Archive for November 29th, 2011
Cabby Drives You and Your Car Home
A new cab service in Lexington, Kentuck will not only transport you, but also your car. WKYT27 reports: Jackie Robinson Jr. has been driving his cab for three years, but just over a year ago, a conversation with a customer gave him a new business idea. “Tow and Go service, we’ll tow you home and [...]
Franchise Direct sent me a promotional video for some of their franchises. Even though it’s very promotional, I thought that it contained an interesting mix of business ideas and opportunities to share. Two of the interesting franchises profiled were: Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists Jan-Pro Cleaning Systems The video is below.
Making Money Delivering Lunches: Eat Club
A couple Stanford Business School grads have started a company in the Bay Area to deliver lunch to office workers. The company, Eat Club, was founded a year ago and now serves lunch to about 3,000 office workers per week from South San Francisco to northern San Jose. Their secret sauce: The company only delivers [...]
Hearing loss from exposure to loud music is a serious problem. One study from the University of Minnesota found that after a concert, 64% of the test subjects had significantly changed their ability to hear soft sounds, compared to 27% of the subjects who wore earplugs. With statistics like that, you think that selling earplugs [...]
What would you do with a 26-pound gummy bear? Imagine the shock of your party goers when they realize that your 32,000-calorie gummy bear also features an integrated one-liter serving bowl! Serve punches, candies, or even more gummy bears from within this seventeen-inch-long confection. The giant gummy bear sells for $149! More photos after the [...]
Using Server Farms to Heat Homes
NY Times: To satisfy our ever-growing need for computing power, many technology companies have moved their work to data centers with tens of thousands of power-gobbling servers. Concentrated in one place, the servers produce enormous heat. The additional power needed for cooling them — up to half of the power used to run them — [...]
