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It's time for your weekly fix of entrepreneurial ideas! Our latest issue is now online. Here's
a quick run-down of the promising new businesses featured on Springwise this week:
Free dance lessons at Paris airports
Travel & tourism / Education
To keep tempers cool and spirits high this year, the Aeroports de
Paris implemented an unconventional plan: free dance lessons for
passengers.
Crowdsourced restaurant in D.C. taps local community
Food & beverage
Crafted by a "beta community" of some 400 participants, Elements
will serve raw and organic locally grown vegetarian food in an
environmentally sustainable way.
Shirt sold out? Make it yourself
Fashion & beauty
Indie fashion label SANS took one of its iconic pieces and instead of
retiring it after the season was through, recycled it as a DIY project.
Now, customers can make their own.
Dutch game combines wine tasting and tryvertising
Food & beverage / Marketing & advertising
Encouraging people to organize their own wine tasting parties,
4xProeven (Tastingx4) combines a board game with a four-pack of
red wine.
From Copenhagen: stylish helmets for urban cyclists
Transportation / Style & design
Catering to design-conscious urban cyclists who'd rather not sacrifice
style for safety, a group of Danish designers created a bicycle
helmet with interchangeable covers.
Using phones, crowds create heat maps of hot gigs
Telecom & mobile
3VOOR12 is piloting a new heat-mapping system at this year's
Lowlands music festival. Festival-goers can rate concerts as they
happen, giving others a real-time map of the hottest gigs.
More homegrown vegetables, without the sweat
Food & beverage / Eco & sustainability
All that Your Backyard Farmer requires is a plot of land -- 10 x 10
square feet is the minimum for an individual or a family of two -- plus
six hours of direct sunlight a day and an outdoor water source.
Online service cuts through phone menus
Telecom & mobile / Life hacks
Recognizing that nobody likes wading through lengthy phone menus
when calling their airline or gas company, a Canadian startup is
introducing a "Deep Dialing" service that cuts to the chase.
Open source approach to textbook publishing
Media & publishing / Education
Not only will students have free online access to expert-written, peer-
reviewed texts, but thanks to an open license, faculty members will
be able to customize books for their classes.
Service finds & books discount spa treatments in NYC
Fashion & beauty / Marketing & advertising
Lifebooker is like a personal concierge that lets users search, browse
and book discounted appointments at the top health and beauty spots
in New York City.
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