понедельник, 31 мая 2010 г.

In Paris, a community brunch festival pops up monthly

Original: In Paris, a community brunch festival pops up monthly

We've seen numerous examples of pop-up restaurants in recent years, including the Müvbox, the Yellow Treehouse and Charlie's Burgers. Recently one of our spotters alerted us to a monthly event in Paris, however, that starts with a community brunch and offers a whole day of eco-minded activities.

Founded by Nadege Winter—who, incidentally, is affiliated with Wool and the Gang, which is no stranger to our pages—BrunchBazar is a series of community get-togethers that take place on the first Sunday of every month at the Comptoir General in Paris. The last one, for example, took place on May 2, running from noon to 7 p.m. Organic catering was provided by Cococook, as was a series of cooking workshops throughout the day. Creative workshops for kids were provided by PetitHOOD, while Wool and the Gang served up something similar for knitters. Also on hand were a fashion swap sponsored by Good Storage, dance classes by I Could Neve

Besides the obvious attraction for consumers and benefits for the community, BrunchBazar clearly has much to offer local vendors and brands as well—namely, a way to get close to customers in a relaxed setting that's focused on education and entertainment rather than making a sale. (Related: Pop-up cafe is a (straw) monument to sustainability.)

Website: www.brunchbazar.com
Contact: nadege@nwagency.fr

Spotted by: Elisabeth Dien

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How To Make A Few Extra Bucks With Your iPhone

Original: How To Make A Few Extra Bucks With Your iPhone

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2010-05-28 10:29.
Posted in: Odd Numbers
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You



http://www.fieldagent.net/

We've seen numerous efforts to let mobile phone users earn cash for performing small tasks, but it wasn't until recently that we had seen an iPhone app dedicated solely to that purpose. Now joining the ranks of CloudCrowd, Fiverr, Samasource and others, Field Agent is a free iPhone app that gives users of the mobile device a directed way to incre ning example of the recession-friendly crowdsourced labour trend. One more to emulate or try out for yourself!

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The Million-Dollar Idea in Everyone: Easy New Ways to Make Money from Your Interests, Insights, and Inventions

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Some Thoughts About The Holiday….

Original: Some Thoughts About The Holiday….

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воскресенье, 30 мая 2010 г.

In Paris, a community brunch festival pops up monthly

Original: In Paris, a community brunch festival pops up monthly

We've seen numerous examples of pop-up restaurants in recent years, including the Müvbox, the Yellow Treehouse and Charlie's Burgers. Recently one of our spotters alerted us to a monthly event in Paris, however, that starts with a community brunch and offers a whole day of eco-minded activities.

Founded by Nadege Winter—who, incidentally, is affiliated with Wool and the Gang, which is no stranger to our pages—BrunchBazar is a series of community get-togethers that take place on the first Sunday of every month at the Comptoir General in Paris. The last one, for example, took place on May 2, running from noon to 7 p.m. Organic catering was provided by Cococook, as was a series of cooking workshops throughout the day. Creative workshops for kids were provided by PetitHOOD, while Wool and the Gang served up something similar for knitters. Also on hand were a fashion swap sponsored by Good Storage, dance classes by I Could Neve

Besides the obvious attraction for consumers and benefits for the community, BrunchBazar clearly has much to offer local vendors and brands as well—namely, a way to get close to customers in a relaxed setting that's focused on education and entertainment rather than making a sale. (Related: Pop-up cafe is a (straw) monument to sustainability.)

Website: www.brunchbazar.com
Contact: nadege@nwagency.fr

Spotted by: Elisabeth Dien

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How To Make A Few Extra Bucks With Your iPhone

Original: How To Make A Few Extra Bucks With Your iPhone

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2010-05-28 10:29.
Posted in: Odd Numbers
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You



http://www.fieldagent.net/

We've seen numerous efforts to let mobile phone users earn cash for performing small tasks, but it wasn't until recently that we had seen an iPhone app dedicated solely to that purpose. Now joining the ranks of CloudCrowd, Fiverr, Samasource and others, Field Agent is a free iPhone app that gives users of the mobile device a directed way to incre ning example of the recession-friendly crowdsourced labour trend. One more to emulate or try out for yourself!

[Via - Springwise]

The Million-Dollar Idea in Everyone: Easy New Ways to Make Money from Your Interests, Insights, and Inventions

IdeaSpotting: How siness%2Fdp%2F1588987841%3Fie%3D
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Keeping Your Great Employees In A Bad Economy

Original: Keeping Your Great Employees In A Bad Economy

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It can be quite difficult as a business owner to hold onto your employees in a tough economy when you no longer can provide the incentives, benefits and other bargaining chips that most employees now a days look for in their career. So how do you hold onto your great employees then? Marshall Goldsmith at Harvard Business Review recently posted a very interesting article on this very same topic.

Do the old time favorite of everyone, show some respect towards your great employees. It may not be a raise, but employees still enjoy a great deal of respect for their efforts on the job.

Provide Coaching: By working one-on-one with employees in a coaching relationship, leaders can discover and tap the talents of individuals and direct their development, as well as align their behaviors and skills, thus becoming active as agents of change, enhancing the success of the organization.

Always make sure to give your great employees feedback on their performance. Don’t just go along with the flow until one day you sit down for their yearly review and tell them they have been doing something slightly off for a year now, they wont like that. Employees want to know how they are doing on a regular basis so they will know their performance is good and they can change the things that are out of sync.

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пятница, 28 мая 2010 г.

How To Make A Few Extra Bucks With Your iPhone

Original: How To Make A Few Extra Bucks With Your iPhone

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2010-05-28 10:29.
Posted in: Odd Numbers
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You



http://www.fieldagent.net/

We've seen numerous efforts to let mobile phone users earn cash for performing small tasks, but it wasn't until recently that we had seen an iPhone app dedicated solely to that purpose. Now joining the ranks of CloudCrowd, Fiverr, Samasource and others, Field Agent is a free iPhone app that gives users of the mobile device a directed way to incre ning example of the recession-friendly crowdsourced labour trend. One more to emulate or try out for yourself!

