In 2009, Ben Kaufman launched Quirky, a startup that pledged to help regular people turn their ideas into real products and sell them in stores nationwide. Initially, the company looked like it would ...

At first glance, the offices of Quirky Inc. appear much like those of any number of Internet start-ups. A mostly young staff of 50 sits in front of computer screens. Bikes, ridden to work, hang from ...

Quirky is an invention website that takes ideas from its online community and makes them into real consumer products. Ben Kaufman, 24, founded the Manhattan-based Quirky two years ago with the aim of ...