Friday Fresh Ideas From the Folks at springwise:
It's time for your weekly fix of entrepreneurial ideas! The latest Springwise newsletter is
now online. Here's a quick run-down of the business concepts featured in this edition:
SeatGuru for hotel rooms
Travel & tourism / Media & publishing
SeatGuru is one of our favourite examples of transparency tyranny. So
we were happy to hear about TripKick, a similar venture that's focusing
on hotel rooms and helps travellers find the best of the best.
Crowd clout meets eco persuasion
Eco & sustainability / Non-profit & social cause
A new, San Francisco-based site called Carrotmob is using crowd
clout to reward the companies that do the most good, instead of going
after the companies that do the most evil.
All-you-can-read digital magazines
Media & publishing / Eco & sustainability
French magazine distributor and kiosk retailer Relay now offers
eco-minded consumers a way to receive issues of up to 400
magazines on their computers for one fixed, monthly fee.
One-stop shopping for wellness
Retail / Lifestyle & leisure
Cape Town-based Wellness Warehouse aims to provide South
African consumers with a total solution for healthy shopping, for
everything from salon treatments to mattresses.
DIY handbag design lets consumers create
Fashion & beauty
In case there was any doubt the do-it-yourself design trend is here to
stay, a new site for designing handbags has now joined the ones
we've written about for creating custom dresses, duvets and lingerie.
Local lessons, advertised & reviewed
Education / Marketing & advertising
Lifelong learners are always in search of new classes to take, but
finding them isn't always easy. TeachStreet is a new website
dedicated to helping teachers and students connect.
Marketplace for jewelry from ex-boyfriends
Fashion & beauty
Most women have some: earrings, necklaces, rings or other jewelry
given to them by an ex-boyfriend. A new site offers a place to unload
those relics from the past.
More work spaces for parents
Marketing & advertising
We've covered work space concepts in the past, including NYC's Two
Rooms, which lets parents work while their children play. Cubes &
Crayons brings the service to the hardworking parents of Silicon Valley.
Vacations that give back
Tourism & travel / Non-profit & social cause
More than just a time to renew body and spirit, vacations can also be
opportunities to try something new. For guests at Ritz-Carlton hotels,
they can be a time to give back to the local community.
Kid-powered toys
Lifestyle & leisure / Style & design
SEE Toys (short for "safety, ecology, economy") are electronic toys that
never need batteries. Instead, they feature a hand crank that provides
15 minutes of fun in exchange for 60 seconds of cranking.
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