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Exclusive Report: Awesome Business Ideas of 2011

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Fresh Ideas For Your Brand (That Won’t Freak Your Clients Out)

Now, that sounds just like exactly what you need to get your business fired up and moving along! But then reality creeps in...

There’s the pressure of creating a fresh, interesting and new idea. You can’t just reach into a magic hat and pull that perfect idea out. Sitting and waiting around for that genius to strike doesn’t seem action-oriented enough for you. You’re ready to get started on what’s next… but you need the idea to begin with, plus the insurance and assurance that it’s a good one.

Then there’s the danger of introducing fresh ideas into your brand. You’ve worked long and hard to build your brand and nurture your fans and clients. So, naturally, you’re worried that you’ll come up with an idea that’s fresh, exciting, new and different, pour your heart and soul into developing it, and do all the incredible work behind getting that idea out into the world… and after all of that, your clients and fans won’t like it.

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BiKN Helps You Keep Track of Your Life

If you’re one of those people that frequently misplaces their keys, wallet, or even remote, the BiKN iPhone app and attachment can help you keep track of all these items at all times. In fact, it will let you keep track of up to 8 items – including people.

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Touchscreen Waiter

Getting a waiter’s or bartender’s attention during a busy weekend rush can pose a real challenge. The Draqie has arrived to potentially alleviate such frustration. Part dinner table and part waiter, it’s an interactive table that provides restaurant patrons with the ability to order from a touch-sensitive menu.

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Pretty FieldCandy Tents

FieldCandy tents do not give you camouflage protection in the natural setting, nor do they help you blend in with the rest of the crowd at the campsite. FieldCandy tents are designed to stand out. It was one of those moments when you think: Why have all tents always looked pretty much the same?

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Coffee Joulies

Tired of burning your tongue on coffee only to have it get cold a few minutes later? With the Coffee Joulies Gift Pack your coffee will be ready to drink in minutes and will stay that way for hours. Each polished stainless steel shell is filled with a special phase change material that melts at 140°F.

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Lytro – Capture Everything Instantly

Lytro lets you take pictures like never before. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane of light, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space. The Lytro gives you capabilities you’ve never had in a regular camera.

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QR Haircut for Football Fans

Non-league Bromley Football Club players had Betfair QR codes shaved into their hair for their FA Cup first-round appearance as an advertising stunt. Spectators and TV viewers watching the South East London club’s game could scan their smartphone over the scalp of any Bromley player to be directed to Betfair’s.

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Dragon Phones from Vertu

Though Nokia may not have made much news of recent except for the new Windows smart phones, their luxury division, Vertu continues to make waves in the lifestyle division by creating precious hand crafted mobile handsets, thus giving it the leader’s advantage in the segment.

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Three Things You Gotta Believe about Your Business

What do you believe about your business? Your business beliefs are the core values of your “how” in leading your relationships and managing the details. Have you ever taken four minutes and written them down? Make sure you include these three things you gotta believe about your business.

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3 Steps to Implementing Your 2012 Marketing Plan

You just put the finishing touches on your kick-butt marketing plan that’s going to skyrocket your business. Hooray! Only problem is that kick-butt marketing plan isn’t going to do a thing for your business unless you actually put it into action. And that, alas, is where most marketing plans end up — a really good idea that never got implemented.

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Entrepreneur’s Journey: Finding A Place in the World

It sounds easy – knowing who you are. It should be a given, right? Knowing and understanding who you are is a lifetime process that begins in childhood, on the playground, when you begin the process of learning just where you fit in. But where you fit in as an entrepreneur is a whole different question! 

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Entrepreneurship – The Road Less Travelled

It sounds easy – knowing who you are. It should be a given, right? Knowing and understanding who you are is a lifetime process that begins in childhood, on the playground, when you begin the process of learning just where you fit in. But where you fit in as an entrepreneur is a whole different question! 

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5 Tips for Starting a Business on a Shoe-String Budget

With the economic crisis around the world still in full swing, it seems that it won’t be any easier to strike out on your own and start up your own business in 2012, especially if you do not have a lot of money saved up for the endeavor. However, nothing is impossible.

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Positive Partnering for Greater Business Success

When I made a New Year’s resolution a few years ago to start exercising regularly, I did pretty well at first, going often and really enjoying the time and feeling better. After a while though I noticed my enthusiasm waning. I had more excuses not to go and I let them get in the way.

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5 Hot Retail Sectors for Start-ups

Some industries, however, offer better prospects for entrepreneurial endeavors. Based on IBISWorld research, the following are the top five small-business retail sectors based on start-up costs, barriers to entry and estimated revenue growth in 2012.

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