[Via - Springwise]

The Million-Dollar Idea in Everyone: Easy New Ways to Make Money from Your Interests, Insights, and Inventions

IdeaSpotting: How siness%2Fdp%2F1588987841%3Fie%3D
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Bars use technology to blend online and offline interaction

Original: Bars use technology to blend online and offline interaction

We've already seen a few uses of interactive technology in bars—both at the Adour Wine Bar in New York and in iBar installations around the globe—but until recently, we hadn't yet come across a bar that incorporates an online component in its patrons' interactions. That's exactly what South Africa's MiWorld does, however, with a website, a digital wall and touchscreen tables that facilitate both digital and real-world conversation.

To participate in MiWorld, consumers must be invited and given a secret code, which allows them to register online. Then, when they're ready to head out, they can choose one of two bricks-and-mortar locations in Johannesburg: MiBar Martini, a contemporary cocktail bar in the Design District of Rosebank, or MiLounge Martini, a sophisticated cocktail, champagne and wine bar with a lounge atmosphere in Melrose's Blu Bird Shopping Centre. In August, a third option—MiCafe—will launch in Rosebank, and there are occasional pop-up "MiEvents" at varying locations as well. Whichever locale they choose, members must first log in at the door. Then, once inside, they can order off the interactive MiTables, e-chat with patrons at neighbouring tables and even different MiLocations, sign into Facebook, view the menu and access the MiWorld network to view exclusive content and special offers. MiWorld is the brainchild of South African off=on trend for a while now, but this is surely one of the clearest illustrations we've seen. Hospitality entrepreneurs around the globe: time to infuse some online oxygen into your own offerings? (Related: Hotel helps guests connect online — Airline's social networks connect frequent flyers — Shopping by invitation.)

Website: www.mi-world.co.za
Contact: annette@mi-world.co.za

Spotted by: Jordan Wainer

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Tasty Biz: Spoonful Of Comfort

Original: Tasty Biz: Spoonful Of Comfort

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четверг, 27 мая 2010 г.

Hotel targets expectant mothers with 'birth tourism' packages

Original: Hotel targets expectant mothers with 'birth tourism' packages

For most expectant parents, travel is something to be minimized during the final weeks of pregnancy so as to increase the chances of giving birth close to home. For "birth tourists," on the other hand, delivering on foreign soil is the ultimate goal—primarily to obtain foreign citizenship for the newborn. Therein lies both a controversial topic from an immigration point of view and an opportunity for hospitality providers in that foreign land.

Thanks to the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, children born on U.S. soil automatically become U.S. citizens, regardless of where their parents hail from. Hence the phenomenon of U.S. birth tourism, which appears to be a growing trend. Enter New York City's Marmara Manhattan hotel, a Turkish-owned enterprise on the Upper East Side that emphasizes extended stays through packages such as its Suddenly Splitsville option for the newly divorced. For pregnant mothers, "what we offer is simply a one-bedroom suite accommodat

The hotel estimates the total cost of the package at USD 45,000; most women stay for two months, and they pay for their own medical care, with hospital costs approaching USD 30,000, the site reported. The compensation for that hefty price tag? U.S. citizenship for the child, with the ability to travel freely to and from the U.S. Some, in fact, view the children of birth tourists as "anchor babies," since they can help bring about the eventual immigration of an entire family.

The practice is by no means without its opponents. On the other hand, it also presents an opportunity for hotels and other accommodation providers in the U.S. and other like-minded nations. One to mull over for your own hospitality enterprise? (Related: Global directory lets medical tourists find & review clinics.)

Website: www.marmara-manhattan.com
Contact: manhattan-info@themarmarahotels.com

Spotted by: Parul Rohatgi

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Groasis

Original: Groasis

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Tue, 2010-05-25 10:17.
Posted in: Odd Numbers

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



http://www.groasis.com

Dutch flower exporter Pieter Hoff often spent nights in his beloved lily fields to monitor them. One evening, he noticed that the first droplets of morning condensation were collecting on the leaves of his lilies well before midnight.

Invention: Groasis Waterboxx
Inventor: Pieter Hoff

At the same time, a candle-like wick on the bottom of the box slowly drips small doses of the water into the soil and root system underneath, providing enough for the plant's first year of life but still leaving the roots thirsty enough to grow strong and deep. The box can easily be lifted up off the ground, over the top of the plant, and reused.


In 2006 Hoff took 25 Waterboxxes to Morocco's Sahara desert, and after a year, 88 percent of the trees he treated had green leaves, while 90 percent of those watered weekly (the traditional local method) died under the scorching sun. He is conducting more experiments with 20,000 Waterboxxes in difficult terrains in places like Pakistan and Ecuador this year.

Hoff is hoping to recruit people to b 003%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qi

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Where To Find Money For Your Start-up

Original: Where To Find Money For Your Start-up

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OpenForum.com:

Research shows that over 90 percent of new ventures start with whatever money entrepreneurs can scrounge from personal resources. The other 10 percent relied on external sources with family members (parents and spouse) as the most common (5.0 percent). Private investors fund less than 3 percent of start ups. Venture capitalists are involved in less than 1 percent.

One of the best resources that any start-up should start with for investing in their company is their local investors such as Angel investors. It has been said that 7 out of 10 investments have been made by investors within 50 miles of the business in need of the money. However, with these Angel investors you do need to show sufficient evidence of a few things such as growth potential, a great management team and sufficient equity.

Another possible location to look into for investing opportunities is MDFF which roughly translates into mom; dad; friends and other family members. Many people do receive help from these locations for their start-up if they truly have a business plan that their friends and family can be sold on and get behind. However, we do have to warn you that if the business does not do as well as you expect it to, it can be a bad situation between you and your family and friends, so you may want to think long and hard about this one.

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вторник, 25 мая 2010 г.

