From Springwise.com:
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 Springwise featured this week:
Design your own hat & choose your own knitting granny
Fashion & beauty
Golden Hooks lets customers design their own hat -- classic, long
or Peruvian, with pompom or without -- and then pick the grandmother
they'd like to knit it.
Restaurants page waiting guests on their cellphones
Telecom & mobile / Food & beverage
Providing a new solution to an old problem, ReadyPing lets busy
restaurants notify waiting guests by text message when their table is
ready.
Haagen-Dazs 'Five' -- just 5 ingredients
Food & beverage
Haagen-Dazs Five is a new, all-natural ice cream crafted with only
five ingredients: skim milk, cream, sugar, egg yolks and natural
flavouring.
Urban tasting room plays host to eight local wineries
Food & beverage / Retail
A tasting room recently opened in San Francisco that promotes the
wines of eight boutique producers through a series of dedicated
tasting stations.
Sharing concert set lists by wiki
Entertainment / Media & publishing
Setlist.fm, a free wiki-site that allows users to upload and browse set
lists, is the web 2.0 alternative to grabbing the list off stage after a
live concert.
Used shirts, reborn as bibs for adults
Fashion & beauty
Slipped over a wearer's other clothes, Dirt Shirts offer a more dignified
way to keep messy eaters' clothes clean. They're handmade from
used shirts.
A sommelier for every mobile device
Telecom & mobile / Food & beverage
Designed for wine lovers on the go, Hello Vino is a new wine pairing
and suggestion tool that can be accessed both via the web and from
any mobile device.
Live theatre on the silver screen
Entertainment
This summer, theatre lovers around the globe will have a chance to
see Helen Mirren in a National Theatre production of Phedre, broadcast
live at a nearby cinema or arts centre.
NYC retailer focuses on green home improvement
Eco & sustainability / Retail / Homes & housing
We've already covered a few examples of retailers that focus on green
supplies for do-it-yourself home improvement, and recently one of
our spotters alerted us to another that just opened in Manhattan.
I'm a Mrs: name-change service for new brides
Life hacks
Planning a wedding may be a time-consuming task, but any bride
who elects to take her husband's last name soon learns that the
process of making that name change can be nearly as laborious.
Donated site matches fire victims with extra beds
Non-profit & social cause / Homes & housing
Aiming to help those left homeless by the recent wildfires in Australia,
Bushfire Housing was created specifically to match people in need
with others in the area who can offer emergency accommodation.
Virtual world promotes sustainable living
Eco & sustainability
Climate Culture is a virtual world that combines guidance, community
and games to help consumers reduce their energy consumption.
Users earn points for every reduction they make.
Heineken offers first class airport lounge for all
Food & beverage / Marketing & advertising / Travel & tourism
Helping revive the notion of classy business travel, Heineken has
teamed up with design agency UXUS to create an airport lounge
that offers a respite from the chaos of the terminal gate.
Connecting neighbours and landlords online
Homes & housing
Neighbo is an online platform that brings tenants, property managers
and landlords together to improve relationships and efficiency,
similar to New York's LifeAt, which we covered a while back.
Rewarding consumers who drive less
Automotive / Eco & sustainability / Marketing & advertising
Akin to frequent flyer miles for mindful commuters, NuRide lets
members earn points every time they share a ride, cycle into town
or skip their commute by telecommuting
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