Classic novels, personalised for anyone

Original: Classic novels, personalised for anyone

From an online store that specialises in personalised gifts comes a literary appeal to anyone's vanity. GettingPersonal sells classic novels—mostly as gifts—that let recipients and their friends star as the main characters. Taking a concept we've already seen applied to travel guides and stories for younger children, the company has chosen a range of books with lasting appeal (and without pesky copyright issues). For the romantics there's Pride and Prejudice and Romeo and Juliet; adventure-seekers get Robin Hood and The Hound of the Baskervilles; those after something more sinister can take their pick

Gift packs cost GBP 19.95 and include the chosen novel's cast list, which gives a brief rundown of each of the five main characters. Customers decide who they would like to put in each role and submit the information online or by post. Within 28 days, the personalised classic is delivered, featuring the name of the main character on the cover and the revised names of all the main characters throughout the book. Otherwise, the story remains the same. There's no doubt that consumers enjoy seeing their name in print—one to adapt for popular classics in other languages?

Website: www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/personalised-gifts/personalised-classic-books.htm
Contact: www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/contact_us.asp

Spotted by: John Smith

The Cakes Are Fake. The Profits Are Real

Original: The Cakes Are Fake. The Profits Are Real

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-28 10:18.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You

http://www.cakerental.com/

What: Whimsical fake wedding cakes
Who: Kimberly Aya of Fun Cakes rental LLC
Where: Grandville, Mich.
When: Started in 2007
Startup costs: Less than $1,000

Kimberly Aya's career choice was an easy one. When she was just 8 years old, she started designing cakes for her chocolate-loving father–and she hasn't stopped since. So, after getting married and moving to Turkey for 15 years, her first order of business upon returning home to Michigan was to open a specialty cake shop in the U.S.

Aya started showing off her cake-designing talents at bridal shows, where she was soon struck with an idea. Although most show participants use fake cak nt stores. With 2009 sales projections of $120,000, Aya is busy with plans to franchise the business throughout the U.S. by year end. "I'm one person who gets to come to work every single day and absolutely love their job," Aya says. "I'm very fortunate."

Like weird business stories? Here is my story how I started making money coming up with unusual domain names.

[Via - Uncommon Business Blog]

Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition

Maid Services of America

Original: Maid Services of America

Portal for brand conversations, led by the brands

Original: Portal for brand conversations, led by the brands

It should no longer come as any surprise to brands large or small that they are the subject of conversation online—whether they participate or not. Launched by Seth Godin, Brands in Public is a new site that aggregates all those diverse conversations and presents them through a unified public-facing dashboard that gives any brand the chance to lead the discussion.

A Google search on a brand name may retrieve many of the online conversations going on out there, but Squidoo-powered Brands in Public differs by virtue of the fact that the brand in question can curate the conversation. By sponsoring the page about its brand, a participating company can edit the introductory text, highlight the tweets and posts it likes, point to its blog, videos, Twitter feed and corporate website, and even—if it's truly bold—highlight ways to get in touch. No censorship is involved, since the automatic feed of conversations from across the web—via Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Google Trends and more—is just that: automatic. Rather, it is through the left-hand side of any brand page that the company in question can answer its critics, highlight its fans, contribute questions or quizzes, or point to its official materials. So, rather than passively monitoring the public conversation, in other words, participating brands actually coordinate it and shape it as it

There's no doubt consumers will talk about pretty much any and every brand under the sun—again and again, in forum after forum, and probably with widely varying results. It's by having a hand in those conversations, however, that brands can embrace what our sister site would call foreverism and turn transparency tyranny into transparency triumph. Bottom line, as Brands in Public puts it: "People are talking about you. Are you going to show up?"

Website: www.squidoo.com/brandsinpublic/hq
Contact: bzz@bzzagent.com

The Cakes Are Fake. The Profits Are Real

Original: The Cakes Are Fake. The Profits Are Real

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-28 10:18.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You

http://www.cakerental.com/

What: Whimsical fake wedding cakes
Who: Kimberly Aya of Fun Cakes rental LLC
Where: Grandville, Mich.
When: Started in 2007
Startup costs: Less than $1,000

Kimberly Aya's career choice was an easy one. When she was just 8 years old, she started designing cakes for her chocolate-loving father–and she hasn't stopped since. So, after getting married and moving to Turkey for 15 years, her first order of business upon returning home to Michigan was to open a specialty cake shop in the U.S.

Aya started showing off her cake-designing talents at bridal shows, where she was soon struck with an idea. Although most show participants use fake cak nt stores. With 2009 sales projections of $120,000, Aya is busy with plans to franchise the business throughout the U.S. by year end. "I'm one person who gets to come to work every single day and absolutely love their job," Aya says. "I'm very fortunate."

Like weird business stories? Here is my story how I started making money coming up with unusual domain names.

[Via - Uncommon Business Blog]

Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition

The Cakes Are Fake. The Profits Are Real

Original: The Cakes Are Fake. The Profits Are Real

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-28 10:18.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You

http://www.cakerental.com/

What: Whimsical fake wedding cakes
Who: Kimberly Aya of Fun Cakes rental LLC
Where: Grandville, Mich.
When: Started in 2007
Startup costs: Less than $1,000

Kimberly Aya's career choice was an easy one. When she was just 8 years old, she started designing cakes for her chocolate-loving father–and she hasn't stopped since. So, after getting married and moving to Turkey for 15 years, her first order of business upon returning home to Michigan was to open a specialty cake shop in the U.S.

Aya started showing off her cake-designing talents at bridal shows, where she was soon struck with an idea. Although most show participants use fake cak nt stores. With 2009 sales projections of $120,000, Aya is busy with plans to franchise the business throughout the U.S. by year end. "I'm one person who gets to come to work every single day and absolutely love their job," Aya says. "I'm very fortunate."

