Business Opportunities:
Scott Amron came up with a clever idea using magnets and money.
He created some awesome Cash Money Clips that are made from real money. You can even use the money clip as currency when you are low on cash!
Amron offers his cool Cash Money Clip design in 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and $100 […]

Furniture Style:
1. Eliminate the costly practice of having two locations for customer pick-up
From: Joe Quintal, Rotman’s Furniture
2. Partner with manufacturers to create a national “Win a Room Full” Web-based contest for consumers
From: Jerry Wingate, Micro D
3. Put a store logo on an eye-catching, eco-friendly “smart car”
From: John Wells, Wells Home Furnishings
4. Create an incentive plan […]

Bizhelp 24:
Entrepreneurs are starting businesses driven by a passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth, but do you need to spend more time ensuring your intellectual property (IP) is adequately protected?
A survey of users of VentureNavigator shows that entrepreneurs and small business leaders are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas […]

Springwise:
Tikatok is an online community any child can use to write and illustrate stories, share them with friends and family, and even print them out as real paperback and hardcover books. Children can create a book free-form, or they can use the site’s “StorySpark” templates to help them get started. Words and drawings are easily […]

Entrepreneur:
Business and personal coaches start by getting professional coach training, says Karen Kimsey-House, co-author of Co-Active Coaching.
Find International Coach Federation-accredited training programs at coachfederation.com. Determine your niche by examining your background, your strengths and the kinds of people you’re drawn to helping.
Use your network to find your first clients as well. Says Kimsey-House, ‘It’s […]

MLive.com:
For Pinconning resident Alan Piechowiak, fishing has always been his passion. So it made sense to take his knowledge of the sport and mix it with business.
In 2004, Piechowiak and his business partner, Kelly Curnutt, took ideas Curnutt learned at a walleye seminar and created B A Outfitters.
The company manufactures and distributes a […]

Business Opportunity:
With how popular yard sales are, you’d think that people would realize the full potential of ‘junk’. Mike Thorne was able to see the profit available in the junk business as well.
The idea for Just Junk came to him one day at work. When asked to remove old office equipment from the building he […]

PowerHomeBiz:
House sitters provide a professional service for house, pet and plant care in your absence. House sitters are trained and trusted people who have been groomed to take up the responsibility.
There may be occasions when you might be out on a holiday, business trip or even hospitalized having nobody to take care of your home, […]

San Jose Mercury News:
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur is betting that drivers stung by rising gas prices will be eager to make the switch to ethanol for their cars - and that they’ll want to make it at home in a $10,000 refrigerator-sized machine.
Thomas Quinn, founder and chief executive of Los Gatos-based E-Fuel Corp., is […]

Cool Business Ideas:
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Cubes&Crayons offers flexible office space, community and child care for self-employed or freelance workers with young children between 3 months and 5 years old.
A variety of work spaces are available at the site, including conference rooms and overstuffed chairs, and extra services such as printing, faxing and filing space are […]

NicheGeek:
What: Credit card covers with artwork
Who: Anthony David Adams and Bowen Dwelle of CreditCovers
Where: Madison, Wisconsin
When: Started in 2007
Startup costs: $30,000
After working for several Fortune 500 companies as an idea man, 27-year-old Anthony David Adams was tired of making money for other people. He wanted to create an original idea for a product and company […]

By Scott Allen - About:
I’ve written before about the growing open innovation trend being pioneered by sites like Fellowforce and Spigit. Ideablob is another site supporting the open development of business ideas. And they’re putting some money behind it too - each month, the idea voted best by other Ideablob members wins $10,000 to pursue […]

Inventorspot:
Everything begins with an idea. These business ideas are brought to reality by entrepreneurs. Successful business ideas often are a blend of creativity, foresight, and an instinctive feel of what the market needs.
Here’s a few suggestions to help you on brainstorming for your business idea.
Identify problems that you encounter in day-to-day living. When you wake […]

Wired:
Ready to taste envy? To burn with regret? Meet Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe. They’re selling words at a buck per letter. Donnelly, 22, and Munroe, 23 - graduate students at the University of Ulster-Belfast - dreamed up the Big Word Project while brainstorming a mass collaboration Web site that would let Donnelly use his […]

Entrepreneur.com:
Company: Eco-friendly, organic pizza company
Projected 2008 sales: Approximately $15 million
When Vaughan Lazar and Michael Gordon opened their organic pizza joint in 2006, it seemed like a gutsy attempt to snatch a piece of the pie from the top dogs. But the fraternity buddies were just catering to a different set of taste buds. Says Lazar, […]

Times Daily:
The latest product from a Lexington-based industry has company owner Francisco Guerra walking around with his head in the clouds.
The product is called Flogos, which combines the words flying and ‘logos,’ and that’s a good description of the product.
A combination of a little helium and a lot of air produces a substance that looks […]

Innovation Economy: Student Loan Advice - Simple Tuition CEO Kevin Walker offers advice on navigating the current student loan market, including PLUS loans and peer-to-peer lending.
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Boston Globe:
Chaos and confusion can create great conditions for a start-up. Or they can […]

MarketWatch:
You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or perhaps you’ve been offered an early-retirement package. In either case, you’re not ready to stop working but don’t want to go back on the 9-to-5 treadmill. It might be time to start that business you’ve been dreaming of for years.
But to get your operation up and […]

AZCentral
3 college friends who grew tired of paperwork hassles while leasing property to renters have developed an online site that modernizes the age-old deal between landlords and renters by making it electronic.
The 20-something entrepreneurs working on the fifth floor of a rented Brickyard office in downtown Tempe flipped the switch on their site, RentalSpaceNetwork.com, last […]

G to the Square:
Have you ever ask yourself why you don’t come up with the next killer app or business idea? Well this video sums it up:

We get caught up with our way of living, stall our creativity and make everything a habit: eating, sex, fun, sleeping, exercise etc. Read on…