The Best Industries for Starting a Business In 2010

Original: The Best Industries for Starting a Business In 2010

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iPhone app lets users earn cash for small tasks

Original: iPhone app lets users earn cash for small tasks

We've seen numerous efforts to let mobile phone users earn cash for performing small tasks, but it wasn't until recently that we had seen an iPhone app dedicated solely to that purpose. Now joining the ranks of CloudCrowd, Fiverr, Samasource and others, Field Agent is a free iPhone app that gives users of the mobile device a directed way to increase their pay.

iPhone users begin by downloading the Field Agent application from the iTunes App Store. They can then search for jobs in their geographical area, complete them and get paid. Most listed jobs are in everyday locations where agents live; examples include collecting retail pricing and display information, event images, photos of items for sale and consumer surveys that can be completed anywhere an iPhone can be used. The Field Agent software uses the iPhone's built-in tools to provide clients with information including agent history, GPS location, time and date stamps, and photo confirmations. Payments can range from USD 3 to USD 8, depending on the job's degree of difficulty. Clients, in turn, can rate agents for their reliability and accuracy. Field Agent requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Field Agent is a joint venture between Arkansas-based Mill Creek Software and NorthStar Partnering Group. It's also another shining example of the recession-friendly crowdsourced labour trend. One more to emulate or try out for yourself!

Website: www.fieldagent.net
Contact: info@fieldagent.net

Spotted by: Andrew Toburen

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Groasis

Original: Groasis

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Tue, 2010-05-25 10:17.
Posted in: Odd Numbers

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



http://www.groasis.com

Dutch flower exporter Pieter Hoff often spent nights in his beloved lily fields to monitor them. One evening, he noticed that the first droplets of morning condensation were collecting on the leaves of his lilies well before midnight.

Invention: Groasis Waterboxx
Inventor: Pieter Hoff

At the same time, a candle-like wick on the bottom of the box slowly drips small doses of the water into the soil and root system underneath, providing enough for the plant's first year of life but still leaving the roots thirsty enough to grow strong and deep. The box can easily be lifted up off the ground, over the top of the plant, and reused.


In 2006 Hoff took 25 Waterboxxes to Morocco's Sahara desert, and after a year, 88 percent of the trees he treated had green leaves, while 90 percent of those watered weekly (the traditional local method) died under the scorching sun. He is conducting more experiments with 20,000 Waterboxxes in difficult terrains in places like Pakistan and Ecuador this year.

Hoff is hoping to recruit people to b 003%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qi

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воскресенье, 23 мая 2010 г.

Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Original: Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2010-05-19 09:41.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


The attraction of cycling as a green, healthy, and cost-saving form of transport is huge for consumers, especially so at a time when the environment and world financial woes dominate the zeitgeist. Businesses doing something a little different for cyclists are a strong bet for success. Here's five we recently spotted:

1. GREEN GOOSE — As part of their package of t in to many modern smartphones.

4. THE HUMBLE VINTAGE — If a cyclist is away from home and hasn't got their bike with them, they may want to rent something with a bit of personality that doesn't clearly signpost them as a tourist. Melbourne-based The Humble Vintage refurbishes classic and vintage cycles as a rental alternative to the ubiquitous MTB.

5. BICYKLO — Aiming to make it easier to find the perfect cycle tour, Bicyklo aggregates thousands of tour offers from hundreds of operators worldwide into a single database, allowing cyclists to search by area, duration and type rather than have to seek out individual operators and investigate what they have on offer.

For more unusual ways to make money, visit this site< p;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amaz
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Fitness club replaces dues with charitable fundraising

Original: Fitness club replaces dues with charitable fundraising

Back in 2008 we covered Plus 3 Network, the California-based site that lets fitness enthusiasts raise funds for charity with each workout. Picking up on a similar idea, Can Too is an Australian fitness club that provides professional training sessions and support in exchange for charitable fundraising.

Interested consumers begin by paying an AUD 100 joining fee to Cure Cancer Australia, the charity partner that benefits from the Can Too program. They then choose whether they want to focus their efforts on running or swimming, along with what type of event they'd like to train for. Options for runners are 10k, 21k and 42k events—involving training programs of 10, 14 and 20 weeks, respectively—while swimmers can choose from among 1 km, 2 km and 2.7 km ocean swims, with a 12-week training session. All skill levels are welcome to participate in the programs, which provide twice-weekly training sessions, daily guides, speakers and social events. In return for participation, members are responsible for fundraising for Cure Cancer Australia. Runners commit to raising AUD 800, AUD 1,250 or AUD 2,000, depending on which marathon they run, while swimmers must raise AUD 1,250 regardless of which ocean swim they participate in. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Macquarie Group Foundation,

For potential donors, traditional contributions to charity can often feel abstract and removed from the cause at hand. By tying those donations to personal fitness, there's bound to be a sense of increased involvement and gratification—not to mention a proportionately larger contribution at the other end. A model to emulate the world over!

Website: www.cantoo.org.au
Contact: info@cantoo.org.au

Spotted by: Emma Crameri

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The Slow Death Of The Landline

Original: The Slow Death Of The Landline

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суббота, 22 мая 2010 г.

How Many Calories Do You Burn While Tweeting?

Original: How Many Calories Do You Burn While Tweeting?

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Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Original: Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2010-05-19 09:41.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


The attraction of cycling as a green, healthy, and cost-saving form of transport is huge for consumers, especially so at a time when the environment and world financial woes dominate the zeitgeist. Businesses doing something a little different for cyclists are a strong bet for success. Here's five we recently spotted:

1. GREEN GOOSE — As part of their package of t in to many modern smartphones.

4. THE HUMBLE VINTAGE — If a cyclist is away from home and hasn't got their bike with them, they may want to rent something with a bit of personality that doesn't clearly signpost them as a tourist. Melbourne-based The Humble Vintage refurbishes classic and vintage cycles as a rental alternative to the ubiquitous MTB.