Like weird business stories? Here is my story how I started making money coming up with unusual domain names.

[Via - Uncommon Business Blog]

Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition

Hula Hoops: From Child’s Play to Real Exercise

Original: Hula Hoops: From Child's Play to Real Exercise

Shares in New Zealand beehives help protect Manuka trees

Original: Shares in New Zealand beehives help protect Manuka trees

New Zealand start-up Your Pure Honey is offering customers the chance to own a share of a beehive in and enjoy the Manuka honey it produces. A basic share costs USD 285 per season (September–May) and yields 2kg of raw honey (delivery costs are included). Those who their own personal colony can adopt an entire hive as a 'Premium Partner' for USD 2,500 and receive 20kg of honey at the close of the season.

Your Pure Honey is keen to establish a personal connection between partners and their hives. Each partner receives a personal link to a website that's updated throughout the season with photographs and videos of their hive, and the material is collated in a photo book and DVD at the end of the season. Like the vineyard shares and adopted olive tree that preceded this venture, it's all about creating a unique story and product that can be shared with friends.

And there's an extra dimension that should appeal to consumers: forest preservation. Manuka trees are often felled to create extra farming land. Your Pure Honey rents land from farmers (one hectare per hive), protecting Manuka forests and providing farmers with an alternative source of income. It's a sweet deal all round. (Related: Remote-controlled farming for city dwellers — Sustainable crowdfunded forest — Rooftop beekeeping at Fortnum's.)

Website: www.yourpurehoney.com
Contact: info@yourpurehoney.com

Spotted by: luxist.com via Chris Turner

Urban shoes, made in Africa

Original: Urban shoes, made in Africa

Amid all the many charity-focused efforts to help the people of developing African nations, others strive to provide economic empowerment and help African entrepreneurs establish sustainable businesses. We've covered several of these—including some of the microfinance initiatives that have popped up—but Canadian shoe company Oliberté is taking a different approach by sourcing and setting up its manufacturing operations in Africa instead.

Oliberté makes and sells what it says is the first line of footwear to be made from natural rubber in Liberia. Two styles of lightweight shoes are currently available: Elika for women, and Rovia for men. Both feature a rubber sole crafted naturally and fairly in Liberia along with premium goat and cow leather sewn in Ethiopia. Elika is priced at CAD 106, while Rovia is CAD 115. Oliberté ensures that farmers, factory workers and suppliers are all paid fairly and treated responsibly, and it supports local training and communities in every country it works in. It's also working in partnership with factories to improve its environmental footprint, it says. Toward that end, Oliberté even promises to take its shoes back at the end of their useful life, with plans to recycle and make them new again.

The company's website explains: "Africa is more than just poverty and Oliberté is the start of a revolution that shows, through urban footwear, this is the real Africa! With every pair of Oliberté bought, we are making a powerful statement that Africa is proud, free and full of potential. You do this all while being a hero, because you are the reason men and women from Liberia to Swaziland to Ethiopia have a job, have food on the table and can send their children to school. Oliberté is not a charity—it is a company that believes you can change how the world views Africa and help build lives every time you buy a pair of Oliberté shoes."

Oliberté's shoes are available both online and through select stores in the US and Canada. Retailers: one to offer up to your own ethical consumers...? (Related: Shoes for good — Coffee life stories — Yak down: luxury yarn with a story and a cause.)

Website: www.oliberte.com
Contact: info@oliberte.com

Spotted by: Cole

Man-Skirts A Great Business

Original: Man-Skirts A Great Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2009-09-23 09:55.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


http://www.utilikilts.com/

In the beginning, there was the notion of just a single washable kilt. A loose, comfortable garment that, Steven Villegas says, "I could walk around naked in."

And because you couldn't just go out and buy a man-skirt in those days, Villegas made one. And when he saw how nicely it fit him, he wore the kilt to a Seattle nightclub. At the door a bou odels made of lightweight nylon, leather, duck cloth and black gabardine. And though the bulk of Utilikilt's orders come from warm-weather climes, the network of fans has fanned across all time zones, allowing the practical-minded "Workman" kilt ($230) and the upscale "Tuxedo" ($566) to brazenly coexist.

Krash calls his venture equal parts business and social movement. Most famously, disgraced Survivor winner Richard Hatch has worn the brand, but one might also spot one of Krash's kilts among groomsmen at an offbeat wedding, or maybe on the streets of Prague--15 percent of all Utilikilts are sold in Europe.

Men from all walks of life, it turns out, are itching to lose their trousers.

[Via - Entrepreneur]

четверг, 24 сентября 2009 г.

Your Pro Kitchen Helps Food Entrepreneurs Get Their Business Cooking

Original: Your Pro Kitchen Helps Food Entrepreneurs Get Their Business Cooking

Man-Skirts A Great Business

Original: Man-Skirts A Great Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2009-09-23 09:55.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


http://www.utilikilts.com/

In the beginning, there was the notion of just a single washable kilt. A loose, comfortable garment that, Steven Villegas says, "I could walk around naked in."

And because you couldn't just go out and buy a man-skirt in those days, Villegas made one. And when he saw how nicely it fit him, he wore the kilt to a Seattle nightclub. At the door a bou odels made of lightweight nylon, leather, duck cloth and black gabardine. And though the bulk of Utilikilt's orders come from warm-weather climes, the network of fans has fanned across all time zones, allowing the practical-minded "Workman" kilt ($230) and the upscale "Tuxedo" ($566) to brazenly coexist.

Krash calls his venture equal parts business and social movement. Most famously, disgraced Survivor winner Richard Hatch has worn the brand, but one might also spot one of Krash's kilts among groomsmen at an offbeat wedding, or maybe on the streets of Prague--15 percent of all Utilikilts are sold in Europe.

Men from all walks of life, it turns out, are itching to lose their trousers.

