. He grandfather started a small coffee farm while working for the colonial government before Kenya’s independence. Maggy didn’t set out to follow in […]

Joelle Flynn came up with the idea for FUNKKOFF at a wine tasting. She goes to a lot of wine tastings and used to carry a toothbrush and toothpaste to get the red wine stains off her teeth between stops. She wanted a lipstick-sized tool that would do the same thing, so she called up […]

Friends and pest control business owners Aaron and Tony Gonzales (no relation) created The Slick Barrier to keep scorpions out of their homes. The Slick Barrier is a patented coating you apply to the base of your house and when it dries, it’s a plastic-like, clear barrier. Scorpions can’t climb it. Neither can rats and […]

Laura Lady invented Fry Away because she loves fried food but hates the mess. Frying, while it may not be the healthiest way to cook, makes for delicious food. Fried chicken and fried fish are very popular. The problem is, what do you do with all the leftover frying oil? You don’t want to pour […]

The Copy Keyboard is a two key “keyboard” with just a “copy” and a “paste” key. It’s aimed at people who do a lot of copying and pasting on their computers. While there are copy/paste shortcuts in Windows and Mac operating systems, this just makes it a tad easier. Simply plug The Copy Keyboard into […]

Any Tongs is one of those inventions you look at and say “why didn’t I think of that?” Well Tog Samphel did think of it. Actually, he got the idea from his mother. When he was a kid, she’d tape forks to a clothespin to make tongs. He simply refined that idea and made a […]

Husband and wife team Alicia Long and Dane Turk invented the Nutr Milk machine to solve a problem. One was Alicia is lactose intolerant. The other is they believe the dairy industry is ruining the planet. Dairy cattle are responsible for over 83 metric tons of CO2 annually. Like a lot of people, Alicia and […]

Sandra Velasquez created her Nopalera Soap and skincare products after two things happened: she took a soap making class and she went home to her mother’s house and was served eggs and nopal cactus for breakfast. The nopal cactus, or prickly pear cactus, is a big part of Mexican culture. It grows wild all over […]

Juan Stewart started making his Frescos Naturale drinks in early 2021. It’s a carbonated version of a drink he grew up on called aguas frescas which is made from fresh fruit, lime juice, water, a sweetener and, sometimes, fresh herbs. His son likes them too and suggested Juan “bottle this stuff.” After testing the market […]