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FOX NEWS Interviews Twanda Mobley, the Inventor of the Glam Can On The Job Hunt: New Inventors December 30, 2009 - 9:00 AM \| by: Ruth Ravve They say necessity is the mother of invention. And in these economic times, its been a necessity for many of those out of work, to invent new ways to make money. That could be why so many people are now working on turning their ideas into inventions of sellable products. One of those people is Twanda Mobley, who is hoping others' trash will become her treasure. Mobley lost her job in banking compliance about a year ago. She says it was the incentive she needed to push ahead with her invention for a convenient but attractive portable garbage can. "I said to myself, you know I have this great idea and I've been working on it so let me move forward on it". Mobley says she got the idea after picking up trash that had blown onto her yard, and feeling frustrated there wasn't a nearby container to toss it into. She had her nephew make drawings of what she thought it should look like, then took it to a company called C2R Product Development. They created the product, which she named the Glam can. Now she sells it directly from her new company website. 300 sold so far. Overall, economists say all these new ideas and inventions could sprout new companies, and jobs will be created. http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/30/on-the-job-hunt-new-inventors/
Twanda Mobley, Inventor of the The Glam Can Speaks of the Ups and Downs of Product Inventing
The Glam Can featured in the Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper Woman's trash is inventor's lawn treasure Deidre Booker works hard during the planting season tending her mums, pansies and marigolds in the front yard and a garden of herbs, tomatoes, cabbage and peppers in her backyard. So when Booker heard about the "Glam Can" -- a black, 3-gallon, mount-anywhere garbage and recycling can -- she snapped one up to put on the fence next to her home in the Pill Hill neighborhood. "It looks decorative, and it's a convenient place to put the candy wrappers and debris that are forever drifting into the yard," Booker said. Twanda Mobley, CEO of Mobley's Gate Garbage Inc., dreamed up the Glam Can while she worked as a bank compliance officer. "I'm a homeowner, and it really bothered me to see litter all over people's lawns," said Mobley, who lives in Chicago Lawn. After Mobley got laid off in a bank consolidation in March 2008, she started her own business to make her dream happen. She worked with a small-business adviser, joined the Chicago First Black Inventors/Entrepreneurs Organization (cfbieo.org), and took her prototype to C2R Product Development, a Madison, Wis.-based company that helps people develop, design and implement their new-product ideas. The Glam Can sells for $24.99 at www.TheGlamCan.com. http://www.suntimes.com/business/stng_article.search?page_size=20&query=the+glam+can&pub=cst
Practically Green Chicago Tribune - Red Eye Newspaper Feature Green Products Worth Picking Up One of my biggest pet peeves is picking up trash after a barbecue or party outdoors. Garbage bags strategically placed just don't cut it, and pulling the bin out of the kitchen doesn't make sense either. So here's a product we could all use: The Glam Can. What makes it special is the fact that it's small and mounts on walls, as well as porches, balconies and gates. I personally think it'd make the perfect recycling bin for outdoor parties. The Glam Can retails for $29.99. Article by Suprivia Doshi http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/practically-green/2009/09/green-products-worth-picking-up.html#more
	2009 Inventors Exhibition Twanda Mobley, Inventor and firm Advisor Al Grossman exhibiting at the Las Vegas Convention National Hardware Show, May, 2009.
	Glam Can Featured on WVON Founder and Inventor, Twanda Mobley sits in a radio interview on Chicagoland radio station, WVON.
	2009 DuSable Museum Product Show The Glam Can Product shown in a Dusable Museum Exhibit January 5, 2009 – March 31, 2009 featuring Past, Present and Future inventions!

On The Job Hunt: New Inventors

Woman's trash is inventor's lawn treasure