[Via - Entrepreneur]

Mention greenhouse gases, and most people think of cars. The reality, however, is that more than 20 percent of such gases around the globe come not from machines but from cows—specifically, the 500 billion liters of methane gas that get emitted by the world's billion or so cows every day. That's more than what's produced by all the cars, planes, ships and trucks on the planet, but Mootral, a small UK startup, may just have found a solution.

Working with Welsh company Neem Biotech, Mootral (a pun based on "moo" and carbon neu-"tral") has developed a unique feed additive for livestock that reduces cows' methane emissions by at least 25 percent. Methane is a gas reportedly some 22 times more potent than carbon dioxide, but Mootral's garlic-based extract is a natural antibiotic that fights bacteria in the stomachs of cows and sheep to dramatically reduce its production. In fact, Mootral estimates that it can reduce cow emissions enough to generate GBP 30 per cow of carbon credit per year; all together, that would amount to a carbon credit market potential of more than GBP 30 billion per year, it says. Neem Biotech is already producing the additive—based on a substance called allicin—on a commercial scale, which could be particularly useful now that countries including Estonia, Denmark and Ireland are considering or have implemented an emissions ta

Mootral is currently undergoing final dosage tests, with plans to launch a sample test at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Copenhagen Summit this December. One to get involved in early...?

Website: www.mootral.com
Contact: miche@mootral.com

Spotted by: PICNIC Amsterdam

среда, 23 сентября 2009 г.

DateCheck: A PI in Your Pocket

Original: DateCheck: A PI in Your Pocket

Partnership promotes Sony Reader for library ebooks

Original: Partnership promotes Sony Reader for library ebooks

With more and more aspects of daily life abandoning their physical form and appearing electronically, why should libraries be any different? That's why Sony has partnered up with software firm OverDrive, offering bookworms an easier way to borrow e-books.

OverDrive works with over 9,000 libraries worldwide, letting lenders use their library card to get new, free digital content. To protect the rights of authors, the digital service works as closely to a normal library as possible. Only a certain amount of digital licences are bought by the libraries, and once these are all out on loan, users must wait for a 'return' before they can borrow it. Of course, borrowers don't really have to return books: once borrowed for a set period of time, the e-book is no longer accessible, and the user can delete the file. No more late fees ;-)

The partnership with Sony means that both companies will cross-market OverDrive's library network and Sony's Reader, which—unlike Amazon's Kindle—is compatible with industry standard e-book formats offered by libraries.

Website: www.overdrive.com

Spotted by: Jim Stewart

Man-Skirts A Great Business

Original: Man-Skirts A Great Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2009-09-23 09:55.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


http://www.utilikilts.com/

In the beginning, there was the notion of just a single washable kilt. A loose, comfortable garment that, Steven Villegas says, "I could walk around naked in."

And because you couldn't just go out and buy a man-skirt in those days, Villegas made one. And when he saw how nicely it fit him, he wore the kilt to a Seattle nightclub. At the door a bou odels made of lightweight nylon, leather, duck cloth and black gabardine. And though the bulk of Utilikilt's orders come from warm-weather climes, the network of fans has fanned across all time zones, allowing the practical-minded "Workman" kilt ($230) and the upscale "Tuxedo" ($566) to brazenly coexist.

Krash calls his venture equal parts business and social movement. Most famously, disgraced Survivor winner Richard Hatch has worn the brand, but one might also spot one of Krash's kilts among groomsmen at an offbeat wedding, or maybe on the streets of Prague--15 percent of all Utilikilts are sold in Europe.

Men from all walks of life, it turns out, are itching to lose their trousers.

[Via - Entrepreneur]

вторник, 22 сентября 2009 г.

How Vampires Can Help Your Biz

Original: How Vampires Can Help Your Biz

blinka.me helps people follow up on chance meetings

Original: blinka.me helps people follow up on chance meetings

We've all experienced the frustration of meeting someone we'd like to see again—romantic or otherwise—but not knowing how to find them later. Now, for all those occasions there's blinka.me, which aims to give users a second chance to reconnect.

Currently in beta, New Zealand-based blinka.me offers a way to find those we've met just fleetingly at a bar, airport, conference or event, even if we don't know their phone number, email or name. Working on the basis of what it calls "moments"—specific times and places in which a meeting took place—blinka.me uses patent-pending technology to match up the people who met. Users begin by entering the details of their moment, including what happened and something about them and the person they'd like to reconnect with—"you tried to buy me a drink," for example. It's up to them whether to make the moment private or share it with other users, friends and followers to help get a match. Either way, if the other person involved enters the moment as well, both parties get an email notification. The two can then have a safe, private chat through blinka.me and decide if they want to pursue it further, including sharing profiles and personal contact information.

The site's founders explain: "We can see a language and culture developing around this—for instance, you see an old colleague at the airport but are rushing to get to your gate so you say, 'hey, blinka me and we can connect and catch up.' It works because you've run out of cards and you don't remember his name! At a bar you see the girl of your dreams but you're too nervous ask for her number so instead you just say, 'hey, blinka me and maybe we can catch up later'."

blinka.me's challenge, of course, will be creating enough awareness of the site to make it likely that both parties in an encounter will enter the moment. Toward that end, the site's five-person team is currently seeking others interested in working on the project. One to get involved in early...? (Related: Electronic business card forges online connections — High-five the panda to connect online — Dating cards fuse physical & virtual connections.)

