New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: SERVICES Artistic Babysitters Artist/sitters arrive (on time) toting toys and supplies, guaranteeing hours of creative play. The on-call babysitting service is staffed entirely by working actors, musicians and visual artists. LIFESTYLE & LUXURY One Stop Cut Guise, located on Halsted in Lincoln Park, is the creation of Brad Habansky who was looking to […]

New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: LIFESTYLE & LUXURY SkyVentureArizona Catering to those thrill seekers with an aversion to heights, airplanes, or both, SkyVenture boasts a true skydiving experience – without going outside. Chumby If Chumby, maker of this rugby ball-sized computer by the same name, has its way, then it will replace all of our bedside digital clocks […]

New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: LIFESTYLE & LUXURY Media Immersion In the world’s most media-saturated city, people take a break by checking themselves into media immersion pods: warrens cluttered with computers, TV’s, video games and every other entertainment of the electronic age. RETAIL Smart Shopping Cart It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 28: 01 July 2006 – 31 July 2006 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: TOURISM Mystery Threatre Part theatre, part scavenger hunt, part walking tour, Accomplice: New York is giving participants a whole new way to experience the city. Youth Vacations Targeting 18-35 year-olds, Contiki is a hip vacation company that gives participants the opportunity to […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 27: 01/05/06 – 02/07/06 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: BRANDING Linking with Consumers Mr. Fluevog has been soliciting ideas from them — encouraging brand enthusiasts to submit their own sketches for leather boots, high-heeled dress shoes, even sneakers with flair. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT In Need of SkyRest The miraculous, wedge-shaped travel pillow makes even the […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 26: 02/04/06 – 30/04/06 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: CONSUMER GOODS Gifts of Experiences Xperience Days lets customers give an opportunity of a lifetime as a gift. Give Ordinary Products a New Life The company – which sells primarily through its website – relies heavily on product design to attract and reel in customers. Stylish […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 25: 01/01/06 – 31/01/06 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: SERVICES Mobile Barbers Dena Kaufer, a 20-year veteran of the hair biz, has retrofitted three Winnebagos into full-feature salons on wheels. More than Laundry Slate is an all-inclusive laundry service for NYC residents available through the web. LUXURY Vacation Homes Condo hotels enable you to own […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 24: 17/12/05 – 31/12/05 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: DESIGN Walking Music The Digital Sound Bag lets you slip your personal music player into a clear acetate pocket and plug it into built in speakers. Custom Walls Single Tapete (‘singles wallpaper’) sells photographic wallpaper, featuring photos of whoever/whatever. FASHION Custom-ers Made Consumers spend hundreds of […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 23: 05/12/05 – 18/12/05 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: MARKETING Closer to the Consumer Reality marketing – observe eating habits, jotting down notes, compiling video clips and examining neurolinguistic word maps. FASHION Smart Ass Underwear Smart Ass underwear flashes a saying at its back T-bar every time she bends over in her low-cut jeans. Yoga, […]

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 22: 01/08/05 – 17/08/05 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: TECHNOLOGY Tech Pets Gen-pets, by Canadian sculptor Adam Brandejs are mass produced bio-engineered life. Jerk-O-Meter Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co-worker on the other end of the phone is really paying attention? The “Jerk-O-Meter” may hold the answer. DESIGN Cool Designs The latest from […]