Ide Bisnis Unik (Unique Business Ideas)

Those who have already worn a big white dress on their wedding day, know it's not always glamorous, at least not when nature calls. There's a new "fashion" trend that's been taking the world of wedding planning by storm, and it's one that addresses a basic, yet complicated need of brides and you won't believe what it is. Historically, when nature calls during a wedding or reception, brides were forced into the uncomfortable situation of having their bridal party enter the restroom with them and hold up their gowns so they could take care of business. Now, to avoid that hassle, with fewer trips to the toilet so brides don't need to miss too much time on the dance floor at their reception, many bridal shops are selling bridal diapers. They're said to be "designer" but really, how different can they be from your typical adult diaper? That doesn't seem to matter though, as it seems many brides are willing to give it a try either for their ceremony, reception or both.

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The Bandoleer Bracelet is the original magnetic plaything. It has a distinctive look that also gives you endless possibilities for creative uses. Styled after the iconic bullet belts in military wear, the Bandoleer Bracelet swerves and forms naturally to any size wrist. The Bandoleer Bracelet will not come off near metal objects because the pieces of the bracelet are more attracted to each other than any other objects. The magnetic force will last a lifetime unless heated over 250 degrees Fahrenheit. You can see the demo here.

These stools in shapes of abstract letters make me rejoice. How fantastic for a pre-school or modern childrens room? They are a brainchild of German Sascha Grewe and go by the label “artcanbreakyourheart.de”. They are available in 147(!!!) different colors. And how funny is their slogan: Kitsch can make you ritsch but art can break your heart.

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Airports are no strangers to innovation when it comes to attracting business, one of it is Singapore's Changi Airport, which has installed a slide four storeys tall. Reminiscent of artist Carsten Höller's wildly popular installation in the Tate Modern a few years back, The Slide@T3 bills itself as the world's tallest slide in an airport. That may well be true, for the thrill-seeker's dream stands a full 12 metres high, permitting top speeds of up to six metres per second. To encourage visitors to experience the thrill, Changi gives consumers two slide tokens for every SGD 30 they spend at the airport in a single receipt. For the faint of heart, there's also a one-and-a-half-storey version that can be tried for free in the airport's Basement 2 level. Changi Airport also, incidentally, maintains a Children's Playground, a multimedia Entertainment Deck and multiple movie theatres. As Höller notes in an interview about his own slide, “the state of mind that you enter when sliding, of simultaneous delight, madness and ‘voluptuous panic,’ can’t simply disappear without trace afterwards.” It leaves a lasting impression, in other words—which, of course, is what the experience economy is all about. ;-)

Source: Springwise

Dr. John Mullally promotes his dental practice in Muskegon, Michigan with these innovative fliers. If you’re not in his neck of the woods, feel free to mimic his idea.

Source: Business Opportunities Weblog

Chill it to perfection with the Ice Jacket. Whether you’re pouring martinis or serving lemon drop shots, most guests agree that these libations are best when served at the coldest possible temperature. With the Ice Jacket, you can encase a bottle of your favorite spirit or other liquor in a dramatic layer of ice and chill the contents down. The Ice Jacket, encases a bottle of spirit in ice to create a refreshingly cold and gorgeous “coat of ice”. The Ice Jacket is a unique, one-of-a-kind product that’s fun and incredibly impressive. If it is in your bar or at a party, let the ice Jacket keep the drinks icy cold. Create beautiful ice sculptures, using the unique design of the Ice Jacket, that will impress your friends and keep your drink ice-cold. The Ice jacket is easy to use. Just drop in your favorite spirit and follow the directions, (included with each Ice Jacket, then fill up your Ice Jacket with water and freeze! In just a few hours, you’ll have a beautiful coat of ice surrounding your drink.

Light Touch is an interactive projector that instantly transforms any flat surface into a touch screen. It frees multimedia content from the confines of the small screen, allowing users to interact with that content just as they do on their hand held devices – using multi-touch technology. Light Touch has Holographic Laser Projection (HLP) technology inside which creates bright, high-quality video images in WVGA resolution. Integrated infrared sensors detect motion and turn the projected image into a 10.1″ virtual touch screen, so the user can control the projector and interact with applications simply by touching the image. The opportunities for Light Touch extend beyond consumer electronics and into retail spaces, the workplace and the home profoundly changing the way people interact with multimedia content and the built environment. 

Boxed Water Is Better: Milk, juice, and even wine come in cartons, but it was only recently that the company Boxed Water Is Better decided to put water in them. Calling themselves "part sustainable water company, part art project, part philanthropic project, and completely curious," Boxed Water Is Better designed a carton made from 85% responsibly harvested trees - far more eco-friendly than typical plastic bottles. In addition to being made from green materials, the cartons are shipped flat to filling facilities, saving money and energy. After consumers'thirst is quenched, cartons can be broken down and recycled at Carton Council facilities nationwide. Moreover, the company plans to donate 20% of its profits to support clean water and forest conservation organizations.

