On average, I get about 200 stories a day coming into my Google Reader account that have to deal with new business ideas and innovation. Of those 200, I usually choose between 10 and 20 posts a day to read in full. In addition, I probably read another 10-20 posts a day from people I follow on Twitter. However, I noticed that when the weekend hits, those post numbers drop dramatically. Few people are publishing content on the weekend. But, that is when everyone finally has some time to read! So, I am trying an experiment. Instead of sifting through hundreds of RSS feeds that you missed throughout the week to find something to read on Saturday morning, I am going to try and help you out. I'm calling it "Saturday Sourcebook." If my Google Reader stats are accurate, I have scanned over 1000 headlines relating to innovation in the past week. I've read over 100 stories. (probably closer to 200) And now, on Saturdays, I'm distilling them down to the top 10 links, for you. I'll continue doing this every week as long as people find it valuable. One thing to note, these are not links that talk about innovation as a concept, but links that I find to be compelling sources of inspiration for business ideas. Here we go, Saturday Sourcebook Volume #1:
Social Entrepreneurship / International Markets:
TechCrunch: Tech For (and By) Africa
Substitutes:
Fast Company: Wine Corks Fight Off Alternative Stoppers
Pure Profit Play?:
New Scientist: Nobel prizewinner: We are running out of Helium
Waste:
New York Times: A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers
Consumer Targeting / Product Design:
Springwise: Clothing line makes treatment easier for infusion patients
Product Design:
Cool Hunting: UPS Reusable Express Envelope
Exploiting Technology:
PSFK: A Location-Aware Music Video
Waste:
VentureBeat: Coinstar back EcoATM's e-recycling kiosks
Mashup of Ideas:
Computer World, Car Tech: Building the Zero-Fatality Car
Reducing Transaction Costs:
Fast Company: Fifteen Independent Spirits Using Web Video to Forge Their way in Hollywood
Social Entrepreneurship / International Markets:
TechCrunch: Tech For (and By) Africa
Substitutes:
Fast Company: Wine Corks Fight Off Alternative Stoppers
Pure Profit Play?:
New Scientist: Nobel prizewinner: We are running out of Helium
Waste:
New York Times: A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers
Consumer Targeting / Product Design:
Springwise: Clothing line makes treatment easier for infusion patients
Product Design:
Cool Hunting: UPS Reusable Express Envelope
Exploiting Technology:
PSFK: A Location-Aware Music Video
Waste:
VentureBeat: Coinstar back EcoATM's e-recycling kiosks
Mashup of Ideas:
Computer World, Car Tech: Building the Zero-Fatality Car
Reducing Transaction Costs:
Fast Company: Fifteen Independent Spirits Using Web Video to Forge Their way in Hollywood
