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Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Media Studies; New Media
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Hunting Since: February 2007
NEXT by Ramla's Latest Trends
Focused Virtual Intent (GALLERY)
The Peace Intention ExperimentCould humanity finally have found a solution to the peace problem - in the most unlikely of places? They said, "Where there is a will, there is a way." After exhausting the options of talks, force, coercion,…
Published 1,786 Views
Personalized Websites For Low Income Job Seekers (GALLERY)
Babajob IndiaSince Professor C.K. Prahalad's Bottom of the Pyramid strategy has caught on, we see newer examples of products for the poor of the world every day. Babajob.com is a new job site based in India which…
Published 3,575 Views
Sustainable Fashion
Handmade Shoes by Hetty RoseIf shoes were a bit of sticky choice for the sustainability-minded fashionista, Hetty Rose now solves the problem. At a cost. Hetty Rose of UK is designing hand-made shoes made of recycled vintage material.…
Published 4,489 Views
A Painting a Day (VIDEO)
Self-Disciplined Artists Reach Out to MarketsEveryday, for the past two years, I get an email with a beautiful, postcard-sized painting from one Julian Merrow-Smith of France. "Postcard from Provence", it's called - and the painting is priced at…
Published 3,680 Views
100 Mile Diet
Local Eating for Global Change"Support Local" is an emerging theme in the Green Movement. This diversely interpreted concept translates usually into activities and lifestyle that support the local economy - which, then, is the linchpin…
Published 3,216 Views
Daily Dump
Indian Composting Company Launches to Achieve Zero WasteThe Daily Dump is a new company launched in Bangalore, India, that provides products for composting at home - thus achieving a goal of zero waste (only organic for now). They Say: As a service, Daily…
Published 3,520 Views
Grief Tourism
When Travelers Seek TragedyWhen we imagine "tourism," we imagine beaches, comfortable hotels, sometimes a sport, and at other times natural discovery. But now, darker forms of tourism are gaining popularity in an increasingly news-strung…
Published 4,273 Views
Solar Empowering Billboard (VIDEO)
NEDBank Billboard Lights Up School KitchenSouth Africa's NEDBank won a Cannes Lions 2007 Grand Prix Award in outdoor advertising for what is believed to be the world's first solar-powered billboard. The topper? This revolutionary billboard uses…
Published 6,914 Views
Hand Knit iPhone
Best Way to Get Your Own iPhone in 5 hoursPining for your own iPhone? Well - either you can get lucky with winning the TrendHunter iPhone draw* or get creative: MAKE ONE! Only catch: it's a knit, and doesn't even work with AT&T;. But it's drooling-over…
Published 3,913 Views
Crowdsourced R&D
InnoCentive Poses Million Dollar ChallengeScientist? Can measure disease progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease/ Motorneuron Disease) for US$ 1,000,000? Get on over to InnoCentive.com - the crowdsourcing R&D;…
Published 2,667 Views
WWF's Solar Powered Billboard Warns About Global Warming (VIDEO)
Solar-powered, as in, with a solar battery? Or solar powered, as in, "respecting celestial mechanics" (like a sundial). You decide. But we know one thing for sure: WWF's latest billboard warning about…Published 4,884 Views
WorldChanging.com Revisited
Nearly a year ago, Trend Hunter first profiled WorldChanging.com and added the site to our list of top sites... Now it's time to revisit the site for a more in depth profile: The color green, technically,…Published 1,992 Views
Crowdsourced Journalism
Assignment Zero: an Experiment in Pro-Am JournalismAssignment Zero is an experiment in professional-amateur journalism: amateurs write/report, professionals edit. Everybody wins. And with this, "pro-am journalism" enters the lingo of the new world of…
Published 3,845 Views
Crowdsourced Journalism
The News is NowPublic.comNowPublic is a participatory news network which mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. The company currently has thousands of reporters in over 140 countries. (88858…
Published 2,765 Views
Gmail Paper: Surprise Paper Mail by Google (GALLERY)
Edit: Oh dear. It was good while the belief lasted. Another one of Google's absolutely convincing April Fool's. No wonder the "beta testers" were nowhere on a Google search result. It seems that many…Published 6,304 Views
Microfinance @ Kiva.org, Become a Banker to the Poor
Fofoa Ekuata is a plantation owner in Samoa. She needs US$ 875/- to buy a box of Cramoxon, a pest management system. She is asking for help via Kiva.org, a website where anyone can be a banker to the poor.…Published 4,536 Views
Enviropreneurship
When Environmentalism Met BusinessIf "Green Business" (by any other name) means business embracing the concepts of environmentalism, then Enviropreneurship (ENVP) means environmentalists learning the concepts of business. ENVP is about…
Published 4,075 Views
Social Media
Atten TV Lets You Watch and Be WatchedWatch what other people/groups are watching. Watch who is watching you. Broadcast your attention. Welcome to Atten TV: a media network that lets anyone be a broadcaster, and lets others watch others'…
Published 4,220 Views
Social Web
Younanimous: Meta-Search Engine With InteractivityFor some time, I have been wondering how good it would be if Google allows web searchers to RANK/ Rate the search results? That would cut out a lot of irrelevant searches. Well, it seems, Younanimous answers…
Published 2,965 Views
Franchised Art Galleries?