Website: www.blinka.me
Contact: duncan@blinka.me

Spotted by: Amanda Browne

Of Dogs And Money

Original: Of Dogs And Money

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-21 13:10.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You

http://www.leashesandlovers.com/

Who: Sheryl Matthys of Leashes and Lovers
Where: New York City
When: Started in 2003
Startup costs: Less than $1,000

Sheryl Matthys was born to be in the spotlight. After graduating from Butler University, she worked for several TV and radio stations before moving to New York City to work on industrial videos as a commercial actress. But it wasn't until 2001, when she got her first greyhound dog, Shiraz, that Matthys, 45, found inspiration--and a new calling. She developed and launched a website, Leashes and Lovers, a social community for people who can't get enough of their canine friends, and hosted dog-friendly cocktail parties a some time this year. In addition, she plans to start selling dog leashes and develop a clothing line for Leashes and Lovers members next year.

With 2008 sales of approximately $150,000, Matthys is pleased to be doing what she loves with the perfect canine companion by her side. "It never feels like work to me," says Matthys. "It always seems like playtime, and that's really rewarding."

[Via - Uncommon Business Blog]

The Million-Dollar Idea in Everyone: Easy New Ways to Make Money from Your Interests, Insights, and Inventions< mp;tag=deprice-20&linkCode=u

воскресенье, 20 сентября 2009 г.

This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Original: This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2009-09-17 10:58.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.g2u.com/

These days, giant hamster balls and air cannons are all in a day's work for Stuart and David Pikoff. But when they first decided to go into business together and looked into buying a kid-related franchise, the Pikoffs couldn't find anything they felt was both unique and affordable. They eventually decided to start a franchise of their own and, after months of development and research, launched Games2U in 200 rack to sell 150 to 200 more franchises across the country and exceed $20 million in revenue this year. "People are going to wait on buying a new car, but they're not going to cheat their kids out of a childhood birthday memory for a couple hundred bucks," David says.

And for franchisees coming from unsatisfying jobs, the Austin, Texas-based business allows them a fun lifestyle where they're greeted with enthusiasm and positivity every day. "As a franchisee, you can count on the fact that when you go to work and show up at an event, the kids are smiling and excited," says Stuart, 46. "The only complaint [we hear] is, 'Don't leave.'

[Via - Startups Magazine]

From mens' pants to muesli, we've featured dozens of companies that encourage shoppers to design or tweak before they buy. Helping consumers find their way through the customisation maze, Milk or Sugar has started aggregating what's on offer.

The site lists products in a wide variety of categories, outlining pricing, delivery area and payment types to give visitors an idea of the possibilities. Orders aren't made through Milk or Sugar: if users like what they see, they click through and order directly from the retailer or manufacturer. Launched in August 2009 by Dutch design agency ILUMY, the site's reviews are written by the Milk or Sugar team. Users' suggestions are welcomed, and functionality will soon be added to let them rate sites on factors such as creativity and service, along with uploading pictures of the products they've had customised. Categories will also continue to expand—customised fire extinguisher, anyone?

Given the length of the internet's long tail, there are definitely opportunities for consolidating categories and offering an at-a-glance understanding of how they work. There are so many product and service niches crying out to be streamlined using a portal of this type—time to make overwhelmed web users forever indebted to you?

Website: www.milkorsugar.com
Contact: www.milkorsugar.com/have_a_cup_with_us

Funny Craigslist Ads

Original: Funny Craigslist Ads

суббота, 19 сентября 2009 г.

This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Original: This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2009-09-17 10:58.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.g2u.com/

These days, giant hamster balls and air cannons are all in a day's work for Stuart and David Pikoff. But when they first decided to go into business together and looked into buying a kid-related franchise, the Pikoffs couldn't find anything they felt was both unique and affordable. They eventually decided to start a franchise of their own and, after months of development and research, launched Games2U in 200 rack to sell 150 to 200 more franchises across the country and exceed $20 million in revenue this year. "People are going to wait on buying a new car, but they're not going to cheat their kids out of a childhood birthday memory for a couple hundred bucks," David says.

And for franchisees coming from unsatisfying jobs, the Austin, Texas-based business allows them a fun lifestyle where they're greeted with enthusiasm and positivity every day. "As a franchisee, you can count on the fact that when you go to work and show up at an event, the kids are smiling and excited," says Stuart, 46. "The only complaint [we hear] is, 'Don't leave.'

[Via - Startups Magazine]

From mens' pants to muesli, we've featured dozens of companies that encourage shoppers to design or tweak before they buy. Helping consumers find their way through the customisation maze, Milk or Sugar has started aggregating what's on offer.

The site lists products in a wide variety of categories, outlining pricing, delivery area and payment types to give visitors an idea of the possibilities. Orders aren't made through Milk or Sugar: if users like what they see, they click through and order directly from the retailer or manufacturer. Launched in August 2009 by Dutch design agency ILUMY, the site's reviews are written by the Milk or Sugar team. Users' suggestions are welcomed, and functionality will soon be added to let them rate sites on factors such as creativity and service, along with uploading pictures of the products they've had customised. Categories will also continue to expand—customised fire extinguisher, anyone?

Given the length of the internet's long tail, there are definitely opportunities for consolidating categories and offering an at-a-glance understanding of how they work. There are so many product and service niches crying out to be streamlined using a portal of this type—time to make overwhelmed web users forever indebted to you?

Website: www.milkorsugar.com
Contact: www.milkorsugar.com/have_a_cup_with_us

пятница, 18 сентября 2009 г.

Start-Up Businesses To Consider

Original: Start-Up Businesses To Consider


photo credit: Matt loves kicks

One of the most promising startup opportunities is business process outsourcing. Examples of business process outsourcing companies include call centers, answering services and payroll services. These types of businesses take on responsibilities for other prospering businesses. This means that you can capitalize on the earnings and success of others while providing valuable business services.

With the new year approaching us, I think now would be the perfect time to discuss some business opportunities that you may want to consider. With the recession looking slightly better with each passing month, and many wanting to become their own boss, now is the time to start planning for that perfect business.

