Mario Schulzke believes in the power of ideas.
But the German-born ad agency director and part-time Ironman triathlete isn't just keen on his own musings, Schulzke wants to help you enliven your own innovative ideas too. Enter, IdeaMensch, the Los Angeles-based website that features daily interviews with visionaries, CEOs and entrepreneurs.
How does he crystalize these concepts? Twitter, for one @ideamensch. Here are Schulzke’s top five Twitter streams to follow for finding the best new entrepreneurial ideas.
- @trendwatching
Followers: 53,339
Tweets: 1,530
Operating out of London with hundreds of "spotters" worldwide and 160,000 subscribers Trendwatching.com is on the hunt for the latest fads. The research firm's Twitter feed, as one would expect, is primarily comprised of previews of trends from around the globe.
Sample tweet: Crearmoda - In Spain, design your own clothing via 3D simulatorhttp://www.springwise.com/fashion_beauty/spain-design-clothing-3d-simulator/ ( #MIY )
- @springwise
Followers: 37,811
Tweets: 2,631
Also from London, Springwise.com posts about entrepreneurial ideas from around the world, such as customizable liqueurs in the U.K. and smartphone grocery shopping in South Korea. Through its blog, newsletter and Twitter feed, Springwise dispatches trend reports and profiles about small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Sample tweet: Marriott’s Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel -- Guests surrender digital devices upon check-in
- @psfk
Followers: 35,870
Tweets: 22,234
Self-described as, "Your go-to source of new idea tweets," the New York publisher and consultancy, PSFK has one primary belief: All innovative ideas are worth sharing. What does the company tend to tweet? Ideas, ideas, ideas. No matter how big -- or little -- the goal is to share knowledge in the hopes that innovation begets more innovation.
Sample tweet: New Heat Imaging Technology Makes Tanks Invisible
- @kickstarter
Followers: 441,884
Tweets: 1,718
Since you're likely not the only one with a peerless creative project in mind, consider going to the source of where projects get funded. One popular stop is the New York-based funding platform, Kickstarter.com. The company's tweets tend to revolve around boosting the awareness of projects hoping to obtain funding on the site.
Sample tweet: Project of the Day: Aron Steinke's autobiographical comic featuring his wolf-monster doppelgänger.
- @coolhunting
Followers: 75,130
Tweets: 4,235
Coolhunting.com knows what cool is. Art, style, culture, technology -- you name it and this New York-based publication is featuring it on their exhaustive website. Coolhunting.com's Twitter feed features daily updates on innovative products and services.
Sample Tweet: The future arrives in the present with a charity auction of 1500 pairs of long-coveted sneakers http://bit.ly/nEkwjC
What other inspiring entrepreneurial resources would you add to this list? Leave a comment and let us know.
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Comments:
I didn't see my name on your list. Hmmm are you sure you didn't leave something out? LOL Really though on a more serious note these folks are probably overhyped for innovative business ideas on twitter, You may never know that unsong hero on twitter might have more innovative ideas than some or even all of the folks you mentioned. Don't get me wrong your list is fine but the title should have been more flexible.
@creativebarcode - (also see www.creativebarcode.com) - the first innovation in the Intellectual Property sector for more than three decades! - and one, that supports innovators and start-ups with a legally robust, safe-disclosure mechanism - for very, very, little cost. And its endorsed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation for good measure - couldn't be easier.
I would like to add Proposition Pitch - a template that enables innovators and start-ups set out their proposition, identify resources gaps and use the completed document with a Creative Barcode applied to safely disclose to find partners, funders, co-creators. It's available free at www.creativebarcode.com/useful
Food Entrepreneurs?
Hey great article, thanks, nice to learn from the big boys! On the other side of the coin check out my 'Journal of a Startup'. It's a completely honest and candid account of an ambitious entrepreneur (me) and a great idea (Cuckoo Vine). Hope you guys enjoy it! Mike http://cuckoovine.wordpress.com/category/journal-of-a-startup/
Great concept to use. I like the idea.
no idea
Thans for the mention!
Great list - I'm a big fan of @garyveee as he really gets social and its growing role in marketing.
I would add @innovate:twitter @rowangibson:twitter (Innovation Excellence co-founders) and @ixchat:twitter (the official InnovationExcellence.com account) to the list. @innovate and @ixchat:disqus will bring 2-6 new innovation-related articles to your tweet stream every day. http://innovationexcellence.com is home to more than 3,500 innovation-related articles and is the world's most popular innovation site. We're doing our best to make innovation insights accessible for the greater good. Keep innovating! Braden Kelley
Michal, I do follow you as well. Hope all is great for you and IdeasWatch.
Follow small business entrepreneurs, bloggers, social media marketers, SEO and PPC experts and people from the field of technology if you want to get some good business ideas and about business ideas from twitter, you follow me as well @carmellarosen:twitter
On any social network the major need is to connect with the right people and from whom one can get something new and useful thing which can be implemented for the more success. And thanks for this list of the person with all.
One more to add - we have launched a new crowdsourcing website for startup ideas. Follow @IdeasWatch:twitter or check http://www.ideaswatch.com
I personally follow @ideaswatch:twitter - http://www.ideaswatch.com.
Hi Kara! Thanks for sharing this information. It would be more helpful to improve my business. Now I will add them into my friends list of twitter account.