BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 91

Free 28-pages PDF report (worth $38) – “Cool Business Ideas in 2009” – included with your subscription. Learn more here. Green Mattress Organic mattresses combine natural latex with cotton or bamboo covers and cotton or wool padding — all of it produced without chemicals. They are resistant to allergens like dust mites, mold and mildew. They are able to contour […]

Free Samples @ LCAFE

Springwise: Located in Shibuya, LCAFE is well-placed to attract trendsetting shoppers. To take part, women register by mobile phone, supplying basic details about themselves such as their age, marital status and where they live. With every order of food or drinks, they receive an L Coin, which can be redeemed for free samples at the cafe’s sample bar. In a […]

Mobil-Tee-Vending

Mobil-Tee-Vending has taken its T-shirt vending idea from conception to execution, while making each step of the way count. It has not reinvented the wheel, but have found a better way to provide a service to the $30 billion/year T-shirt market – the innovative new way of selling t-shirts, not just from a typical vending machine, but from a machine […]

TOTA Letterpressed Goodness

TOTA Press is a handmade letterpress card subscription service. You can join a handmade letterpress card-of-the-month subscription at the website. Every month, TOTA Press will send you 2 custom-designed and hand-printed cards. Every card is letterpressed and handled with care. And the result of this manual printing process is a custom card that you can use in any way you’d […]

A Million Jobs to Do?

aMillionJobsToDo is a unique concept where you can suggest literally any task that you need completing and also propose how much you would like to pay for that service. In this day and age most people already have a million and one things to do. Some of us create mental or written to do lists, which we constantly strive to […]

Kiddimoto

The Cool Hunter: Learning to ride a bike is one of the most valuable skills a child can learn, helping them master the art of balance, a skill crucial to so many other physical activities and sports. UK based Kiddimoto has created a range of cute-looking wooden bikes which are designed to teach young children precisely that – balance. The […]

Project Label

Project Label strives to produce people-powered social nutrition labels. Just think food nutrition labels, but instead of only showing the impact on your health, Project Labels will show a company’s social and environmental impact. Unlike many “green” labels out there, Project Label doesn’t build these labels, you the consumer do. Using the power of the Web, the project provides simple […]

Be Shopsavvy

Trendwatching.com: Shopsavvy, an Android app, allows the user to scan almost any barcode using the phone’s camera, and it will then search over 20,000 online and local retailers to find the best price. Once the best deal has been found, users can either purchase online, or use the phone’s built-in Google Maps feature to find their way to the store. […]

Find a Playspace

TrendWatching.com: The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder is a user-generated online directory that lets anyone enter, search for and rate play spaces. Users can add photos and comments for each play space, as well as detailed descriptions including available playground equipment or amenities. Some 16,000 play areas across the USA and Canada are now listed on the Google Maps-based site. Transparency Triumph […]

Trade Books with Bookins

Sue Wargo, a school librarian from N. Grosvenordale, CT saves more than $500 a year on book purchases. How? “I regularly swap books online to supplement my personal and school libraries. I also get books on CD for travel. I listen to them and then return them,” says Sue. “It helps feed my book addiction at a fraction of what […]