Fresh Ideas

From my email today:

Hi Scott,

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:

The milkman returns to Manhattan
Food & beverage / Retail

Last week we wrote about a bank that brought back the shoebox as a
no-tech organizing system for their time-starved clients. Now, one of
our spotters alerted us to the return of the milkman.

Publisher launches academy for aspiring writers
Education / Media & publishing

Faber & Faber, which describes itself as one of the last of the great
independent publishing houses in London, recently launched an
academy for aspiring writers.

Design your own Keds & sell them on Zazzle
Fashion & beauty / Style & design

Keds Studio lets consumers design their own custom Keds
classic canvas sneakers by picking colours and adding graphics,
photos & text. If others buy their design, the mark-up is theirs.

Helping travellers reclaim taxes on flights not taken
Travel & tourism / Financial services / Life hacks

While most affordable air tickets are non-refundable, consumers are
entitled to reclaim the tax and (fuel) charges on an air ticket that they
didn't use. Newly launched Miss Refund will claim it for them.

Bank targets gay Londoners
Financial services

Credit Suisse's new service is provided by advisors who are them-
selves openly gay, and includes not just traditional banking offerings
but also components for events like adoption and civil partnership.

Free love for investors
Financial services

The financial services industry isn't exactly known for giving things
away for free, but a California-based firm is breaking the mould and
offering free stock trading for investors.

Using Google maps to calculate homes' solar potential
Eco & sustainability / Homes & housing

Using Roofray's modelling tools, consumers can estimate how much
solar energy their home could capture and how that would affect their
monthly bills.

More paid room-sharing
Travel & tourism

Roomorama aims to provide a quick and easy way to arrange
short-term stays by matching hosts who have space to share with
travellers planning a visit to their city.

Prepaid MasterCard for teens adds a social twist
Financial services

For parents, teaching teens to spend responsibly involves walking a
fine line between empowerment and control. A new prepaid
MasterCard aims to make that process easier.

Interactive tables help hotel guests plan their stay
Travel & tourism / Media & publishing

Earlier this year we wrote about the use of interactive surface tech-
nology in New York's Adour wine bar, and now guests at Sheraton
Hotels can use similar technology to access local information.

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