TrendBlog: Banks of the Future create a stylish and user-friendly atmosphere. Target group are people of any income level who want to associate their finances with fun rather than with a strict official approach. Free seminars and events make it easy for first-timers to start dealing with their finances and get involved with the money market. The banks of the […]

Springwise: Slate is an all-inclusive laundry service for NYC residents available through the web. Customers sign up for a weekly flat fee of USD 50-60 (GBP 29-35/EUR 42-50), receive a Slate hamper, then choose a pick-up time. Which means no standing in line, no counting and itemizing, no financial surprises: Slate does the sorting, and determines which garment needs to […]

The Wave Magazine: Do you find your weekends being eaten up by errands? Thanks to an ingenious local entrepreneur, you can now eliminate a trip to the hair stylist from your To Do list. Dena Kaufer, a 20-year veteran of the hair biz, has retrofitted three Winnebagos into full-feature salons on wheels. Her team of stylists drive their mobile barber […]

CScout: Playful training engages your employees or customers in new and innovative ways. Who would dare to just stand in front of an audience and do nothing but talk? In our day it takes a little more to catch the short attention span of most listeners. People do not only grow up watching fast-cut shows, they start going to music […]

Iconoculture: The Welcome Home program trains bilingual veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces to become mortgage brokers so they can help Latinos buy homes. The free online program awards a Mortgage Banking Achievement Certificate that certifies veterans to broker, service, and process mortgages. Because veterans leave the military with a host of skills, including the ability to work with people […]

Entrepreneur: Bob Martin and his employee-turned-partner, Larry Jones, couldn’t help but notice the attention they were receiving as they put up their first client’s Christmas display. “We had 25-foot toy soldiers, a 40-foot arch going across the driveway, a 36-foot-long Santa’s Express in the front yard, and about 400,000 lights going throughout the property,” says Martin, 45. The extravagant display […]

Entrepreneur: When Christopher Hughes heard his clients singing ?La Bamba? in anticipation of their Cinco de Mayo party, he knew he was onto something. Hughes, 34, had recently co-founded Day Perks with business partner and friend Leanne Mumm Pardo, 40. As co-workers at a branding and design firm, Hughes and Mumm Pardo saw a need for a service to take […]

Entrepreneur: Trudi McCullough happened to learn about decorative painting and wall finishes while searching the net for fun activities for her children. Inspired, McCullough–once an art major and a former art gallery owner–did more research, took an art class at a local college and began to practice painting and finishing around her own home. “Our house transformed a lot,” laughs […]

Springwise: MyFoodPhone and Nutrax are LIFE CACHING based diet services: with their cameraphones, users take pictures of everything they eat, and send them to their own Registered Dietician. Once a week, on a personalized web page where customers keep track of their weight and other biometric information, they’ll get video feedback from their dietician, who analyzes their nutritional intake and […]

Ubercool: In the 1920s, the automobile completely changed the dating scene, ushering in such meaningful concepts as the back seat and the drive-in. The free love mantra of the 60s provided yet another outlet for the sexual revolution. As Time Compression engulfs society, it’s evident that the experience of meeting potential partners is once again being uprooted, propelling the phenomena […]