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There’s a ton of blogs out there, a ton of them are trying to sell advertising revenue by putting up a few google ads. But after the first screen (or two) there is no advertising on the side. Why not create a business that replicates ads so that as people read and browse there are [...]

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So it’s my first time in London and I run into this great place for lunch called Pret. It’s organic, fresh food. It’s quirky and it’s a dream business. Busy lines, extremely small retail space and higher prices than the surrounding shops. They do sandwiches, wraps, soups and some amazing coffee. Add in health bars, [...]

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You don’t need to come up with your own breakthrough idea to make a mint, you can just steal one. Take for example the Rabbit corkscrew. Originally, the product was called the Screwpull and retailed for $250, but after the patent expired Yet Riki Kane, founder of Metrokane, designed the Rabbit off of Screwpull technology.
She [...]

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I’ve been reading David Silver’s new book – Smart Start Ups - and he has some great ideas. He believes that the next fortunes will be made building online or mobile communites and I have to agree with him. One of his ideas is an online grammys.
Basically the business would entail building a community of music [...]

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Car washes seem to be great businesses and a recent article in Calgary Inc revealed some interesting numbers. For example a new two-auto bay car wash in Sylvan Lake (small town of just over 10,000 people and a million tourists/year) was set up for $1.4 million. It’s expected that each bay brings in approximately $15,000/month. [...]

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Skyscraper window washers have been risking their lives for years. However, the job is still done with a water bucket and squeegee hanging over the side of a building. It takes two people six weeks to clean the average skyscraper and they make an average of $200/day. That’s $12,000 in labour costs per cleaning and [...]

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