Sandi,

Not exactly on the same Topic but as far as great lead-ins and ideas for take offs for business ideas...

There's a few interesting one's that are “Twistable” into Local and maybe some other Niche areas & Possibilities...

A nice Quick info slide show...

Copy & paste the URL's and you're off to Do a little Brainstorming and Creative Thinking...

(31)* of the World's hottest startups...

Best business ideas in the World...

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/...eb_world.biz2/

And it's Ok to Share and Talk about all those Hidden business ideas...

Phil