Back in the 1980s, a popular television show called MacGyver gave rise to a whole new term. Essentially, the cleverness of the title character’s ability to extricate himself from life-or-death situations by creating something incredibly useful out of practically nothing led to the use of his name as a verb. For example, “I locked myself out of the house, but I managed to MacGyver a paperclip onto a Popsicle stick with some chewing gum and use it to unlock a window.” Entrepreneurs starting … [Read more...]