StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 28 Repair&Spare is a producer of brightly coloured adhesives that can be used to glue together any broken item for household use. The company dyes its glue in bright colours in order to make the repaired object stand out: a demonstration of the owner's environmental responsibility and adherence to the principle of waste minimisation (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). Repair is a crucial part of Reuse in waste hierarchy . CEO QUOTE "Repair&Spare was inspired by the Japanese practice of Kintsukuroi (金繕い, or "golden repair"): the art of repairing broken pottery with a gold-dusted lacquer adhesive that makes the repaired part stand out," company founder and CEO Remiko Sapori said. The Japanese art of golden repair Kintsukuroi (Source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 5 EatTheFlowers Limited is a global franchise of gourmet restaurants serving cooked or fresh flowers as high-end food. --- THE SCIENCE BEHIND The company's research unit has carried out a range of research projects that have tripled the number of edible flower species known to humans ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_flower ), as well as discovering valuable nutrients in some flowers. --- HAUTE CUISINE EatTheFlowers restaurants have developed over 10,000 recipes with a variety of flowers: A) Bland flowers such as courgette (typically cooked in the South of France) are usually served batter-fried as Japanese tempura. B) Fragrant flowers are most often served as salads or in dessert recipes. Fruit Salad (Source:  Wikipedia ) --- MARKETING & DISTINCTIVENESS A) The restaurant group has developed the first #FlowerSushi recipes in the world. B) For special occasions, a specialist chef at each restaurant can procure the ingredients for an...