5. BICYKLO — Aiming to make it easier to find the perfect cycle tour, Bicyklo aggregates thousands of tour offers from hundreds of operators worldwide into a single database, allowing cyclists to search by area, duration and type rather than have to seek out individual operators and investigate what they have on offer.

For more unusual ways to make money, visit this site< p;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amaz
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Fitness club replaces dues with charitable fundraising

Original: Fitness club replaces dues with charitable fundraising

Back in 2008 we covered Plus 3 Network, the California-based site that lets fitness enthusiasts raise funds for charity with each workout. Picking up on a similar idea, Can Too is an Australian fitness club that provides professional training sessions and support in exchange for charitable fundraising.

Interested consumers begin by paying an AUD 100 joining fee to Cure Cancer Australia, the charity partner that benefits from the Can Too program. They then choose whether they want to focus their efforts on running or swimming, along with what type of event they'd like to train for. Options for runners are 10k, 21k and 42k events—involving training programs of 10, 14 and 20 weeks, respectively—while swimmers can choose from among 1 km, 2 km and 2.7 km ocean swims, with a 12-week training session. All skill levels are welcome to participate in the programs, which provide twice-weekly training sessions, daily guides, speakers and social events. In return for participation, members are responsible for fundraising for Cure Cancer Australia. Runners commit to raising AUD 800, AUD 1,250 or AUD 2,000, depending on which marathon they run, while swimmers must raise AUD 1,250 regardless of which ocean swim they participate in. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Macquarie Group Foundation,

For potential donors, traditional contributions to charity can often feel abstract and removed from the cause at hand. By tying those donations to personal fitness, there's bound to be a sense of increased involvement and gratification—not to mention a proportionately larger contribution at the other end. A model to emulate the world over!

Website: www.cantoo.org.au
Contact: info@cantoo.org.au

Spotted by: Emma Crameri

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пятница, 21 мая 2010 г.

Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Original: Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2010-05-19 09:41.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


The attraction of cycling as a green, healthy, and cost-saving form of transport is huge for consumers, especially so at a time when the environment and world financial woes dominate the zeitgeist. Businesses doing something a little different for cyclists are a strong bet for success. Here's five we recently spotted:

1. GREEN GOOSE — As part of their package of t in to many modern smartphones.

4. THE HUMBLE VINTAGE — If a cyclist is away from home and hasn't got their bike with them, they may want to rent something with a bit of personality that doesn't clearly signpost them as a tourist. Melbourne-based The Humble Vintage refurbishes classic and vintage cycles as a rental alternative to the ubiquitous MTB.

5. BICYKLO — Aiming to make it easier to find the perfect cycle tour, Bicyklo aggregates thousands of tour offers from hundreds of operators worldwide into a single database, allowing cyclists to search by area, duration and type rather than have to seek out individual operators and investigate what they have on offer.

For more unusual ways to make money, visit this site< p;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amaz
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Promoting Your Blog On Television

Original: Promoting Your Blog On Television

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Most of us who own our own blogs probably have never even thought about little own considered advertising their blog on television. It’s just not the obvious thing to think about when working with your blog. But surprisingly advertising a blog on television is not only an awesome idea, but it can also be done for much cheaper then you would probably think.

Google TV is part of Google AdWords, and it works much the same way. It's an auction-based system where you choose the price you want to pay. Obviously, the more you pay, the more people you're likely to reach. But it's possible to run an ad on network television for as little as $20. As stated recently on Copyblogger.

So why is it such a great idea to advertise your blog on television? Well, consider how big the general public is…some couple million people or so, multiply that by the average amount of television that these people watch a day which is anywhere from 3 to 5 hours a day, and you have a lot of people watching your advertisement numerous times in a short period of television time!

Imagine how many people that is that your advertisement (depending on the channel you advertise on) would reach and thus all the feedback, business, new members, referrals and more that would start flowing in. I don’t believe i could think of a better place to advertise on then television!

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Five new business ideas for urban gardening

Original: Five new business ideas for urban gardening

More than half of humanity now lives in cities, according to the United Nations Population Fund. This rapid and ongoing change presents a raft of new challenges, many of which create opportunities for resourceful entrepreneurs. Here are five concepts that target consumers' increasing interest in growing their own food in the city:

1. REEL GARDENING — Simplifying the process of starting a domestic garden, South Africa's Reel Gardening provides a strip of biodegradable paper carrying correctly spaced, pre-fertilised seeds. The strips are colour coded (e.g. red for tomatoes, purple for beetroot) and carry instructions for how deep they should be planted in your soil. Just add water!

2. THE WIKI GARDEN — Urban gardeners who haven't even got a bed of soil may be interested in the Wiki Garden from Hawaii. It's a metre-long "growing medium" (i.e. sack) containing compost, worm castings, bat guano and more, plus a built-in irrigation system with a hose attachment. The bags can be connected, allowing for an easily scalable system.

3. CLICK AND GROW — Another alternative is to do without soil at all. Estonia's Click and Grow is a hi-tech growing system deploying aeroponics: the plant's lower stem and roots are contained in an air or mist environment, regulated by sensors and electronics to ensure the plant is fed and watered correctly. The pots even feature a USB port to upload new growing instructions.

4. WINDOWFARMS — Rather than selling a particular product, the Window Farms project in New York promotes the production of hydroponic food gardens in homes and offices, using recycled or locally-sourced materials. The founders aim to build a community to share ideas and engender a DIY approach to solving environmental problems.

5. OOOOBY — Based in New Zealand, Ooooby, short for Out Of Our Own Back Yard, is a social networking community dedicated to connecting local food producers and consumers for trade, networking, and sharing ideas. Ooooby also organises stalls at farmers' markets and other locations through which people can buy, sell and barter local produce and small-scale farming supplies.

Spotters: Catherine Corry, Liz Stone, Kristoff Everaerts, Louisa Redshaw

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среда, 19 мая 2010 г.

Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Original: Five Cool Bike Business Ideas

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2010-05-19 09:41.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You


The attraction of cycling as a green, healthy, and cost-saving form of transport is huge for consumers, especially so at a time when the environment and world financial woes dominate the zeitgeist. Businesses doing something a little different for cyclists are a strong bet for success. Here's five we recently spotted:

1. GREEN GOOSE — As part of their package of t in to many modern smartphones.

4. THE HUMBLE VINTAGE — If a cyclist is away from home and hasn't got their bike with them, they may want to rent something with a bit of personality that doesn't clearly signpost them as a tourist. Melbourne-based The Humble Vintage refurbishes classic and vintage cycles as a rental alternative to the ubiquitous MTB.

5. BICYKLO — Aiming to make it easier to find the perfect cycle tour, Bicyklo aggregates thousands of tour offers from hundreds of operators worldwide into a single database, allowing cyclists to search by area, duration and type rather than have to seek out individual operators and investigate what they have on offer.

For more unusual ways to make money, visit this site< p;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amaz
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Increasing Your Cash Flow

Original: Increasing Your Cash Flow

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Obviously in business we all strive to make as much profit as we can, that’s one of the biggest reason’s why we go into business for ourselves to begin with. So how do you optimize your cash flow and thus increase your profits? Look below for a list of way’s that i put together from an article i recently read on Businessweek.com.

  • Always make sure that you are paying all of your bill’s on time to avoid having to pay any sort of interest or late charges on your balance.
  • Try asking for payment up front before orders are shipped out and delivered. This will enable you to avoid having to track the people down for payment later on.
  • Make deposits to your account weekly rather then once a month or so, all of the payments you receive in a week should be deposited that Friday.
  • Use your business credit card when going out on business lunches, meetings, trips and more. This not only free’s up some more cash, but it also gives you perks later on down the road towards free thing’s such as cruises, vacation’s, flights, hotel rooms and more.

Invest your overflow. Once you have built a comfortable overflow, consider investing some of it to make it grow even faster for you. Letting a large sum of money sit in your bank account does nothing to accelerate growth. Talk to an investment professional and find out how you can make that money work for you.

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Keepsake stamps of baby's feet and hands

Original: Keepsake stamps of baby's feet and hands

There's no shortage out there of DIY kits for making casts of a baby's feet and hands, but Otete & Anyo has come up with an innovative variation on the theme that can serve as a lifelong stamp and keepsake.

The words "otete" and "anyo" signify a baby's hand and foot in Japanese, and Tokyo-based design firm Kawamura Hideo Activity has tapped those terms for its original stamps of babies' hand- and footprints. The engraved prints can be used not only as stamps for papers and letters, but also as lifelong mementos suitable for birthday presents, baby gifts and more. Parents or other gift-givers begin by making an ink print of baby's hands and feet in 127-by-89-mm size. They then email those prints to Otete & Anyo, which engraves them in real size. A solid black hand grip makes stamping easy, while a paulownia wood box embellished with the print is used for storage. Baby's name and birthday, meanwhile, are engraved on the back of the stamp for posterity. Launched last week, the stamps are priced at JPY 8,800 each plus shipping.

With a solid, lasting alternative to most baby casts and a globally attractive design and packaging, Otete & Anyo stamps seem likely to do well around the world. Baby and children's products retailers: one to bring to the doting families near you? (Related: Rice babies, weighed to measure.)

Website: www.otetetoanyo.com
Contact: otetetoanyo@kha.jp

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вторник, 18 мая 2010 г.

The Amish are Great Entrepreneurs

Original: The Amish are Great Entrepreneurs

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Work site divides large jobs into small, concurrent tasks

Original: Work site divides large jobs into small, concurrent tasks

Amazon's Mechanical Turk has been around for a while, and in recent months it's been joined in the crowdsourced labour arena by ShortTask, txteagle, Samasource, CrowdFlower and Fiverr, to name just a few. While similar to many of those, CloudCrowd aims to set itself apart by breaking large jobs into many small, concurrent tasks a

Billed as a "labour-as-a-service" crowdsourcing platform, San Francisco-based CloudCrowd strives to give companies and other work providers a way to get large, laborious projects completed more quickly and for a fraction of the price than they could be by salaried workers. Data entry and processing, image processing, internet research, product merchandising, and content creation and filtering are all among the services offered by CloudCrowd, which enables managers to pay for projects' completion on a cost-per-action basis. Clients begin by submitting a work sample; from there, CloudCrowd figures out how to break the job down, distributes pieces to its crowd, gets results checked for accuracy and then returns a quote. Once approved, work is conducted 24/7, and completed micro-tasks start coming back within hours. For large projects like data entry and image review, the cost savings of CloudCrowd's approach can be as high as 50 percent, it says. A proprietary credibility and revie

After launching last October, CloudCrowd's labour pool had already hit 25,000 by March. Serving both consumers seeking to work flexibly for extra cash and companies looking for savings and quick turnaround, CloudCrowd could be another one to emulate—or at least try out on your next big project.

Website: www.cloudcrowd.com
Contact: www.cloudcrowd.com/contact

Spotted by: Murtaza Patel

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Crazy Products - Why Didn't I Think Of That?

Original: Crazy Products - Why Didn't I Think Of That?

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sun, 2010-05-16 09:03.
Posted in: Statistics And Other Lies

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

Unique products to inspire and amuse.

Zombie Blood. When Gatorade just isn't enuff.

Shark Sleeping Bag. But I keep having this dream about being eaten by my sleeping bag.

Rock Guitar Shirt. I'm gonna rip it off at the end of Freebi to Make Money from Your Interests, Insights, and Inventions

IdeaSpotting: How to Find Your Next Great Idea

How to Make Millions with Your Ideas: An Entrepreneur's Guide by Dan S. Kennedy

суббота, 15 мая 2010 г.

Compost Cab

Original: Compost Cab

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2010-05-13 08:30.
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.compostcab.com/

Composting may be the right thing to do for the environment, but it can be hard to get around the smell and the mess—particularly for urbanites without expansive yards. Much like the Daily Dump in India—which, by the way, looks to be thriving since our 2007 coverage—Compost Cab is a new service about to launch in Washington, DC, that can be called upon to handle all the dirty de claim their share, meanwhile, can ask Compost Cab to donate it on their behalf to ECO. Compost Cab is a production of Agricity LLC, a Washington, DC-based company focused on sustainability.

