The success and sustainability of a small business is in direct proportion to the productivity of its employees. The benefit of operating a smaller corporation over a large one is that business solutions can be integrated at a faster rate. With several simple tips and a proactive approach, you can easily improve productivity levels among your employees and ensure that […]
Productivity Tips for Small Businesses
Peeback Paint
A neighborhood association, Interessengemeinschaft St. Pauli e.V., put “Don’t pee here” signs all along the Reeperbahn. Now the people who choose to ignore the message will be punished without further notice. The walls were recently covered with a water-repellent paint that splashes the urine back at the feet of the culprit. Residents of Hamburg’s Reeperbahn in the nightclub district of St. Pauli […]
Trash to Toys Design
In a remote rural village in Kenya or Malawi, you won’t find a toy store, but you’ll probably find a shop selling soda. That fact inspired an idea: What if old soda bottles and other packaging could be transformed into toys that children can use for learning? A new series of designs that turn old packages into simple educational tools […]
Pickmeup Service Marketing
To promote its new caffeinated chocolate bars, Cape Town food brand ZANG came up with the following campaign, which promises a literal pick-me-up. Enlisting the help of masked wrestlers or ‘luchadores’, they offered free piggyback rides to customers who were looking for taxis. Customers could call for a luchador piggyback ride by simply tweeting the hashtag #ZANGLIFT to the @ZangChocolate […]
The Raht Racer
If you love biking to work, but wish you could get there a bit faster, then the Raht Racer is just the cycle for you. This hybrid vehicle amplifies pedal power to enable cyclists to travel at car speeds while still getting a workout, and it has a roof to keep you dry in wet weather. The Raht Racer’s hybrid […]
Pet’s Shelter; Owner’s Coffee Table
French design studio Fabbricabois is the creator of this inventive coffee table that doubles as a pet bed. Comprised of seven pieces of wood, the table is held together via rubber bands, without any glue or fasteners. It ships flat, assembles in minutes and provides a cosy sleeping space for a cat or small dog. What a fun idea! The […]
WoodPuck Wireless Charging for Gadgets
WoodPuck: Bamboo Edition is a cutting edge development and is becoming an important way to charge smartphones. Wireless Charging is quickly becoming a standard built-in feature for many smartphones, such as the brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Also, major product & service providers have started to adopt Wireless Charging as ways of improving customer experience, including IKEA […]
Lux Pedal with Adjustable Strap
Loki Cycles has been working for the past year designing and prototyping the Lux Pedal, a new bicycle pedal system for urban commuters. The pedal is designed with an integrated adjustable strap to give riders the comfort and efficiency of a clipless pedal system while wearing any shoes the rider wants.The product will be made of high quality durable materials […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Reaches for the Stars
Elon Musk made his mark in the business world when he founded PayPal, the highly successful internet payment platform, in 1998. Musk, however, has much bigger plans for the future with SpaceX, a company he founded in 2002. After being launched into orbit by the company’s Falcon rocket, its Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial vehicle to rendezvous with the […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 205
Top stories in the latest BIZNESS! Newsletter:
– Luggage Free Travel
– Elbee Control Devices With Voice Or Head Gestures
– Cronus Titanium Cigar Pod
– Trunki Ride On Suitcase For Kids
– Ripples Spreading Around The World
– NFC Business Cards
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