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We’re already making inroads into 2012 but the predictions for the year ahead are still coming in thick and fast. Springwise, that bible of the most promising business ideas, ventures and concepts has been honing its soothsaying powers to highlight what it considers to be the top ten business ideas for 2012.
The aim of compiling the list is to provide rocket fuel for the mind for entrepreneurs and innovators: “We hope that you’ll find these concepts as inspiring as we do, and that they spark even more innovation in the year to come!”
Springwise’s global network of trendspotters has left no stone unturned as they’ve searched for ideas from countries all round the world. Nestled among the top ten are:
Thermodynamic ‘stones’ to keep coffee at the right temperature – do you find that coffee is rarely at the right temperature for you? Either so hot that you burn your mouth or too cold that you have to make another brew. Coffee joulies are stone-like devices that are immersed in hot drinks to keep them cool when they are too hot and heat them up when they cool down.
A Mexican soccer team managed by its fans – every armchair soccer fan worth their tinned beer and salted peanuts reckons they can do it better than their favourite team’s manager. Well now fans of Mexico’s second division Murcielagos FC have their chance as the side has no manager or coach. Instead all key decisions are outsourced to fans who vote online and via text on such issues as player selection, key tactics, in-game substitutions and more.
A new font for readers with dyslexia – Dutch design firm StudioStudio has come up with a typeface that can be read more easily by dyslexics and with fewer errors.
You can see the full list of business ideas here. It is an absorbing read and may help you to create your next big idea.
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