The average American family produces more than 500 pounds of leftover organic material every year; composting not only keeps that waste out of methane-generating landfills, it also produces nutrient-rich, fertile, natural soil. Looks like another win-win-win—for eco-minded consumers, the environment, and companies like Compost Cab that make it all happen.

For more unusual ways to make money, visit this site

[Via - Brown Daily Herald]


The attraction of cycling as a green, healthy, and cost-saving form of transport is huge for consumers, especially so at a time when the environment and world financial woes dominate the zeitgeist. Businesses doing something a little different for cyclists are a strong bet for success. Here's five we recently spotted:

1. GREEN GOOSE — As part of their package of web services allowing users to track healthy lifestyle achievements, Green Goose's bike-mounted sensors record cycling activity and upload the data over wifi. The company also provides services to help employers encourage cycling to work.

2. E-WERK — The energy generated pushing those pedals has long been tapped to power lights using a dynamo. But why stop there? German manufacturer Busch & Müller sells a dynamo-powered power supply allowing users to charge phones, MP3 players and other mobile devices. E-Werk comes with a selection of connectors including USB.

3. VELOCOMPUTER — Some cyclists may prefer not to fit an assortment of paraphernalia to their bikes, be it for security, aerodynamic or purely aesthetic reasons. VeloComputer is a mobile phone-based alternative to traditional bike computers and uses the accelerometer built in to many modern smartphones.

4. THE HUMBLE VINTAGE — If a cyclist is away from home and hasn't got their bike with them, they may want to rent something with a bit of personality that doesn't clearly signpost them as a tourist. Melbourne-based The Humble Vintage refurbishes classic and vintage cycles as a rental alternative to the ubiquitous MTB.

5. BICYKLO — Aiming to make it easier to find the perfect cycle tour, Bicyklo aggregates thousands of tour offers from hundreds of operators worldwide into a single database, allowing cyclists to search by area, duration and type rather than have to seek out individual operators and investigate what they have on offer.

Spotters: Doug Jost, Robin Benjamins

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Why I Didn’t Think Of That

Original: Why I Didn't Think Of That

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пятница, 14 мая 2010 г.

Compost Cab

Original: Compost Cab

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2010-05-13 08:30.
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.compostcab.com/

Composting may be the right thing to do for the environment, but it can be hard to get around the smell and the mess—particularly for urbanites without expansive yards. Much like the Daily Dump in India—which, by the way, looks to be thriving since our 2007 coverage—Compost Cab is a new service about to launch in Washington, DC, that can be called upon to handle all the dirty de claim their share, meanwhile, can ask Compost Cab to donate it on their behalf to ECO. Compost Cab is a production of Agricity LLC, a Washington, DC-based company focused on sustainability.

The average American family produces more than 500 pounds of leftover organic material every year; composting not only keeps that waste out of methane-generating landfills, it also produces nutrient-rich, fertile, natural soil. Looks like another win-win-win—for eco-minded consumers, the environment, and companies like Compost Cab that make it all happen.

For more unusual ways to make money, visit this site

[Via - Brown Daily Herald]


Now that Expo 2010 is underway in Shanghai, travel to the Chinese metropolis is surely on the rise, with a record-setting 70 million or more visitors expected to visit this year. What better time to launch a personal guide service for the city?

Picking up where Louis Vuitton's Soundwalk MP3 guides left off, AtYourSide offers custom services designed to make visitors' experience of Shanghai easy, enjoyable and hassle-free. Travellers begin by browsing the profiles of the company's personal agents and then booking online the one that best suits their needs. All agents are qualified linguists and interpreters who not only live in Shanghai but also speak some combination of English, German, French and Japanese; all must also pass a rigorous interview and training process, including everything from first aid and IT skills to knowledge of western cultures and business etiquette. Visitors' itineraries can be planned ahead of time to include trips in and around the real Shanghai, making sure to steer clear of the tourist traps and busy standard tours. General translation and simultaneous conference interpretation are both available, as are proofreading and doc

While tour guide services certainly aren't new, there's still plenty of opportunity to upgrade such services with user-friendly features such as browsable guide profiles and top-notch business and translation skills. Owned and operated by award-winning Swiss design agency Walker, AtYourSide could provide a model worth emulating in other major cities around the world. How about yours...? (Related: Blind guides take sighted on sensorial walking tours of Lisbon — Niche tours focus on sustainable London — Sightseeing on the

Website: www.atyourside.asia
Contact: welcome@yourside.asia

Spotted by: Aly Cha

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Lovin’ It Loops: Anastasia Snyder

Original: Lovin' It Loops: Anastasia Snyder

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среда, 12 мая 2010 г.

On the Nose - The Story Of Fabrice Penot

Original: On the Nose - The Story Of Fabrice Penot

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2010-05-08 11:23.
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.lelabofragrances.com/

There's no false modesty about it--Fabrice Penot wanted to start a revolution with Le Labo, the fragrance company
he co-founded in 2006.

How could he not? For starters, he didn't want the small, boutique brand to do any advertising--a major no-no in an industry where Britney Spears makes dozens of in-st acularly lousy four years for luxury products like Penot's--Le Labo has grown into a $4.5 million a year fragrance brand with four stand-alone boutiques worldwide (and four more planned by the end of this year), plus 12 counters inside the world's most exclusive retail enclaves, including Barneys New York and Colette in Paris. Kirsten Dunst is one of many celebrity fans. And Le Labo is a darling of the fashion world, written about in high-end publications including W--enough to make a publicist plotz. If only they had one.

"We don't spend money on marketing," says Penot, again the contrarian to mainstream fragrance companies, where the bulk of the budget goes toward splashy campaigns. "We only spend money on perfume."