Source: Trend Central

Welcome to Conflict Kitchen’s first iteration, Kubideh Kitchen. Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with. The food is served out of a take-out style store front, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country.  Each Conflict Kitchen iteration will be augmented by events, performances, and discussion about the culture, politics,and issues at stake with each county they focus on. Kubideh Kitchen is an Iranian take-out restaurant that serves kubideh in freshly baked barbari bread with onion, mint, and basil. Developed in collaboration with members of the Pittsburgh Iranian community, the sandwich is packaged in a custom-designed wrapper that includes interviews with Iranians both in Pittsburgh and Iran on subjects ranging from Iranian food and poetry to the current political turmoil.

From years of making cocktails for the trade in various bars and clubs, CocktailBox now offer handmade cocktails delivered to your door at home service. Order a cocktail, made fresh by a trained bartender and delivered to your door in a fridge friendly box. Just add ice and serve... It's that simple... From as little as £2 per serving, its like having your own bartender in your fridge. CocktailBox are ready to supply freshly made cocktails to your party from a box designed to deliver 3 litres of pre-mixed ready to drink cocktail and to compliment every party by giving your guests freshly made cocktails without the mess or buying in expensive (sometimes rarely used) spirits.

If the "best things in life are free," the next best may be ideas that are born from people's passions. For Daedra Surowiec, a Michigan mom of two young boys, it means creating a new business, Strawesome, that allows her to care for her children at home, use her artistic gifts, help the environment, and supplement the family's income.

Surowiec launched Strawesome in March 2009 to sell reusable drinking straws that are both durable and stylish with creative, fun designs. Hand crafted by Surowiec from clear or colored borosilicate glass, each drinking straw is guaranteed against breakage. According to Surowiec, reasons for using glass straws, over plastic, include the reduced impact on landfills, and glass will not leach toxins into drinks.

Wide varieties of straws are available on the Web site and can be purchased individually or in sets. Selections include clear or colored glass, plain or custom decorated, and straight or bent in lengths from six to 10 inches. Among the most popular straws are those designed for drinking smoothies. Custom orders can be made for longer straws, corporate gifts, weddings and special events.

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If you have a hankering for a swim in the sea, but all of the dangerous creatures in the ocean have you scared, why not just install a swimming pool in the middle of the ocean? “Mesh covered holes allow the Magic Swim to fill with water once it’s deployed, but also keep unwanted visitors out, and a semi-rigid floating platform in the center of the pool allows you to stand once it’s completely filled with water,” said Oh Gizmo. The Magic Swim inflatable pool can be setup with an air compressor in only five minutes. The Magic Swim inflatable pool is priced at $2,250 and is available from Euroship.

Source: Business Opportunities Weblog

On a recent Tuesday morning, Lev Ekster paced around his future store front in Manhattan’s newly opened Limelight Marketplace. He adjusted the 1960s kitchen-kitsch inspired decor and awaited the delivery of a cupcake display case. It would be the first non-mobile location of Cupcake Stop, the gourmet cupcake truck he debuted on the New York streets last May. If you needed proof that people love cupcakes, let this be it. Ekster, 26, could be considered one lucky entrepreneur: He lives in what might be epicenter of the artisanfood movement – Brooklyn, New York – and found himself itching for ideas right as both the food truck phenomenon and the cupcake trend took off.

"It is a business you can open up in your own home. I mean, every baker starts like that," Leon says. Starting small, baking from home is one thing; financing a location in an urban area is another. Even the booming gourmet food truck movement has a fairly steep financial barrier to entry. A used step truck can be found in the $20,000 to $50,000 range, but retro fitting it to fit health inspections and work for vending will more than double that. "People think, Oh, start a truck, you'll make a million, but even after I had the truck, I had to rent a bakery and hire a staff," Ekster says. "I looked for store front spaces, but in the recession or not, I just could not afford it. "Selling cupcakes for $2.50 each at a couple of hundred per day (Cupcake Stop might sell just 100 on a rainy day, but might stock, and run out of, 500 on a busy, sunny, Saturday in SoHo), is sustainable as a business, but it isn't much to bank on.

"You can make more money selling cupcakes outside than at an event, only an event is guaranteed," Ekster says. "You sign a contract and rain or shine you get paid." He likes that his business is still small enough that he can retain control of quality assurance ("I personally taste and approve every kind of cupcake," he says) and even customer support. For today, Ekster's goals are to get his South Street Seaport truck up and running, complete staffing at his Limelight location, and ensure the store front at his New Jersey bakery is running smoothly. For tomorrow? "I'd like to be shipping 100 orders a day and selling 1,000 cupcakes a day," he says. "That will be great. Then I sleep."