• The Small Business Blog suggests starting a business in some sort of health care. Not only has the health care industry been said to be a business that will always be around, but the need for such services continues to grow rapidly with each year that passes us by.
• Another great start-up business to consider is that of Internet Marketing and Lead Generation sales. Internet businesses have been on a fast high rise over the last few years as well as Lead Generation Sales. More sales companies are switching over to companies that provide them with Lead Generation tips.

This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Original: This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2009-09-17 10:58.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.g2u.com/

These days, giant hamster balls and air cannons are all in a day's work for Stuart and David Pikoff. But when they first decided to go into business together and looked into buying a kid-related franchise, the Pikoffs couldn't find anything they felt was both unique and affordable. They eventually decided to start a franchise of their own and, after months of development and research, launched Games2U in 200 rack to sell 150 to 200 more franchises across the country and exceed $20 million in revenue this year. "People are going to wait on buying a new car, but they're not going to cheat their kids out of a childhood birthday memory for a couple hundred bucks," David says.

And for franchisees coming from unsatisfying jobs, the Austin, Texas-based business allows them a fun lifestyle where they're greeted with enthusiasm and positivity every day. "As a franchisee, you can count on the fact that when you go to work and show up at an event, the kids are smiling and excited," says Stuart, 46. "The only complaint [we hear] is, 'Don't leave.'

[Via - Startups Magazine]

Technology has already created myriad new ways for parents to interact with their children, whether by narrating their own storybook videos or by playing an iPhone game on a shared walk through the park. A new option is Story Something, a site that generates personalized e-stories in which the kids listening are the heroes.

Now in private beta, Story Something targets busy parents of kids aged three through eight with a collection of original stories that can be personalized and accessed online or via email. The company has commissioned a team of professional authors to write its stories, which currently number around 50 or so. Parents begin by choosing a theme, browsing by topic or age through choices such as dragons, pets or superheroes, according to a report in TechCrunch. Along with making their selection, they also enter their child's name and age. Story Something then generates a personalized story that can be viewed online or emailed to parents, enabling them to read it from their iPhone or Kindle. Parents can build a virtual bookshelf of their favourites, TechCrunch reported, and they can even get a new story emailed to them every d

Currently a TechCrunch50 finalist, San Francisco-based Story Something is reportedly planning to include stories submitted by parents alongside those written by its contributing authors. We'd hope there will be some kind of a reward system for that, allowing contributing parents to share in any earnings their stories bring in, as well as community features that enable rating and sharing. And how about adding the ability to turn the best-loved stories into printed and bound books through a partnership with Blurb—or an option for grandparents, say, to narrate and record them? With fresh content that can't be found elsewhere, the opportunities abound! (Related: iPhone app narrates stories for young kids.)

Website: www.storysomething.com
Contact: info@storysomething.com

четверг, 17 сентября 2009 г.

This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Original: This Franchise Is A Game - Games2U Success Story

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2009-09-17 10:58.

Posted in: Crazy Money

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.g2u.com/

These days, giant hamster balls and air cannons are all in a day's work for Stuart and David Pikoff. But when they first decided to go into business together and looked into buying a kid-related franchise, the Pikoffs couldn't find anything they felt was both unique and affordable. They eventually decided to start a franchise of their own and, after months of development and research, launched Games2U in 200 rack to sell 150 to 200 more franchises across the country and exceed $20 million in revenue this year. "People are going to wait on buying a new car, but they're not going to cheat their kids out of a childhood birthday memory for a couple hundred bucks," David says.

And for franchisees coming from unsatisfying jobs, the Austin, Texas-based business allows them a fun lifestyle where they're greeted with enthusiasm and positivity every day. "As a franchisee, you can count on the fact that when you go to work and show up at an event, the kids are smiling and excited," says Stuart, 46. "The only complaint [we hear] is, 'Don't leave.'

[Via - Startups Magazine]

Converting to solar energy means covering a roof in unsightly solar panels. Not necessarily: Philadelphia company SRS Energy has developed the Solé Power Tile, a roof tile designed to sustainably convert sunlight into electricity without compromising aesthetics. The dark blue tiles, manufactured by SRS Energy, are jointly branded and distributed by US Tile and specifically designed to be compatible with the clay roof tiles manufactured by US Tile. Customers who purchase clay tiles will be given the option to upgrade a section of their roof to Solé Power Tiles. When installed, the system can offset a large proportion of a homeowner's energy costs—not to mention cleaning their carbon conscience. The tiles are available in select West Coast markets this autumn, with a nationwide rollout planned for spring 2010.

SRS Energy says that the Solé tiles, made from a high-performance polymer often used in car bumpers, are lightweight, unbreakable and recyclable. Flexible solar technology by United Solar Ovonic is embedded inside each tile, allowing them to function independently of each other. Meanwhile, the performance of the system as a whole is monitored remotely by SRS Energy and US Tile. The director of engineering at SRS Energy is J.D. Albert, who also developed the electronic ink technology used in Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader.

What's so attractive about the Solé Power Tile system he and his team have produced is that it makes it easy for consumers to make a green choice, without having to settle for a product they find unappealing. With more tile styles and colours in the pipeline, SRS Energy could soon be enjoying a big chunk of eco-bounty, as will any other company that can remove the disincentives from sustainable technology.

Website: www.srsenergy.com
Contact: www.srsenergy.com/ContactUs.aspx

Spotted by: Anne-Marie Fischer

среда, 16 сентября 2009 г.

How To Make Half A Million Dollars, Writing About Parking Lots

Original: How To Make Half A Million Dollars, Writing About Parking Lots

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-14 09:26.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.