"Ridiculous!"
You can see why, when Penot and Roschi set out to finagle a round of financing--which Penot thought would be a cakewalk, given his deep industry connections--Le Labo was not an easy sell. In fact, big beauty's execs w indie label of his dreams. (Jus
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Compost service for urbanites, with soil in return

Original: Compost service for urbanites, with soil in return

Composting may be the right thing to do for the environment, but it can be hard to get around the smell and the mess—particularly for urbanites without expansive yards. Much like the Daily Dump in India—which, by the way, looks to be thriving since our 2007 coverage—Compost Cab is a new service about to launch in Washington, DC, that can be called upon to handle all the dirty details.

DC-area consumers begin by signing up online. Once it launches, Compost Cab will then provide them with a standardized bin equipped with a sturdy, compostable bag liner. Each day clients will fill the bin with their organic material, and once a week—on a reliable, fuel-efficient schedule—Compost Cab will pick up the bag, leaving behind only a clean bin with a new liner. The cost is simply USD 8 per week per bin; no long-term commitments are required. Compost Cab's primary composting partner is Engaged Community Offshoots (ECO), a seed-stage urban farm in College Park, Md., that uses finished compost to grow natural, nutritious food for local kids.

At least as interesting is that clients who have been with Compost Cab for nine months or longer can claim some finished soil in return. Specifically, for every 50 pounds of organics the company collects from them, they can receive five pounds of fresh compost and one pound of worm castings in exchange. Those who choose not to claim their share, meanwhile, can ask Compost Cab to donate it on their behalf to ECO. Compost Cab is a production of Agricity LLC, a Washington, DC-based company focused on sustainability.

The average American family produces more than 500 pounds of leftover organic material every year; composting not only keeps that waste out of methane-generating landfills, it also produces nutrient-rich, fertile, natural soil. Looks like another win-win-win—for eco-minded consumers, the environment, and companies like Compost Cab that make it all happen. Time to make some of that eco-bounty your own...? (Related: Indoor composting made easy — Garbage into gold, via worm poop.)

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

Spotted by: Candice J.

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Is My Business Idea A Good One?

Original: Is My Business Idea A Good One?

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воскресенье, 9 мая 2010 г.

Five businesses that turn trash into appealing new products

Original: Five businesses that turn trash into appealing new products

Creating new products from waste materials or used items has three distinct benefits for manufacturers: it gives them access to free or inexpensive materials, it lends their products an aura of sustainability, and it provides embedded stories that sellers can share with consumers, and that consumers can share with their friends. Five examples of upcycling we recently spotted:

1. NARWAHL — Neckties have long been used to add individuality to menswear. California's Narwahl Co. is repurposing those distinctive designs by turning vintage ties into new accessories: wallets, business card holders, passport covers and wristwear, all priced in the USD 10 to USD 25 range. Each item is one of a kind, and can be bought from Narwhal's online store or at a growing number of retail outlets in the United States.

2. HELLO REWIND — Another company taking old garments and turning them into something new is Hello Rewind. Observing that it can be hard to discard an cherished old t-shirt even when it's worked its way to the back of the closet, Hello Rewind invites customers to send in their old tee and have it returned in the form of a custom laptop sleeve. The business supports RestoreNYC, an organisation helping sex trafficking survivors reintegrate into society.

3. RECYCLING ZYCHAL — Clothes aren't the only household items that are ripe for repurposing. Philadelphia's Recycling Zychal takes the city's discarded umbrellas and fashions them into rain hoods, dog raincoats and cat toys stuffed with organic catnip. The dog coats are made to order after clients specify their umbrella choice and dog's size. Recycling Zychal invites people to donate broken umbrellas, and will make a donation to an animal refuge for each brolly they receive.

4. ESCAMA STUDIO — Staff in California and Brazil collaborate to make Escama's modern fashion accessories using traditional techniques. The flagship product line is a collection of bags, purses, accessories and jewellery made by crocheting together hundreds of aluminium ring-pull tabs. Each item features a tag signed by the person who made it; the website features bios of the artisans and invites customers to send them a message.

5. EMECO — Chairmaker Emeco builds chairs from 80% recycled aluminium. In collaboration with Coca-Cola the company has branched out to a new material: each of their 111 Navy Chairs is made from 111 recycled plastic bottles. Emeco hopes to encourage domestic recycling by showing that trash can be used to make stylish and functional products.

Spotters: Cecilia Biemann, Andrew Sargent, Andrew Krumholz

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On the Nose - The Story Of Fabrice Penot

Original: On the Nose - The Story Of Fabrice Penot

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2010-05-08 11:23.
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.lelabofragrances.com/

There's no false modesty about it--Fabrice Penot wanted to start a revolution with Le Labo, the fragrance company
he co-founded in 2006.

How could he not? For starters, he didn't want the small, boutique brand to do any advertising--a major no-no in an industry where Britney Spears makes dozens of in-st acularly lousy four years for luxury products like Penot's--Le Labo has grown into a $4.5 million a year fragrance brand with four stand-alone boutiques worldwide (and four more planned by the end of this year), plus 12 counters inside the world's most exclusive retail enclaves, including Barneys New York and Colette in Paris. Kirsten Dunst is one of many celebrity fans. And Le Labo is a darling of the fashion world, written about in high-end publications including W--enough to make a publicist plotz. If only they had one.

"We don't spend money on marketing," says Penot, again the contrarian to mainstream fragrance companies, where the bulk of the budget goes toward splashy campaigns. "We only spend money on perfume."

"Ridiculous!"
You can see why, when Penot and Roschi set out to finagle a round of financing--which Penot thought would be a cakewalk, given his deep industry connections--Le Labo was not an easy sell. In fact, big beauty's execs w indie label of his dreams. (Jus
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Who Came Up With Mother’s Day And Why?

Original: Who Came Up With Mother's Day And Why?

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суббота, 8 мая 2010 г.

