Weekend housecleaning of my inbox, found this to stimulate your brain:
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:
Crowdfunded breweries
Food & beverage
Britain's BeerBankroll and New Zealand's OurBrew are taking the
crowdfunding approach to beer with the creation of new, community
managed breweries.
Pedal-powered coffee retailer
Retail / Food & beverage / Eco & sustainability
Most mobile coffee carts are motorised, but UK-based Bikecaffe came
up with a pedal-powered alternative. Using cargo tricycles, Bikecaffe
travels emission-free as it serves up a range of coffee blends.
Wiki publisher for collaborative writing
Media & publishing
We've written about publishers for the content-producing masses,
and now a wiki-like site aims to leverage the wisdom of the crowds to
create, rate and publish the best community-sourced content.
Community-focused deconstruction & salvage
Homes & housing / Eco & sustainability
Vacant, run-down buildings are usually viewed as a community liability
and demolished. A more sustainable approach is deconstruction,
which allows for the salvage of the building's still-usable pieces.
Product portal for independent retailers
Retail / Media & publishing
Small retailers face the constant challenge of finding new & innovative
products to sell as they compete with the big-box heavyweights. A new
search portal aims to make the process easier.
Archiving children's artwork
Lifestyle & leisure
Focusing on preserving and showcasing children's drawings and
other artwork, theART:archives team photographs each one and sends
back a DVD catalogue that can be viewed on a computer screen or TV.
Free plans for eco homes
Homes & housing / Eco & sustainability
Working on the belief that green design should be available to all,
FreeGreen is a new site that offers free, downloadable building
plans for eco-friendlier houses.
News site lets users pick stories & share in revenues
Media & publishing
Knewsroom is a community-directed news publication where readers
not only have a voice, but they get paid to use it, either by creating their
own content or investing in stories written by others.
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