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Yoga, and the feel-good fitness culture that now surrounds it, is still an untapped market. Despite its popularity, no one has devised the perfect clothing that is super-appealing, super-approachable and super-convenient on a mass market level. Read more about Lululemon here

The Yoli Blast Cap is an innovative and unique beverage dispensing device changing the way people think about beverages.  The blast cap is a device inserted onto a bottle that delivers fresh, freeze dried nutrients and vitamins directly into water for people on the go! The Blast Cap has virtually an unlimited shelf life and doesn’t have any of the harsh synthetics, additives and stabilizers found in most beverages and sodas. Now you can have a beverage that is loaded with vitamins and is chemical and preservative free. Yoli will use the Blast Cap technology to design a whole line of products using the most cutting edge ingredients and other innovative uses like Baby Formula and a Pharma Blast for medicinal use.  This technology will revolutionize the beverage industry.Blast Cap Technology

Fame breeds fame. The fact is, all my prowess for reaching out to other people would be far less effective if a few of those people in my Rolodex weren’t well-known names. Problem is, while we’re excited by the idea of meeting “celebrities,” they are often not all that anxious to meet us. So how can we get close to them? Click here for this great article!

SF LoveFest or as we should say “LoveEvolution” is getting a bit of a facelift! The ultimate dance party will be this Saturday October 3rd and for the first time EVER there will be $10 entrance fee. Check out this article from the Examiner for information.

Social media marketing and the businesses that utilize it have become more sophisticated. More small businesses are beginning to understand how to best leverage online tools to build a community and recognize that engagement and interaction are the foundations of social marketing, but most don’t know what’s next. Find out more in this informative article.

Probiotics are living micro-organisms that work by restoring the balance of intestinal bacteria and raising resistance to harmful germs. Learn more about what how these strains of bacteria can have many health benefits:: HERE

Fun Facts About Social Networking

• By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber baby boomers and 96% have joined a social network

• If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s fourth largest

• Ashton Kutcher and Ellen DeGeneres have more followers on Twitter than the entire population of Ireland, Uruguay, and Panama

• Generation Y and Z consider email passé

• 78% of consumers trust peer recommendations over traditional advertisements

• Successful companies in social media act more like party planners, aggregators, and content providers then traditional advertisers

“How I did It – I get paid to go on Facebook and Twitter”

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Thanks to Cross Marketing for their post!

From the Small Business Administration.  BUSINESS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS!

Small Business Administration (SBA) Training
The SBA offers a variety of classes for business owners in their Entrepreneur Center, located at 455 Market St., 6th Floor in downtown San Francisco.For more information and to register go to: http://sbatraining.eventbrite.com/, or contact Gary Marshall at (415) 744 6771 or gary.marshall@sba.gov

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Training
Renaissance offers exciting educational opportunities available to small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.For more information on workshops for business owners and to register go to: www.acteva.com/go/rec

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Taining
The Northern California Network of Small Business Development Centers helps individuals start, manage and grow their businesses. Gain the knowledge needed to make your business excel by attending our training classes. Classes are offered in specialized subjects for experienced entrepreneurs as well as in management basics when considering a new business venture. For more information, including the training schedule by location go to: http://www.norcalsbdc.org/