2008 | This year's top 10 life hack business ideas

Life Hacks Published on 30 December 2008 in Life Hacks

We're deviating from our regular schedule to bring you the best new business ideas we spotted over the last 12 months—smart concepts that will continue to provide entrepreneurs with plenty of opportunities in 2009, whether by partnering, bringing to a local market, or being inspired to add similar offerings to an existing product or service. Our 10 favourite life hack business ideas: concepts that help consumers save time, money or both:

  1. ModerNash — Niche delivery biz brings IKEA to Nashville
  2. Ticket to Mind — Gift-giving simplified through a prepaid plan
  3. Babyplays — Toy rental service
  4. Insinger de Beaufort — Private banking by shoebox
  5. Wigadoo — Event planning site helps friends split the costs
  6. Laundry Locker — Laundry service by the locker
  7. TrackMyShipments — Helping consumers track shipped packages
  8. Rypple — Professional feedback, instant and peer-to-peer
  9. WeightNags — Nagging service for dieters
  10. Figuring Out — Career sampling service

Want more? Check out our picks for 10 industries.

Comments on this idea:

Thank you so much for mentioning Babyplays in your Weblog. We are very excited about what is going on with our company this year. I would love to get your contact information so I could let you know when we have something big coming up, just in case you want to alert your readers.
-Nikki
http://www.babyplays.com

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