Trenspotting is a great way to get inspiration for new business ideas, but don’t spend too much time on making y0ur own research, when there are a lot of other people out there gathering information – and keeping eyes open.

Trendwatching.com collects information on trends from 8000 users. They are not necessarily professionals, but they probably got two eyes and two ears like the rest of us.

There is a lot of free material on the website, but they don’t give away everything.

After a quick warm up in the first couple of lectures, we are now entering the phase of creating business ideas. Our own brainstorming might lead to “the next big thing”, but why not get inspired from what others have already thought.

Springwise.com has 8000 users spread around the world to spot new business ideas, that might be The Next Big Thing. At least thats their ambition.

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