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Lemonade Stands and Newspaper Routes

Prior to the dotcom era and the age of Facebook and iPads, it was the lemonade stand or newspaper route that was quintessential first job of the future entrepreneur. Certainly these jobs instill (or at least expose) the essential entrepreneurial qualities of discipline and persistence while offering a daily lesson

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Crowdsourcing

Community car-pooling platform connects owners with local renters

 I just love startups that combine the power of collective intelligence (crowdsourcing) with social and local.   There’s a goldmine of services yet to be invented., but here’s one! …   Community car-pooling platform connects owners with local renters | Springwise The Car Club enables car owners to earn money

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Crowdsourcing

Body Shops

I like this startup idea though IMHO they probably are doing right thing for the wrong reason (not sure it matters in this case). The allows people to upload photos of their dented fenders etc. and have local bodyshops give estimates and bid on the repairs. It’s seems to be

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