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Wish I’d Thought Of It

Posted in Small Companies by Christine Haskell on December 10, 2007
election-logo.jpg MyElectionChoices allows you to select statements from candidates and find out who you really support!
logoleafy3.gif Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can “sponsor a business” and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you’ve sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.
christmas-gingerbread-house.jpg www.gingerbreadusa.com/AboutUs.htmlThis Stoneham, MA company started by husband and wife team constructs gingerbread homes through an assembly line process. Each house is assembled by hand. They sell about 10,000 a year.
choc_rasp_cake_melt.jpg www.blisssoap.comLooks like bakery items, but it’s soap!
tnd_logo.gif www.dogster.com   www.catster.comA simple idea, essentially home pages for pets, has quickly been turning into the pefect niche advertising site.”We are dog freaks and computer geeks who wanted a canine sharing application that’s truly gone to the dogs. Such a site didn’t exist, so we built it ourselves. The fluffy love is backed with serious technology and years of coding experience under our collars. Dogster has since become more contagious than kennel cough.”