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Big Money in Leasing Solar Panels
Business Week: There’s at least one bright spot in the troubled U.S. solar industry. After a plunge in prices sent panel manufacturers reeling, consumer demand for the alternative energy is soaring. That’s a boon for California companies such as SunRun, S"
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:46:26 GMT | Tagged: IdeasVideo: 1989 Cellphone Ad
Look how far we’ve come. In 23 years, this look big and clunky."
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:37 GMT | Tagged: IdeasiPhone Repair Business Opportunities
Boston Globe: It was New Year’s Eve. She had been drinking. It was late. And that was the moment the world chose to welcome Sarah LaRose to the not-so-exclusive club of people who have dropped their iPhone into a toilet. As LaRose told her story to Curt I"
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:22:51 GMT | Tagged: IdeasDrive Thru Funeral Parlor
How do you hold gang funerals if rival gangs turn graveside services into shootouts? On funeral home in Compton, California has figured it out: drive thru funerals. The Christian Post has the story: According to the funeral home’s office manager, th"
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:35:08 GMT | Tagged: IdeasMaking Food Fun: Edible Helium Balloons
Restaurants don’t have to be boring or predictable. This gourmet restaurant in Chicago serves helium filled candy balloons that actually float on an edible string! Can you imaging walking around selling these in a park full of kids? Video below."
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:26:03 GMT | Tagged: IdeasFind Opportunities, Not Ideas
It’s not about ideas. It’s about opportunities: Every founder who’s been in the game a few years has clouds of potential ideas floating around that they can’t find the time to work on. They might not all be good, but there are alwa"
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:55:00 GMT | Tagged: IdeasA Ski-Thru Starbucks
Squaw Valley Lake Tahoe, a ski resort on the California side of Lake Tahoe, has opened the world’s first ski-thru Starbucks. The new mountaintop Starbucks at 2,400 metres allows customers to grab a coffee without taking off their skis or snowboard. "
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:48:06 GMT | Tagged: IdeasSome Ideas Are Just Fads, Others Aren’t
What’s a fad business idea and what’s not? Sometimes it’s hard to tell): In hindsight, it can be easy to spot “fad” franchises that enjoy a mere flash-in-the-pan popularity. Some once-hot concepts — think eBay drop-off "
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:57:20 GMT | Tagged: IdeasWhen the Customers Say Yes and the Accountant Says No!
Forbes: What if you had an exciting new business idea that applied disruptive new technology to a fast-growing consumer food market? What if you branded, packaged and tested your new product with a sampling of highly-influential customers in your target m"
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:17:19 GMT | Tagged: IdeasSomeone Invent This Already: A Telephone DNS
I don’t want to call your phone. I want to call you. Why do I have to look in my phone book (whether in paper, on my phone or computer) to find your number? Why do I have to guess whether you’re at home, at work, or in the car? Why do I have t"
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:40:11 GMT | Tagged: IdeasWalmart’s Get on the Shelf Contestant Update: Lots of Videos!
Walmart’s Get on The Shelf contest is in full swing. The contest, if you don’t remember is a competition that anyone can enter for the chance to get their product sold on Walmart.com and Walmart stores. Any product in any category currently co"
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:57:57 GMT | Tagged: IdeasStorage Lockers for Dogs
This Hundehiet (“Dog Den” in Norwegian) sit unassumingly outside of a grocery store in Oslo, Norway. For just about $1.75, you can keep your dog safe and dry in a doggy-storage-locker while you shop. As I see it, the locker solves a number of "
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:42:09 GMT | Tagged: IdeasA Tater Tot Food Truck
Tater tots are a lunch or snack food made of deep-fried, grated potatoes. Now, a new food truck called Tot Boss promises to add them to to the roadside dining options in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tater tot enthusiast, Dan Docken (the boss), invites you to enjo"
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:03:59 GMT | Tagged: Ideas3 Great Business Ideas for College Students
The following is a guest post by Jemima Lopez. If you’re in college, chances are you’re broke. Poverty is something of a rite of passage that goes along with pursuing secondary education — at the same time, just because you’re trying to "
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:04:53 GMT | Tagged: IdeasLow Startup Biz Ideas: Baker
Looking for a business you can start for under $500? Here is one idea: become a baker. Cakes and cupcakes are the highlight of any party, and reality foodie shows such as Cupcake Wars have made baking a popular new business idea. Brooklyn blogger and cupc"
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:30:33 GMT | Tagged: IdeasFive Profitable Businesses You’ve Never Thought Of
The following is a guest post from Vit. How are you going about making money? What if you could make money with some of your craziest ideas? Here are five of my favorite off-the-wall businesses: Game Truck – In 2006, Scott Novis, fed up with the exp"
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:48:35 GMT | Tagged: IdeasThe Tweeting Cabbie
Ars Technica: “Can you pick me up at my place in 15 minutes? Text me when you get here.” No, this isn’t a text message to a friend or a call to a car service—it’s a direct message sent through Twitter to a driver of a Chicago cab. "
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:51:03 GMT | Tagged: IdeasLow Startup Biz Ideas: Mobile Notary Public
Fox Business: Despite technological advances, documents such as property deeds, wills and loan papers still require an official signature and stamp by a notary. Some banks and real estate agents have a notary license, but the current trend is using notari"
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:09 GMT | Tagged: IdeasLow Startup Biz Ideas: Personal Trainer
Fox Business: Many people’s New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, and many of these same individuals are looking for professional help to shed those unwanted pounds. If you are a fitness buff or avid runner, you may be able to make a living"
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:30:22 GMT | Tagged: IdeasLow Startup Biz Ideas: Personal Organizer
Fox Business: Clutter is stressful for everyone, and you can make a living helping people get their homes, offices and lives in order. Professional organizing is a perfect business for people with a knack for neatness and developing systems. You can charg"
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:25 GMT | Tagged: IdeasLow Startup Biz Ideas: Social Media Assistant
Fox Business: The social media world is growing, and most business owners don’t have time to keep up. You can create a business as a social media marketing assistant or strategist if you have strong writing skills and a working knowledge of the majo"
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:30:13 GMT | Tagged: IdeasuFlavor Social Network Soda
Fast Company reports on a new company called uFlavor, that promises to bring custom sodas to the masses — both in the mail and via internet connected vending machines. Picture this: You are sitting in, say, a Bermuda hotel on vacation. Suddenly you "
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:45:44 GMT | Tagged: IdeasNiche Biz: Electronics Charging Kiosk
Chicago Sun Times: His winning idea is to put cellphone-charging kiosks at malls, airports, grocery stores and other sites where people are in a hurry. A 10-minute charge at the Charge N Go kiosk would cost $1, and would juice up smartphones, laptops and "
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:30:06 GMT | Tagged: IdeasCinnamon: The Smell of Christmas (Retailers)
Martin Lindstrom: Carefully camouflaged tubes strategically placed amongst the tinsel and glitz were piping in the sumptuous smells of Christmas: a perfect mix of cinnamon and pine. Although it seemed I’d gotten to the nub of the issue, I was still perple"
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:21:39 GMT | Tagged: IdeasSelf-Employment Assistance For Unemployed
Yamhill Valley News-Register: SEAP gives an option for individuals with unemployment insurance claims who are identified as being likely to exhaust their benefits before they return to work and may have what it takes to create their own business. It’s a c"
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:30:25 GMT | Tagged: Ideas