Who: Margot Tohn of Park It! NYC: Complete Guide to Parking Garages
What: Comprehensive guide to Manhattan parking
Where: New York City
When: Released in December 2006
Startup Costs: Five figures

When Margot Tohn decided to drive her visiting family to a show in New York City, she wasn't expecting to have such a difficult time finding parking. Being unfamiliar with garage locations was a hassle for them that day, and Tohn knew she couldn't be the only one frustrated with the city's notorious parkin ing from home kept her overhead low, and Tohn was careful to avoid spending on anything that wouldn't generate revenue. In addition, she kept her sample giveaways to a minimum and only hired additional help when doing something herself was too expensive. Tohn has also successfully packaged Park It! in other ways, including creating custom editions for businesses to personalize and give out as gifts. With upcoming plans for an online version and a book for at least one other city, Tohn projects 2009 sales of nearly $500,000.

Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

Small Business C

High-heeled shoes, designed by the crowds

Original: High-heeled shoes, designed by the crowds

If consumers can design their own fabrics, dresses, handbags and sneakers, it stands to reason that they should be able to create their own high-heeled shoes too. Stiletto fans will surely rejoice, then, to learn of Dream Heels, a site where they can do just that—and earn some cash for their creations.

Now in beta, Dream Heels holds a design contest each month to pick a new printed high-heeled shoe to put into production. Visitors to the site can create and submit designs using its templates and 3-D Shoe Viewer software. All designs then get opened up to the Dream Heels community for critique and voting. Creators of winning designs (there's one per month) get USD 250 in cash and a USD 250 Dream Heels gift certificate as well as USD 0.50 for every shoe that gets sold in the Dream Heels shop featuring that design—up to a maximum of USD 1,500. Making even more of the site's social aspects, every member gets assigned a referral code for use when spreading the word about Dream Heels on other sites. Every time someone clicks through to make a purchase using that linked code, the member gets USD 1 towards anything in the Dream Heels store.

There are not yet any Dream Heels shoes available for purchase, as the site only just concluded its second monthly contest; pricing on the shoes has not yet been announced. Nevertheless, in addition to eventually selling its winning designs online, Dream Heels is also seeking vendors interested in selling its shoes in their boutique or shop. Retailers: time to use a crowdsourcing twist to set your store apart?

Website: www.dreamheels.com
Contact: help@dreamheels.com

Inventor Wins Prize For Creating Electric Knife

Original: Inventor Wins Prize For Creating Electric Knife

вторник, 15 сентября 2009 г.

Recycled plastic bottles into graduation gowns

Original: Recycled plastic bottles into graduation gowns

We've covered inventive ways to recycle a plastic bottle: including turning them into countertops and bedding. Joining the game is Oak Hall Industries, a manufacturer of academic apparel which claims to be the first in its industry to use recycled materials.

Greenweaver is Oak Hall's new line of caps and gowns, so named because the range is made entirely from recycled plastic bottles. The bottles are turned into molten plastic pellets, which are then spun into a soft, breathable polyester fabric. An average of 23 bottles goes into each gown. Estimated costs of the gowns have not yet been published, but Oak Hall hopes to sweep the ceremonial stage with its Greenweaver line by spring graduation 2010.

Website: www.oakhalli.com/greenweavermovement.php
Contact: greenweaver@oakhalli.com

Spotted by: Cecilia Biemann

How To Increase Your Profits Today

Original: How To Increase Your Profits Today


photo credit: Wallula Junction

In business we are all striving to make as much of a profit as we can, this is a no brainer idea that we all have, more money is always great! Over time many business owners tend to lose sight of the best ways to increase their profits, they get stuck in a rut and forget that as times change so should their strategies.

Take a look at everything you do in your business today in order to reach your expected profit goal, make a list of all the aspects that are not working quite as well as they use to, if at all. Then discard of these aspects, if they are not making you money why continue to do them?

Get out there in the business world and see what your competitors are up to. Take a look at their set ups, their customer base, their products, and services. You just may find something they are using to increase their profits that you never would have thought of before for your own company, stated recently on Crowdspring.

Sit down and think about the overall meaningful goals that you would like your business to reach. Most businesses, even those that are successful, are not setting meaningful goals, instead they just go about their business on a day to day basis. This is working for them, but in the mean time if they had future goals set on what their expectations were for that business they may find it easier to work their business knowing what they want to accomplish ahead of time. It gives you something to strive for, something to look forward to in your future.

Every small business owner makes decisions about their business. For example, they decide where to market, how to market, how much money to spend on marketing and sales, what types of products and services to market and sell, etc. These decisions are important – but they are not strategy. These day-to-day decisions are like the moves we make in a game of chess. Knowing how to make a move lets you play the game. It takes strategy and execution to win.

How To Make Half A Million Dollars, Writing About Parking Lots

Original: How To Make Half A Million Dollars, Writing About Parking Lots

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-14 09:26.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.

Who: Margot Tohn of Park It! NYC: Complete Guide to Parking Garages
What: Comprehensive guide to Manhattan parking
Where: New York City
When: Released in December 2006
Startup Costs: Five figures

When Margot Tohn decided to drive her visiting family to a show in New York City, she wasn't expecting to have such a difficult time finding parking. Being unfamiliar with garage locations was a hassle for them that day, and Tohn knew she couldn't be the only one frustrated with the city's notorious parkin ing from home kept her overhead low, and Tohn was careful to avoid spending on anything that wouldn't generate revenue. In addition, she kept her sample giveaways to a minimum and only hired additional help when doing something herself was too expensive. Tohn has also successfully packaged Park It! in other ways, including creating custom editions for businesses to personalize and give out as gifts. With upcoming plans for an online version and a book for at least one other city, Tohn projects 2009 sales of nearly $500,000.

Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

Small Business C

понедельник, 14 сентября 2009 г.

Music fans paid to create videos for their favourite bands

Original: Music fans paid to create videos for their favourite bands

Whether it's a consumer product or a piece of music, there's much to be said for allowing fans to have a say in how it's designed and marketed. Just as Dutch media entrepreneur John de Mol turned to the crowds last year for help creating the next reality-show hit, so brand-new site Genero.tv is relying on music fans to create the next winning videos for a variety of participating bands.

