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Box-O-Box 

Surprise! Box-O-Box allows you to send your college student the most hip, unique and fun care packages, right to his/her doorstep! Care packages are specialized for exam time, holiday time, birthday time or anytime.

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Peppod

These little alka-seltzer-like tabs are perfect for so many people. They are not easily destructible, taste absolutely fantastic, dissolve quite easily and fit easily into a normal opening of a water bottle. Great energy and decent nutrition in an easy to handle pack

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JetBoil Stove

It's the quickest, handiest, most efficient hot water maker yet. It takes the piezo-ignited butane trail stove to maybe a 50% overall improvement. The main tricks are: fin-like heat exchanger ("FluxRing") where the flame meets the pot; pot attaches to stove (vastly less fiddly).

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Breath Mints for Dogs

DogToids – doggie breath mints to the rescue. Made with parsley to freshen up your dog’s breath, these "yummy" dog bones are made from a combination of beef liver and fish flavors come in a handy tin. Did it improve dogs' breath? Briefly. But these are favourites for your dogs.

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Shiso – the New White Tea?

Could shiso be the new white tea in beauty products? The Japanese mint-like herb that popped up in trendy cocktails and sushi rolls a few years ago has surfaced in a host of new beauty products, much like the way white tea became ubiquitous in beauty lines several years ago.

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The Speak-er

Novelty speakers are a dime a dozen these days, but this pair in particular is pretty amazing. The “Speak-er” is for the most part your average run of the mill speaker, except it looks like a speech bubble. The bubble measures in at 4 x 6 x 2, so it’s not terribly large.

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Digital Love

A project launched by Paperwhite studio to assess how people measure their love, iloveyoumorethanblank.com allows anyone to contribute a dedication to their sweetheart for the world to see. The digital love tends to be so intimate that any lucky recipient will recognize a tribute published just for them.

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IKEA Home Planner

IKEA's Home Planner Tools let you become your own interior designer with online software that allows you to drag and drop furniture into a room and fit them to the exact measurements of your home. The program permits you to rearrange and try different styles as much as you like.

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Can’t Find A Job? Buy A Business!

One viable alternative available to us in these tough economic times is to “buy a job”. How do you do that? By either finding and purchasing an existing small business, or starting a franchise. Your basic goals should be to find a business that you will enjoy working in and growing.

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3 Lead Generation Myths That Will Clog Your Sales Funnel & Keep You From Closing More Sales

Debunking the lead generation myths – that sheer activity is the only thing that matters; Sales 2.0 world leads are qualified leads; that it’s important to sort “leads” – is important, as they will hold you back from closing more sales.

Read More | Comments | Sales & Marketing | Article by Joanne Black

Does Anyone Knows Anything?
 
If the last year has taught us anything, it has taught us the need for a degree of humility in making predictions – but also that there is no excuse for ignoring the data that is available. Many things are unforeseeable. The unexpected has yet to take a hand – and it might yet.

Read More | Comments | Business Trends | Article by Guy Kingston

8 Small Business Strategies to Learn From This Economic Recession

Developing your personal network is a big advantage during flush times; the sustainable competitive advantage of your business should be being the low cost supplier of your basic product – all these and more strategies we can learn from!

Read More | Comments | Entrepreneurship | Article by Stan Spector

Four Easy Personal Branding Tips

With personal branding, you’ll rely less on logos, slogans and sounds; it’s more of your individual values, qualities, personality and vision. Here are some tips on how you can market your personal brand. With personal branding, you’ll rely less on logos, slogans and sounds; it’s more of your individual values.

Read More | Comments | Branding | By Marcel Sim

Three Major Keys to Powerful Goal

Are you ready to sit down and start designing the kind of life you want? Before we get started, there are three major keys that every one of your goals must have: They must be specific and measurable, passionate and exciting, stretched goals. Are you ready to sit down and start designing the kind of life you want?

Read More | Comments | Success Attitude | By Adam Khoo

The Pros And Cons Associated With Franchises

For any individual looking to capitalize on franchising opportunities and owning a franchise business, there are several advantages and disadvantages to consider. For example, expansion may come more easily with a franchise business and you may enhance your business interests with franchises.

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