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Good News For Germaphobes …

Here in Toronto, where we were hard hit by the SARS crisis in 2003, consumers are very conscious of hygiene, and need to feel safe from potential exposure to health risks when outside of their home environments. 

An article in the Wall Street Journal from February 15th described a common problem. After washing and drying your hands in a public washroom, how can the washroom door be opened without touching the handle? Sanitgrasp, an small American company based in Atlanta, has a solution that allows the door to be opened by pulling with the forearm.

In retail, there are many locations where germs easily (and frequently) reside. The handles of grocery shopping carts are an obvious one. As I was wandering the aisles of the recent FMI trade show in Las Vegas, I noticed this display...

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iReporting

If you fancy being a journalist, there has never been a better time – provided you don't mind giving your services for free. Among these websites is CNN's iReport. All you have to do is upload your story, photo or video. Last month, CNN featured 915 user reports drawn from more than 10,000 submissions.

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Preserving Old Memories

ScanDigital began with a simple question from mother of one of our founders. In 2006 holiday season, Mike and mother was at home opening presents. This year the gift that was the biggest hit was the digital camera Mike gave his mother.  She asked, "so how do I put all the photos in the garage on my computer?"

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Baby Boomers Attitude Tees

BoomersWithAttitude.com is a new online tee-shirt store that’s devoted exclusively to the most exceptional generation in the USA today: the Baby Boomers. It features distinctive, unique Tee-Shirts and other quality apparel that further expands on the idea of Expressing Themselves… with Attitude.

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Tune Your World Music Financing

Tune Your World is an Open Source music project that enables artists and fans to co-produce new works of art and share in the creative process. Its groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians globally.

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Futuristic Pivo by Nissan

The Nissan Pivo is a concept car by Nissan and is powered by a lithium-ion battery. The car is essentially a 360 degree rotating cabin on a chassis of 4 wheels, and hence eliminates the need for reversing and makes parking easier. Such a futuristic design combined with high-technology car definitely attracts consumers.

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One-Stop Resource For Grooms

The Man Registry, LLC, an online wedding resource provider for grooms based in Overland Park, KS, has launched the world’s first wedding registry and informational resource designed specifically for men. This unique website puts men in the driver’s seat, providing couples with the ability to register for great gifts.

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Nature Calls 

Nature Calls Studio's mission is simple: to make your bathroom more fun with their unique bathroom art pieces that depict various animals answering the call of nature. It's a great way to lighten up the mood in the bathroom. Bathroom art can be both beautiful and playful.

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4 Ways To Improve Productivity When Working From Home

Working from home is growing in popularity in this unsettled economy. It’s great for the working parent as they can be there for their children and save money by avoiding the long commute day in and day out. 

Read More | Comments | Home-Based Business | Article by Heather Johnson

Self Employment Marketing Plan: 4 Tips To Fine-tune Your Niche Marketing

Before you can have clients, you need to have prospects -- that's what marketing is all about.  A little fine-tuning of your marketing plan can make the difference between a solo business that lurches and stalls, and a business that runs smoothly.

Read More | Comments | Sales & Marketing | Article by Terri Zwierzynski

Identifying And Reducing Cost Generating Friction In Business

There is friction/costs involved with being in business. There is the original friction or cost of finding suppliers, employees and customers. There's the on-going friction or transactional costs, and then there's the greatest friction of all.. the friction of failure.

Read More | Comments | Franchise | Article by Abe WalkingBear

First Impression Counts

Whether just starting a virtual assisting business or having been in business for years, it's important to always remember that the initial impression you leave with potential clients is critical. Often it can be the determining factor in whether you get the client or not., a big factor indeed.

Read More | Comments | People & Relationships | Article by Diana Ennen

You Can Start A Business Even If You Are Cash strapped

If you count yourself as one of the masses that is sick and tired of the daily grind of your mindless job, then getting out and starting your own business is a real possibility. It may seem like a daunting task; but you can get into business on your own with as little as $5,000.

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Expand Your Team

There are only so many hours in a day and working on your own as a solopreneur means that if you want to really grow your business you either have to find a way of going without sleep, or expand your team! It’s made such a difference being able to hand over a large area of my workload to someone else.

Read More | Comments |  Entrepreneurs | Article by Tracey Lawton

7 Business Tips From Blogtrepreneur

Blogging is an excellent proactive learning experience for anyone interested in business and entrepreneurship, and I’d like to take a look at 7 lessons that you’ll learn from blogging. Blogging will give you a first-hand, real-world knowledge that is always superior to anything you can read in a book.

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