Louvre Museum to Franchise in Abu Dhabi Amid French ProtestLouvre is opening its first ever foreign "branch" - in the "art quarters" of the Gulf state, Abu Dhabi. At the French are brewing a turmoil; "our museums are not for sale" - cries an online petition signed…
Published 3,322 Views
The Big Picture
News Search Gets VisualCNET News.com has introduced a visual tool THE BIG PICTURE for news search. Here's straight from the source: The Big Picture is a CNET News.com special feature. It creates visual maps that show relationships…
Published 3,176 Views
News Impact Ratings
Consumers Evaluate Businesses Based On Company NewsIKEA will charge customers 5 cents/ plastic bag. Is IKEA "doing the right thing?" Interactive readers at dotherightthing.com, a Web 2.0 site where people can "evaluate" companies based on company news,…
Published 3,889 Views
LinkedIn Answers: Business Contacts become Experts
Yahoo! Answers gave every Yahoo! user a chance to answer other users' question and become an expert. And now the business network LinkedIn has caught on the trend. Recently, the business network started LinkedIn Answers: members ask questions on products, branding, HR, law, manufacturing, management…681 Views
Voluntourism
Volunteerism + TourismNo longer do tourists have to just walk in and out of a very "interesting area" - they can actually VOLUNTOUR. The idea is to "combine travel and service" - says Voluntourism.org. It's "a really great…
Published 4,885 Views
Daytipper
Tell Everyone How?Daytipper.com is the grandma of the modern Internet citizen; she uses a cool web 2.0 site to give you tips on how to manage the tiny things. Put dropped ice cubes in a plant pot. Date and sort bills…
Published 2,091 Views
Buy & Sell Digital Content
Blish.com"Blish is the easiest place to buy or sell digital content. As a buyer, you can purchase ebooks, photos, how-to guides, clipart, music, sound loops, video, design templates, any type of digital content.…
Published 2,231 Views
Capitalism 3.0
Reinventing the CommonsGarrett Hardin first popularized the tragedy of the commons in 1968. in 2007, Peter Barnes proposes a solution: Capitalism 3.0 - building a "commons sector" to balance the "corporate sector." THE TRAGEDY…
Published 3,745 Views
Social Entrepreneurs
A MegatrendSocial Entrepreneurship is serious business - and some are calling it the business model of the 21st century. So. Who are social entrepreneurs that your cool-hunting friend had been talking about so enthusiastically…
Published 3,900 Views
Conscious Capitalism
Dirty Business No MoreMuhammad Yunus, the Nobelist who created "micro finance," coined the term Conscious Capitalism. Patricia Aburdene saw it as a "moral transformation" and "today's greatest mega-trend" way back in fall 2005.…
Published 3,867 Views
Communities 2.0: Here to Stay and Grow
"Communities" ought to be the most significant emerging concept of the Internet world. Communities 2.0 - the virtual world The child of social networking sites meeting user-content driven (web 2.0) websites:…Published 2,659 Views
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