Currently on the verge of kicking off its first contest, startup Genero.tv has signed on a number of artists interested in getting fans to create the official videos for their music. Sixteen songs are featured in the current contest, which opens Sept. 12. To create a video for one of them, fans begin by registering with Genero.tv and downloading the track they're interested in. No artist footage is provided, but otherwise fans can go to town expressing their feelings about the song in a video and submit it in a variety of formats up to 1GB in size. Uploading a video to Genero.tv grants exclusive license to the site; it also opens the video up for voting. Four finalists will be chosen for each artist/song competition—two based on user voting and two by the judging panel. From there, one winner is ultimately chosen for each song by its judging panel—typically some combination of Genero.tv staff and artist representatives—as well as one overall winner across the 16 song contests.

In the music industry alone, fans are now playing key roles in funding, marketing and creating music videos, giving bands not just valuable help but also a way to engage the consumers they care most about. How has *your* brand reached out to involve, benefit from and reward its biggest fans...? (Related: Agency for customer-made ads.)

Website: www.genero.tv
Contact: www.genero.tv/Contact-us

Website Allows Customers To Design The Perfect Dress Shirt

Original: Website Allows Customers To Design The Perfect Dress Shirt

How To Make Half A Million Dollars, Writing About Parking Lots

Original: How To Make Half A Million Dollars, Writing About Parking Lots

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-09-14 09:26.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.

Who: Margot Tohn of Park It! NYC: Complete Guide to Parking Garages
What: Comprehensive guide to Manhattan parking
Where: New York City
When: Released in December 2006
Startup Costs: Five figures

When Margot Tohn decided to drive her visiting family to a show in New York City, she wasn't expecting to have such a difficult time finding parking. Being unfamiliar with garage locations was a hassle for them that day, and Tohn knew she couldn't be the only one frustrated with the city's notorious parkin ing from home kept her overhead low, and Tohn was careful to avoid spending on anything that wouldn't generate revenue. In addition, she kept her sample giveaways to a minimum and only hired additional help when doing something herself was too expensive. Tohn has also successfully packaged Park It! in other ways, including creating custom editions for businesses to personalize and give out as gifts. With upcoming plans for an online version and a book for at least one other city, Tohn projects 2009 sales of nearly $500,000.

Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

Small Business C

воскресенье, 13 сентября 2009 г.

Website Allows Customers To Design The Perfect Dress Shirt

Original: Website Allows Customers To Design The Perfect Dress Shirt

Music fans paid to create videos for their favourite bands

Original: Music fans paid to create videos for their favourite bands

Whether it's a consumer product or a piece of music, there's much to be said for allowing fans to have a say in how it's designed and marketed. Just as Dutch media entrepreneur John de Mol turned to the crowds last year for help creating the next reality-show hit, so brand-new site Genero.tv is relying on music fans to create the next winning videos for a variety of participating bands.

Currently on the verge of kicking off its first contest, startup Genero.tv has signed on a number of artists interested in getting fans to create the official videos for their music. Sixteen songs are featured in the current contest, which opens Sept. 12. To create a video for one of them, fans begin by registering with Genero.tv and downloading the track they're interested in. No artist footage is provided, but otherwise fans can go to town expressing their feelings about the song in a video and submit it in a variety of formats up to 1GB in size. Uploading a video to Genero.tv grants exclusive license to the site; it also opens the video up for voting. Four finalists will be chosen for each artist/song competition—two based on user voting and two by the judging panel. From there, one winner is ultimately chosen for each song by its judging panel—typically some combination of Genero.tv staff and artist representatives—as well as one overall winner across the 16 song contests.

In the music industry alone, fans are now playing key roles in funding, marketing and creating music videos, giving bands not just valuable help but also a way to engage the consumers they care most about. How has *your* brand reached out to involve, benefit from and reward its biggest fans...? (Related: Agency for customer-made ads.)

Website: www.genero.tv
Contact: www.genero.tv/Contact-us

Tiny Showcase A Big Business

Original: Tiny Showcase A Big Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2009-09-11 11:25.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.tinyshowcase.com/

Providence, R.I., is becoming a showcase for up-and-coming artists, but you won't necessarily find their work in a gallery. Every Tuesday, Shea'la Finch and Jon Buonaccorsi display a new print of an original drawing or painting on their Web site, tinyshowcase.com, and sell 100 to 200 for $20 apiece. In three years, azon.com%2FBusinesses-Start-Less-Thousand-Dollars%2Fdp%2F0910627886%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1245749330%26sr%3D8-2&tag=deprice-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">101 Businesses You Can Start With Less Than One Thousand Dollars: For Stay-at-Home Moms & Dads

Weekend Entrepreneur: 101 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash

The Perfect Business

суббота, 12 сентября 2009 г.

Music fans paid to create videos for their favourite bands

Original: Music fans paid to create videos for their favourite bands

Whether it's a consumer product or a piece of music, there's much to be said for allowing fans to have a say in how it's designed and marketed. Just as Dutch media entrepreneur John de Mol turned to the crowds last year for help creating the next reality-show hit, so brand-new site Genero.tv is relying on music fans to create the next winning videos for a variety of participating bands.

Currently on the verge of kicking off its first contest, startup Genero.tv has signed on a number of artists interested in getting fans to create the official videos for their music. Sixteen songs are featured in the current contest, which opens Sept. 12. To create a video for one of them, fans begin by registering with Genero.tv and downloading the track they're interested in. No artist footage is provided, but otherwise fans can go to town expressing their feelings about the song in a video and submit it in a variety of formats up to 1GB in size. Uploading a video to Genero.tv grants exclusive license to the site; it also opens the video up for voting. Four finalists will be chosen for each artist/song competition—two based on user voting and two by the judging panel. From there, one winner is ultimately chosen for each song by its judging panel—typically some combination of Genero.tv staff and artist representatives—as well as one overall winner across the 16 song contests.

