I get a weekly email from these folks, here's this weeks:
Our latest issue is now online. Here's a quick run-down of the new business ideas that
caught our attention this week:
Coaches provide athletes with frame-by-frame tips
Education / Lifestyle & leisure
Critiquing takes place via short videos uploaded by athletes: frame-
by-frame playback allows for precise commentary in the form of
diagrams and text.
Free water for London commuters with on-bottle ads
Marketing & advertising / Non-profit, social cause
Summertime is filled with opportunities for brands to show they care,
whether by helping consumers find a place to change at the beach
or by giving them a little cooling refreshment during a heat wave.
Online catalogue for museum & gallery products
Retail / Style & design
Long gone are the days of boring mugs and faded postcards, as
museums and other cultural institutions have become increasingly
savvy retailers.
3-D tool helps students decorate dorm rooms
Homes & housing / Retail
DesignYourDorm is a web-based interior design tool that allows
college students to customize their dorm room interiors and
purchase what they need online.
In Paris, a citywide scheme to share electric cars
Transportation / Government
Buoyed by the success of its bike-sharing effort, the city is now
apparently planning another ambitious initiative -- this time
involving electric cars.
Donation-microloan hybrid helps rural Chinese
Non-profit, social cause
Wokai aims to do for China what Kiva has been doing for other parts
of the world. It developed a hybrid model that combines traditional
donations with the benefits of microloans.
Greeting cards designed for sharing burned CDs
Style & design
Created by Dutch firm Schmeitz+Freitag, the Burney CD Card
provides content-sharing consumers with a giftable alternative
to download links and plastic jewel cases.
Absinthe-laced ice cream cocktail for men
Food & beverage
The Icecreamists' concoction is deemed so potent that sales are
limited to one per customer, although at GBP 11.99 customers
might prefer to split one with a special friend.
Online wardrobe management for fashionistas
Fashion & beauty / Life hacks
For truly dedicated fashionistas with more clothes than their
closets can handle, keeping track of individual items and
accessories can be a challenge.
On JetBlue, a month of unlimited travel for $599
Tourism & travel / Marketing & advertising
Much akin to an all-you-can-eat buffet or an all-you-can-read digital
magazine subscription, New York-based airline JetBlue now offers
customers a month of unlimited travel for USD 599.
Spanish wine for gay men
Food & beverage
We've already seen a banking service, a wedding boutique and a
travel website aimed at gay consumers; now there are wine brands
targeting gays as well.
Financial calendar predicts next month's bank balance
Financial services / Life hacks
Diving right into the ugly details, users can pick any given date and
receive a predicted bank balance for that day. So there's no more
wondering what will be left one week before (or after) Christmas.
Our next issue will arrive in your inbox on 26 August 2009. In the meantime, please
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Warm regards,
Liesbeth den Toom
Senior Editor
liesbeth@springwise.com
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