2 Sept 08: Marketplace Magazine

Local leaders pen book to aid inventors: The Post-Crescent, October 18, 2009 Cheryl Perkins and Jeff Lindsay of Innovationedge in Neenah authored “Conquering Innovation Fatigue,” which reveals how to overcome the many barriers faced by innovators.

The New Consumer: How Shopping Has Changed For Good Candy & Snack TODAY, September/October 2010 Cheryl Perkins, founder and president of Innovationedge, LLC, a brand consultancy, expands on this notion: “Private label continues to be a focus for innovation. We’re seeing retailers figuring out how to deliver quality products while still maintaining lower prices for…

Protect Intellectual Property By: Cheryl Perkins and Jeff Lindsay Read Full Article With the expectations of sustainable products a growing concern for consumers, bioplastics are becoming an increasingly important part of the plastics industry. Just like auto companies are searching for alternative sources of energy for transportation vehicles, chemical companies are searching for alternatives in…

Cheryl Perkins’ blog on her recent biomimicry teachings/ learnings at the San Diego Zoo was featured on the San Diego Zoo’ Biomimicry homepage. Biomimicry is a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems, also known as “innovation inspired by nature”, according to the Biomimicry…

Cheryl Perkins, one of Consumer Goods Technology’s board members, joins the rest of the board to examine big changes to come in consumer goods. Click here to read the full article.

My brain, your brawn: The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2008 Big companies are on the prowl for small businesses that will hand over their best ideas in exchange for a piece of the action “…Compensation for the entrepreneurs in these kinds of deals varies widely, depending on the idea and the company. Technologically advanced…