Archives / October 2006


   Sellaband: Online funding of a band's new album!
A month after launching, music portal Sellaband just announced that it has signed up over 250 bands from more than 30 countries. Sellaband enables fan ...   read more


 



   Muzz Buzz - Drive through coffee in Australia
No other substance screams WAKE UP as effortlessly as coffee. Australian company Muzz Buzz has capitalised on the realisation that people want their c ...   read more


 



   First sustainable Dance Club opened in Rotterdam
On October 14th, the Sustainable Dance Club kicked off in Rotterdam's Off_Corso. The kick-off party featured biological beer on tap and fair-trade clo ...   read more


 



   Multicultural education on a cruise ship
Educational, cultural and fun, the Scholar Ship presents a new model for international education. The Scholar Ship is a semester-long academic program ...   read more


 



   Zubka fills vacancies via referrals on the web
Zubka, which launched recently, is hoping to shake up the British and European recruiting markets by creating a platform for hirers to tap into the so ...   read more


 



   Order your friend a drink by SMS
Australian provider of mobile ticketing solutions bCODE recently launched the newest in their product line: bCODE-Drinks, an online portal that enable ...   read more


 



   Four effective Innovation strategies in practice
Collaborate with your worst customers: In the words of Bob Dylan, "When you ain't got nothin' you got nothin' to lose." You have little to lose by col ...   read more

 



   Innovation is the New Quality - a definition by McLuhan
Innovation is the new quality. That is, innovation has become the underlying goal for many revamped business processes from strategic planning to orga ...   read more

 



   Fostering Innovation and Creativity in your Company
Every day, great ideas are being generated for your company by employees. Are you harnessing their power? Stephen Shapiro tells us how your company ca ...   read more

 



   Russian travel agency Persey Tours can't fly you to the moon, but they'll make it look like you went
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? They'll never try to sell you an unbelievable vacation, because Russian travel agency Persey Tours specializes in forged vacatio ...   read more

 



   Volvo's Multi-Fuel concept car can run on five different fuels
WHAT'S HAPPENING? But will it run on empty? In June 2006, Volvo showcased its Multi-Fuel, a vehicle prototype capable of running on gasoline, ethan ...   read more


 



   Human-shaped Corpus museum to give inside-out look at the body
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? Want to learn about the human body? Take a trip inside. Corpus, a gigantic seated human figure that houses a health museum, will ...   read more


 



   Why innovation efforts fail or work
One trend Scott Berkun found is the high number of innovation efforts within established companies, and how rarely they have any effect. Established c ...   read more

 



   The Eight Truths of Real Innovators
There's lot's of talk about innovations these days, yet when you look at the stats, 90% of innovation projects never make it. That's why Alain Thys t ...   read more

 



   1 Belg op 3 staat open voor sms-reclame
1 op 3 Belgische GSM-gebruikers is geďnteresseerd in het ontvangen van gesponsorde informatie op zijn gsm. Hij wil wel enkel interessante informatie v ...   read more


 



   5 Places To Look For Professional Services Innovation
Professional Services and Innovation are not terms commonly heard in close quarters. So what does professional services innovation look like? Well it ...   read more

 



   Business innovation is not dependent on creative people
Advancing competitively requires firms to be self-aware and capable to implement plans, business professors say. American companies continue to gr ...   read more

 



   Mobo lets New Yorkers order takeout food via text
WHAT'S HAPPENING? Think of Mobo as curbside takeout for urban dwellers. The service – short for "mobile order" – enables Manhattanites to order and ...   read more


 



   Questioning: An underutilized innovation strategy
One of the most powerful innovation tools available to every member of a group is a tool that those individuals are often reluctant to use. The tool, ...   read more

 



   Cellar Sorberts sells wine icecream in 6 flavours
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? Wine Cellar Sorbets put the buzz in dessert. Italians have been making granita with Limoncello since way back and restaurant c ...   read more


 



   At Gulf Air, Sky Nannies ease parents' fear of flying
WHAT'S HAPPENING? Place your bags in an overhead bin, fasten your seat belts and hand your kids over. Gulf Air’s Sky Nanny program is a compliment ...   read more


 



   SquidSoap trains tomorrow's hand washers
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? Parents say, "Wash your hands!" Kids say, "I did!" SquidSoap may be a step closer to the truth. Designed to teach "healthy hand- ...   read more


 



   DeCaf's do-it-yourself decaf wand!
WHAT'S HAPPENING? The DeCaf Co. hopes to arm consumers with the power to decaffeinate their own coffee, tea or soda in seconds. The startup's tong ...   read more

 



   Innovation: A waste of money?
More than half of the money spent on innovation is wasted. At least, that's the claim author and management consultant Geoffrey Moore makes in his boo ...   read more

 



   10 Steps for boosting creativity by J. Baumgartner
1. Listen to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. 2. Brainstorm. 3. Always carry a small notebook and a pen or pencil around with you. 4. If you're stu ...   read more

 



   10 Myths of Creativity
A lot of daft notions – or myths – about creativity are detrimental to the creative process. So, let's end this once and for all. Below are 10 creativ ...   read more