Ideas & Opportunities
5 Ways to Make the Competition Irrelevant
Is there an easy way to make the competition irrelevant? In an age with so much access to information, bombarded by advertisements and commercials, is it possible to keep the attention of your potential customers? What is the secret to help customers make an easy decision to buy? There is a secret formula that works [...]
Turn off that light! Energy usage in real dollars
With help from a curious cat, Blue Line Innovations found a way to make people more aware of how much electricity they use. When Danny Tuff was growing up in Newfoundland, his father often prodded him and his siblings to switch off the lights and turn down the heat. If only there were a way [...]
Look To Microlenders For Funding
If you only need a small amount of money to start your business, one option to consider is to obtain a microloan. Originally intended as a way to fight poverty by lending small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing countries, microlending is becoming a popular source of capital for startups launched by middle-class entrepreneurs [...]
Helping cancer patients – and making $45M
By focusing on the oncology market, this pharmacy has helped patients, doctors and its own bottom line. Robin Smith, founder and president of Biologics, envisioned a one-stop shop geared toward not only helping patients deal with the unique emotional stress that attends their disease but also monitoring the increasingly individualized drug protocols prescribed by oncologists. [...]
“eBay†For Parking Spots
Since you can search online to check the weather before going outside, why not find a parking spot, too? That’s what 32-year-old Andrew Rollert was thinking when he started spotscout.com out of Cambridge, Mass. “I am hoping this will kill off the expression ‘looking for parking,’ altogether,” he says. You’ll be able to look for [...]
Bookvertising
According to Trends in Japan, Brajackets are one of the hottest new trends in Japan. Created by an advertising agency (Setup Inc), Brajackets offer consumers a free cover to keep their book nice and neat, and advertisers a space to advertise that goes everywhere readers do. Made from high-quality, coated paper that makes designs and [...]
Five Places You Should Never Meet With Clients
tarbucks might be convenient and wired, but does meeting there really send the right message about your business? Meeting in a diner over day-old Danish, isn’t going to cut it, if you want to grow your business and make more money. So, to help you make a better impression with your clients, assembled here is [...]