Source: Inc

The next generation iPad has arrived! Shed Simove creates the iNotePad. The iNotePad is a sixty page paper notepad with an acetate front sheet and hardboard back. The iNotePad features three styles of page: vertical lined, horizontal lined and blank. This means the iNotePad can be used in all orientations...and is widely compatible with all kinds of hardware, including: pen, pencil, and crayon.

“How are you profiting from the World Cup?” Well, someone found these cool T-shirts from Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. Apparently when your team scores a goal and your facial expression isn’t exciting enough, you pull the shirt up over your head exposing a second more excited cheering face. (Perhaps a celebrity player?)

Source: Business Opportunities Weblog

Coca-Cola Japan is saluting the 2010 FIFA World Cup of soccer with cute, soccer ball shaped soft drink bottles - the perfect thing to kick back with while watching the Beautiful Game.

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Of all the glitz that gives shape to Abu Dhabi’s glamour, the gold-dispensing machine in one of its top hotels will be hailed as a reaffirmation of its reach-for-the-skies spirit. Following the example set by German entrepreneur Thomas Geissler, who began testing the cash-for-gold machines in his native country in 2009, this ATM-style kiosk in the Emirates Palace monitors the daily gold prices and offers gold coins up to 10 grams with customized designs. The opening ceremony coincided with the gold hitting a record high on Wednesday for more than $1,245 an ounce. While the idea remains symbolically important with the region’s traditional ties to the gold business, it still remains to be seen if this uniqueness is going to stimulate any demand.

Source: Born Rich

Paul Pruett is the co-founder and CEO of Bubble Chocolate, a Salem, Massachusetts–based company that makes aerated chocolate bars. The hundreds of tiny air bubbles in each bar create an unusual texture. Pruett got hooked on aerated chocolate about a decade ago, while attending business school in England, where the confection is ubiquitous. When he couldn’t find the treat back in the U.S., he decided to create his own. Since launching in October, Pruett has been able to get Bubble Chocolate onto the shelves of more than 1,000 retailers — mostly independent stores, but also a few large chains like Whole Foods. So far, he hasn’t done much marketing except for some in-store demonstrations. How can Pruett persuade Americans to pay a premium for chocolate pumped full of air? We asked four entrepreneurs to weigh in.

Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of WineLibraryTV.com, a wine review site based in Springfield, New Jersey says Pruett should have an employee or intern devoted to social media. Instead of posting press releases on Facebook and Twitter, tell the Bubble Chocolate story. Search for people talking about chocolate on Twitter. Interact with them and tell them about Bubble Chocolate. Anytime someone discusses the brand on Twitter, someone from Bubble Chocolate should respond. It’s a huge opportunity to engage customers and create word of mouth, which will translate into sales.

Source: Business Opportunities Weblog

When Brett Stern sees a problem, he fixes it. A lifelong tinkerer, the 50-year-old inventor used his expertise in industrial design to market snack foods. Unable to find a beer-flavored potato chip, Stern whipped up his own batch. Within two years, he was shipping packages of aptly named Beer Chips, which retail from $1.39 to $3.60, to Whole Foods, SuperValu, and Publix grocery stores. Stern used $11,200 of his own money to launch the Portland (Ore.) company. He says he generated $500,000 in revenue in 2007 and $1.3 million in 2008. He claims a profit margin of 11%, which he credits to his virtual business model: He outsources everything but the creativity. Controlling only the design and direction of the product, he relies on others to manufacture and distribute it. That keeps his overhead low: His only employees—a bookkeeper and a marketer—both work part time from a garage. Stern, who's known to carry chip samples in his car and give them to strangers, also keeps his eye on the big picture. He hopes to create enough demand for Beer Chips, with such new flavors as margarita and Bloody Mary, that a snack-food company will purchase it.

Source: Business Week

Andre Woolery had already done a lot—starting an IT company, opening a Caribbean restaurant, and enrolling at Stanford University's business school—before he started MagnoGrip in Menlo Park, Calif. Woolery, 32, who was born and raised in Jamaica, got the idea for his latest venture in 2005 after he helped his brother-in-law, a make up artist, design a wristband to hold his brushes. Woolery noticed he was always dropping stuff when he worked on house projects, and started thinking of a product that could similarly keep tools easily accessible. His answer: a nylon tool belt lined with magnet pockets.

With $5,000 of his own and $40,000 from his parents and friends, he hired a couple product designers from Stanford to snazz it up. Another Stanford alum introduced Woolery to a manufacturer in Shenzhen, China, who agreed to make the product. After getting his MBA in 2006, he then traveled all over the San Francisco Bay Area to persuade hardware merchants to carry the MagnoGrip. Today, some 300 stores, including units of Ace Hardware and True Value, stock the line, accounting for 40% of sales, with the rest coming via the Internet.

Source: Business Week