In the music industry alone, fans are now playing key roles in funding, marketing and creating music videos, giving bands not just valuable help but also a way to engage the consumers they care most about. How has *your* brand reached out to involve, benefit from and reward its biggest fans...? (Related: Agency for customer-made ads.)

Website: www.genero.tv
Contact: www.genero.tv/Contact-us

Tiny Showcase A Big Business

Original: Tiny Showcase A Big Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2009-09-11 11:25.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.tinyshowcase.com/

Providence, R.I., is becoming a showcase for up-and-coming artists, but you won't necessarily find their work in a gallery. Every Tuesday, Shea'la Finch and Jon Buonaccorsi display a new print of an original drawing or painting on their Web site, tinyshowcase.com, and sell 100 to 200 for $20 apiece. In three years, azon.com%2FBusinesses-Start-Less-Thousand-Dollars%2Fdp%2F0910627886%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1245749330%26sr%3D8-2&tag=deprice-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">101 Businesses You Can Start With Less Than One Thousand Dollars: For Stay-at-Home Moms & Dads

Weekend Entrepreneur: 101 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash

The Perfect Business

пятница, 11 сентября 2009 г.

Cash for (two-wheeled) clunkers

Original: Cash for (two-wheeled) clunkers

The U.S. government's Cash for Clunkers program may have come to an end, but for bicyclists in Portland, Ore., the opportunities have just begun. Local bike vendor Joe Bike has launched its own Cash for Clunkers program whereby consumers can donate an old car or bike in exchange for discounts on a new utility bike and a Zipcar membership, among other benefits.

To unload an old car, consumers begin by donating their vehicle to the American Lung Association, which will tow it away for free. They then bring their receipt to Joe Bike, which gives them a 10 percent discount on any bike in stock or any bike that it can order or build. Then, with their purchase, Joe Bike will also provide a unique code that's good for a USD 50 reduction in the cost of a new Zipcar membership along with half-priced annual renewals indefinitely and USD 150 in driving credit. For bike donations, meanwhile, consumers can bring in any repairable clunker and get discounts starting at USD 50 off any new bike priced under USD 1,000. The clunker is donated to the nonprofit Community Cycling Center, which will repair and find it a new home.

Though he originally intended the Cash for Clunkers program to end Sept. 1, store owner Joe Doebele has now extended it at least through year's end, he says. He's also working with Zipcar to expand the program, including signing on more nonprofit partners, and hopes eventually to turn the result into a nonprofit organization that can spread to other cities as well. Time to sign on and help make that happen...?

Website: www.joe-bike.com/cash-for-clunkers
Contact: info@joe-bike.com

Spotted by: Judy McRae

How to Run a Successful Trade Show Booth

Original: How to Run a Successful Trade Show Booth

Tiny Showcase A Big Business

Original: Tiny Showcase A Big Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2009-09-11 11:25.

Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.


http://www.tinyshowcase.com/

Providence, R.I., is becoming a showcase for up-and-coming artists, but you won't necessarily find their work in a gallery. Every Tuesday, Shea'la Finch and Jon Buonaccorsi display a new print of an original drawing or painting on their Web site, tinyshowcase.com, and sell 100 to 200 for $20 apiece. In three years, azon.com%2FBusinesses-Start-Less-Thousand-Dollars%2Fdp%2F0910627886%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1245749330%26sr%3D8-2&tag=deprice-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">101 Businesses You Can Start With Less Than One Thousand Dollars: For Stay-at-Home Moms & Dads

Weekend Entrepreneur: 101 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash

The Perfect Business

четверг, 10 сентября 2009 г.

Customised cookies, baked to order in 2 minutes

Original: Customised cookies, baked to order in 2 minutes

Mix-ins have been a staple in many ice cream shops for years already, allowing customers near infinite possibilities in designing their own creamy confection. Now bringing comparable potential to the world of cookies is Toronto's Sweet Flour Bake Shop, which lets patrons design their own baked treats and eat them fresh from the oven just two minutes later.

More than 15,000 possible combinations face Sweet Flour customers, who begin by choosing the cookie dough base they'd like: original, peanut butter or oatmeal. From there they can choose from among more than 20 mix-ins, including chocolate chunks, dried blueberries and toffee pieces. Little patience is required after that, for Sweet Flour's baking process requires only two minutes before the customised goodies are ready to devour. Cookies are CDN 2.50 each, or CDN 19 by the dozen. Also available at Sweet Flour are customised muffin tops, cookie sandwiches and a signature homemade granola with mix-ins and fresh fruit.

Is there any food consumers *don't* like to customise in some way? We tend to think not. Keep the design-your-own innovations coming! ;-)

Website: www.sweetflour.ca
Contact: www.sweetflour.ca/our-location

The Domain Name Game

Original: The Domain Name Game

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sun, 2009-09-06 11:55.

Posted in: Odd Numbers

http://www.pickydomains.com/

PickyDomains.Com is a perfect example of how to turn one's talent into a profitable business. With ever expanding Internet and tens of millions existing websites, finding an available domain name that's not already taken by cybersquatters can be a real nightmare.

But one man's problem is another man's solution. Rather than to shell out hundreds or thousands of dollars for a domain name on the aftermarket, an increasing number of web entrepreneurs turn to professional "domain namers".

While most naming agencies charge a non-refundable fee that can be as high as $1500 for a corporate domain, one service that unites 17 professional domain namers from countries like United States, Russia, Australia and New Zealand, decided to off DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&tag=deprice-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">Domain Names: How to Choose & Protect a Great Name for Your Website

The Domain Game

I've Got a Domain Name--Now What???: A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Web Presence

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