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Lessons from actor Seth Rogen

By start-ip • Jun 21st, 2007 • Category: entertainment, lessons

I just recently saw knocked-up. It is hilarious.
Anyways, I was reading LA Weekly today and they had a story about one of the stars of the film, Seth Rogen. [Note: I am not from LA, however I was there recently and picked up a copy of LA Weekly, which by the way is […]



Hey, let’s open up a drive-in, but isn’t the drive-in dead?

By start-ip • Jun 19th, 2007 • Category: entertainment, ideas

No. The drive-in is not dead. You’ve just got to rethink the execution. Check-out the story of Star-Vu in OC Weekly. It’s about bureaucrat turned entrepreneur Fred Armendiraz who purchased portable outdoor screens from Outdoor Movies and set up a drive-in theater on the parking lot of the Orange County Fairgrounds.
Here’s […]



Wear lyrics with Lyric Culture

By start-ip • Jun 19th, 2007 • Category: entertainment

Inspiration for a business idea can come as you’re seemingly wasting time. That’s what happened to singer/songwriter Hanna Rochelle-Schmieder. According to LA Weekly, during a break in recording, Hanna doodled song lyrics on her jeans.
As she did this, she thought that “no one had ever marketed lyrics on clothes before.”
So, she met with […]



Turn a church into a kids play area

By start-ip • Jun 8th, 2007 • Category: entertainment, kids

That’s what 21 year old Nicky Gray did in England. She turned a church into Kiki’s Kabin, a three floor children’s soft play area and cafe, complete with tube slides, spin wheels, punch bags and an assult course.
Check out the story in bdaily and Shell Livewire.



Art is Viral

By start-ip • Jun 7th, 2007 • Category: art, entertainment

After spotlighting some other sites, it’s time for me to spotlight one of mine. It’s called Art is Viral.
Art is Viral strives to be an online community where artist lend artwork to the community and the borrowers borrow the art for a short period of time. In exchange for having access to the […]