New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: CONSUMER GOODS Growing Clothes For Growing Kids Ziprips are a line of stylish adjustable separates that grow up (down, actually) with kids 1 to 6. Each article comes with a larger insert that keeps Ziprips a perfect fit for up to three sizes. Rapping Paper Though not quite in production yet, Si Hill […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 34
Useful Garbage
Reader Mark Nagurski alerted us to the Ebay of dumped and useless items, Useful Garbage. From the website: “Recycle your unwanted clutter or anything you deem as being useless- excluding your Partner! Visitors can ‘Dump’ anything they want to get rid of – for someone else to ‘find’ and take off their hands. From antiques and art to cars, TV’s […]
Powder Seat
Cool Hunting: Vitamin Living’s The Powder Seat allows you to use your snowboard as the seat of the bench. The board attaches to the legs of the seat via suckers to keep the board protected. It can also be flat-packed for easy storage. It is also a great way to display your board all the year round, not to mention […]
Chewy Birth Controls
Strange New Products: A pharmaceutical company, Warner Chilcott, announced today the availability of a new chewable birth control pill with a refreshing spearmint flavor. The product, called “Femcon Fe”, is billed as the first and only FDA-approved chewable birth control pill. The company says that one of the leading causes of oral contraceptive failure is not consistently taking these pills […]
Ethical Rings
TrendCentral: A growing trend in the UK, brides are the latest consumer group to go socially conscious. Many brides-to-be don’t want to shatter their fantasy diamond with the reality that the diamond industry is often linked to funding civil war and child soldiers in African countries such as Angola, Sierra Leone, and Congo. Thus, young couples are opting for ethical […]
Fly PenTop Education
The StarPhoenix: The Fly PenTop Computer is the latest LeapFrog Enterprises product for 8 -13 year-olds. This is the same company that brought us the Leapster hand-held gaming and learning tool. However, this is no simple pen — or paper. The pen, slightly larger than an ordinary Bic, is also a talking computer. The paper is, well, almost magic. Get […]
Tosh Souvenirs
Tosh is about the souvenirs you always wished you could find. In the words of the founders: “We founded tosh in 2004. Having travelled to almost a hundred cities in over 40 countries, we’ve always found it near impossible to find anything original, stylish or affordable worth buying. (And, we hasten to add, this was not through a lack of […]
Orbee-TUFF
Williamsport Sun-Gadget: The minty-fresh smell of Planet Dog’s Orbee-TUFF balls may just send anyone (even the dog) into the holiday season. I think it’s more the shape than the smell that is special about these toys. My favorite kinds of Christmas lights are the really big, fat bulbs. They are reminders of lights my grandma and gram used to hang […]
Dog Scooter
Gizmag: This new concept in near zero emission transportation could be just what you’re looking for, though we suspect that parking might be a problem. Seriously though folks, if you have a big dog that often takes you for a walk, here’s a great way to harness all that energy and travel the bike paths of your city at the […]
Growing Clothes For Growing Kids
Iconoculture: Adjustable-waist pants solve fit issues width-wise, but Mom’s only recourse against growth upspurts and dryer-induced shrinkage used to be cuffs or cut-offs. Ziprips represent yet another practical solution from mompreneurs. Ziprips are a line of stylish adjustable separates that grow up (down, actually) with kids 1 to 6. Pants, skirts, dresses and overalls are designed with inserts that quickly […]