Friday For Five Dollars

Original: Friday For Five Dollars

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Five businesses that turn trash into appealing new products

Original: Five businesses that turn trash into appealing new products

Creating new products from waste materials or used items has three distinct benefits for manufacturers: it gives them access to free or inexpensive materials, it lends their products an aura of sustainability, and it provides embedded stories that sellers can share with consumers, and that consumers can share with their friends. Five examples of upcycling we recently spotted:

1. NARWAHL — Neckties have long been used to add individuality to menswear. California's Narwahl Co. is repurposing those distinctive designs by turning vintage ties into new accessories: wallets, business card holders, passport covers and wristwear, all priced in the USD 10 to USD 25 range. Each item is one of a kind, and can be bought from Narwhal's online store or at a growing number of retail outlets in the United States.

2. HELLO REWIND — Another company taking old garments and turning them into something new is Hello Rewind. Observing that it can be hard to discard an cherished old t-shirt even when it's worked its way to the back of the closet, Hello Rewind invites customers to send in their old tee and have it returned in the form of a custom laptop sleeve. The business supports RestoreNYC, an organisation helping sex trafficking survivors reintegrate into society.

3. RECYCLING ZYCHAL — Clothes aren't the only household items that are ripe for repurposing. Philadelphia's Recycling Zychal takes the city's discarded umbrellas and fashions them into rain hoods, dog raincoats and cat toys stuffed with organic catnip. The dog coats are made to order after clients specify their umbrella choice and dog's size. Recycling Zychal invites people to donate broken umbrellas, and will make a donation to an animal refuge for each brolly they receive.

4. ESCAMA STUDIO — Staff in California and Brazil collaborate to make Escama's modern fashion accessories using traditional techniques. The flagship product line is a collection of bags, purses, accessories and jewellery made by crocheting together hundreds of aluminium ring-pull tabs. Each item features a tag signed by the person who made it; the website features bios of the artisans and invites customers to send them a message.

5. EMECO — Chairmaker Emeco builds chairs from 80% recycled aluminium. In collaboration with Coca-Cola the company has branched out to a new material: each of their 111 Navy Chairs is made from 111 recycled plastic bottles. Emeco hopes to encourage domestic recycling by showing that trash can be used to make stylish and functional products.

Spotters: Cecilia Biemann, Andrew Sargent, Andrew Krumholz

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On the Nose - The Story Of Fabrice Penot

Original: On the Nose - The Story Of Fabrice Penot

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2010-05-08 11:23.
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.lelabofragrances.com/

There's no false modesty about it--Fabrice Penot wanted to start a revolution with Le Labo, the fragrance company
he co-founded in 2006.

How could he not? For starters, he didn't want the small, boutique brand to do any advertising--a major no-no in an industry where Britney Spears makes dozens of in-st acularly lousy four years for luxury products like Penot's--Le Labo has grown into a $4.5 million a year fragrance brand with four stand-alone boutiques worldwide (and four more planned by the end of this year), plus 12 counters inside the world's most exclusive retail enclaves, including Barneys New York and Colette in Paris. Kirsten Dunst is one of many celebrity fans. And Le Labo is a darling of the fashion world, written about in high-end publications including W--enough to make a publicist plotz. If only they had one.

"We don't spend money on marketing," says Penot, again the contrarian to mainstream fragrance companies, where the bulk of the budget goes toward splashy campaigns. "We only spend money on perfume."

"Ridiculous!"
You can see why, when Penot and Roschi set out to finagle a round of financing--which Penot thought would be a cakewalk, given his deep industry connections--Le Labo was not an easy sell. In fact, big beauty's execs w indie label of his dreams. (Jus
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пятница, 7 мая 2010 г.

Rough Times For Small Businesses

Original: Rough Times For Small Businesses

Diana Diana has has double double vision vision
Creative Commons License photo credit: kevindooley

It’s no surprise that small businesses around the country were really hurting due to the weak economy situation but it’s actually quite shocking just how bad the situation really was for them. A recent article posted on NY Times revealed that more than 400,000 business with employees numbers under 100 had to close their doors in 2009!

These small businesses ranged from makers of fiberboard to fashion boutiques that once pulled in $40,000 a month right down to hit restaurants that use to be considered the hip place to be on a Friday night. So what exactly went wrong? Yes, the economy played a huge role in all of their situations, but that was not the only thing.

One late owner of a womens fashion boutique that was located in Beverly Hills stated that it was not just the economy that hit her hard. She also had a not so understanding landlord in a rather large shopping mall, as well as the fact that he made some rather odd changes to the mall that had customers stating it was the worst place to shop.

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Turn Fear Into Profit

Original: Turn Fear Into Profit

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2010-05-06 06:38.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Link of the day - If You Sell Links On Your Site, I Will Buy Them Off You



The previous decade saw its share of disasters and near misses: Y2K, 9/11, the South Asian tsunami, the Northeast Blackout of 2003, Hurricane Katrina. And if the forces of terrorists, tectonics and power grids weren't enough, the global economic meltdown sealed 2000s' fate as one of the most disaster-prone decades in recent memory.

The result, according to Gerald Celente, director of the Kingston, N.Y.-based Trends Research Institute, is the rise of neo-survivalism. Neo-survivalists, also known he Midwest have been particularly prevalent. The American Red Cross had 160,000 more volunteers in 2009 than it had in 2008 — a dramatic rebound from the drop of 82,000 from 2007 to 2008.

Jim Rawls, the Moyie Springs, Idaho-based editor of SurvivalBlog.com, saw his readership double in the past 12 months to 220,000 unique visitors each week. What's more, his readership has gone mainstream. When he launched in 2005, readership surveys suggested mainly conservative Christians were visiting his site; today, surveys show his average reader is just as likely to eschew the Bible and drive a Prius. "This trend crosses the spectrum,"says Rawls, a former army intelligence officer.

Rawls points out that although the market for emergency-preparedness kits is filling up, there are still lots of opportunities in the sector. For example, "People are completely clueless about long-term food storage,"he says. Companies that can provide "survival foods,"such as nit erican Express Small Business Mo
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