David Berube has up a quick method he uses to evaluate business ideas: So how do I test this idea in the market to see how much traction it could get and to see if people really need this? Using Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns (AdWords, AdCenter, etc). It’s easy, cheap and will only take you about […]
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InventorSpot: Just in time for Japan’s “winter party season†comes Pepsi Pink, a blush-tinted cola which should sell well in the homeland of Hello Kitty. According to Pepsi Japan, new Pepsi Pink is bursting with the rich aroma and refreshing taste of strawberry milk. Is the world ready for carbonated strawberry milk, or at least
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A Canadian company called Knowaste has developed a system to extract the recyclable plastic from dirty disposable baby diapers for use in roofing tiles and plastic components. Fast Company has more: Babies in the United States go through about 24 million diapers a year, contributing 3.4 million tons of waste to landfills. And, worldwide, the
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DavisPatch: Laurie Coffroth looked at the sorry state of funding for public education and saw a business opportunity. The Elk Grove mother of three recently launched Cash for Classrooms, which charges local businesses to have their coupons inserted into students’ backpacks. Cash for Classrooms will funnel part of the proceeds back to schools. With California’s
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Singularity Hub: The physical to digital conversion of books just got a lot cheaper with the launch of 1DollarScan.com, based in San Jose, California. An offshoot of the immensely successful BookScan in Japan, 1DollarScan does exactly what its name implies: it scans your documents for a dollar. 100 pages of a book, 10 pages of
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Fast Company: Catastrophe is a powerful agent for invention. More than gadgets like the Rescue Reel and SeatChute, which conjure up an almost super-hero-like fantasy, ever since September 11 entrepreneurs and scientists (and some who wear both hats) have been quietly plodding away at a variety of ideas, mechanisms, and processes designed to make the
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Fast Company: When it came to the task of digging through the rubble of the Twin Towers, humans were for one of the first times ever working alongside robots: Packbots made by iRobot under a DARPA research fund, were “literally pulled out of the laboratory and taken to 9/11.” The devices were strong, maneuverable and
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A new business called Pedal Portland in Portland, Oregon wants you to get that bicycle out of the garage and onto the road: Paulsen’s idea is to offer personal, one-on-one consultations designed to take the guess-work out of riding bikes. Whether you have a bike and just aren’t confident to start riding it around town
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The Huffington Post has up an interesting article with lessons from a digital pawn shop: At a time when businesses around the world are looking for ways to modernize and adapt to rapidly-changing new technologies, it’s easy to overlook opportunities to innovate in industries deemed firmly entrenched or depleted. It’s a dangerous mistake, because sometimes
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Emoticons are coming to a car near you with the introduction of the Drivemocion. The Week: LED circuit board that attaches via suction cup to a car’s back window and is operated by remote control, the Drivemocion comes programmed with 16 messages to express a wide range of driver emotions, including remorse (SORRY, when cutting
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