Archive for November 13th, 2009
Business Opportunities Weblog’s 8th Birthday
Dane Carlson and the Business Opportunities Weblog celebrates eight years of blogging about quality opportunities and business ideas.
Unique products to inspire and amuse. Cat & Dog Toothpaste Caps. Finally, a reason to brush. Snow Shorts. Armour for your bum. Sweet Caffeine Beef Jerky. I’m giving up coffee! The Pillowig. A perfect gift for your narcoleptic friends. Photos by perpetualkid/orvis/thinkgeek/bookofjoe.
Inside Coke’s “Freestyle” Soda Fountain
At first, the Freestyle seems like a futuristic novelty: The touchscreen fountain allows you to pick from dozens of Coke products–far more than you could cram into a typical soda fountain. But that belies the real business case for the machine, reports Fast Company. It’s the machine’s guts that tell the real story. The fountain’s [...]
Pop-Up Shops Fill Short-Term Niche
With malls and shopping centers staring at record vacancies, The Star Tribune reports the lowly pop-up store is making a comeback. And it’s no longer limited to the fly-by-night store, as major chains try to wisely spend the cash they do have. Toys ‘R’ Us just opened 80 temporary stores across the country in an [...]
How Entrepreneurs Identify New Biz Opportunities
Raffi Amit,a professor of management at Wharton,offers insights into how entrepreneurs can identify new business opportunities and evaluate their potential and their risks in an article on the Knowledge Wharton blog. There are many sources for new venture opportunities for individuals. Clearly, when you see inefficiency in the market, and you have an idea of [...]
Editor’s Note: The inventor says he has been using his ‘alarm clock’ for three years???
Cotton Candy Truck Brings Sweet Biz
You might think that cotton candy is only something that you can find at your local fair; but if you’ve got a craving for something sticky and sugary that melts in your mouth and leaves your tongue bright pink or blue, then you’re in luck if you live in NYC, because cotton candy may come [...]
Mompreneur Creates Safety Mat For Kids With Epilepsy
Firstcoastnews.com: Joshua Duce loves the Florida Gators, Spider-man, and Spongebob Squarepants. Like many 6-year-old boys, he’s a happy kid, playing and laughing with a Wii controller in his hand. Sometimes the active boy just stops cold. He has drop seizures and they happen more than 20 times a day. His brain just shuts down. Joshua’s [...]
