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020: Connie Inukai | Inventor | Tip 'n Split®
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- Duration: 0:28:04
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Synopsis
In the final two years of her service as a Writing and Business Communication instructor at the University of Maryland’s Professional Writing Department and at the university’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Connie Inukai faced a problem most us do when we get older and our eyes stop cooperating: "Reading the small print in dimly lit restaurants". While that might not seem like much of a problem to many, those who have faced it know very well how inconvenient it can be. Well, luckily for us, Connie didn’t just let the problem go. Instead, she set out to create a solution. After a great deal of time, effort, and a challenging search for the right manufacturer, Connie launched her invention, the ‘Tip ‘n Split®, an inexpensive, multi-functional device that not only illuminates and magnifies restaurant checks and receipts, but calculates the tip and divides the bill among table partners! Today, Connie has retired from her lifetime career as a university professor and pursues full time her entrepreneurial pas